Russell Edson (1935 - Present)

Russell Edson is an American poet, born in Connecticut in 1935, and is often considered the foremost writer of prose poetry in America, having written exclusively in that form before it became fashionable.

The poems are by default sorted according to volume, but you can also choose to sort them alphabetically or by page views.

Page Views	Poem	Comments
5640	The Family Monkey	3 Comments
5566	Ape	5 Comments
3761	The Sad Message
3697	The Fight	1 Comment
3608	A Stone Is Nobody's	7 Comments
3497	A Historical Breakfast
3342	The Fall	2 Comments
2585	Counting Sheep	1 Comment
2471	Hands	1 Comment
2413	Antimatter	2 Comments
2238	The Gentlemen In The Meadow
2123	Paying The Captain	1 Comment
2081	Sleep
2079	The Floor	1 Comment
2060	The Breast	1 Comment
1897	The Toy-Maker
1890	The Melting
1876	You
1864	The Rat's Tight Schedule
1863	Grass	1 Comment
1860	Accidents
1771	Angels
1750	Ape And Coffee	1 Comment
1742	The Bridge
1735	The Pattern	1 Comment
1729	A Journey Through The Moonlight
1706	The Road
1670	The Tree
1647	The Having To Love Something Else
1632	The Philosophers
1595	The Pilot
1590	The Man Rock
1569	Vomit	2 Comments
1506	One Lonely Afternoon
1476	The Lighted Window
1461	Elephant Dormitory
1451	Mr. Brain
1443	The Father Of Toads
1442	The Changeling
1421	On The Eating Of Mice
1395	The Marionettes Of Distant Masters
1367	Soup Song
1362	Erasing Amyloo
1361	The Death Of A Fly
1354	The Position
1287	The Wounded Breakfast	2 Comments
1187	The Autopsy
1186	The Closet
1181	The Reason Why The Closet-Man Is Never Sad
1143	Conjugal
1101	A Performance At Hog Theater
1048	The Alfresco Moment
1000	The Ox
978	The Theory