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
5573	The Family Monkey	3 Comments
5391	Ape	5 Comments
3707	The Sad Message
3606	The Fight	1 Comment
3527	A Stone Is Nobody's	3 Comments
3452	A Historical Breakfast
3288	The Fall	2 Comments
2530	Counting Sheep	1 Comment
2435	Hands	1 Comment
2371	Antimatter	2 Comments
2212	The Gentlemen In The Meadow
2099	Paying The Captain	1 Comment
2046	Sleep
2037	The Breast	1 Comment
1980	The Floor	1 Comment
1866	The Melting
1864	You
1848	The Toy-Maker
1834	The Rat's Tight Schedule
1821	Accidents
1751	Angels
1750	Grass
1717	The Pattern	1 Comment
1714	Ape And Coffee	1 Comment
1700	The Bridge
1696	A Journey Through The Moonlight
1676	The Road
1657	The Tree
1618	The Having To Love Something Else
1610	The Philosophers
1569	The Pilot
1561	The Man Rock
1531	Vomit	2 Comments
1487	One Lonely Afternoon
1459	The Lighted Window
1435	Elephant Dormitory
1429	Mr. Brain
1419	The Father Of Toads
1417	The Changeling
1383	On The Eating Of Mice
1365	The Marionettes Of Distant Masters
1343	Soup Song
1341	Erasing Amyloo
1337	The Death Of A Fly
1331	The Position
1254	The Wounded Breakfast	2 Comments
1164	The Closet
1159	The Reason Why The Closet-Man Is Never Sad
1150	The Autopsy
1122	Conjugal
1081	A Performance At Hog Theater
1022	The Alfresco Moment
982	The Ox
965	The Theory