On the wing

New and selected poems by Frank Beck

The Poem of the Marrow

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The eager wind is screaming for my bones. It dreams of scattering ashes over rock and soon will have its way. The wind strikes sailor, can...

The Sun Lifts the Branches

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The sun lifts the branches of the elm trees into the flock of perched sparrows. It wipes night from the wings of gulls, and, where...
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Edgartown Midnight

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                             For Janice The poem ends, and we return to the beach to let the moon affect us. Edgartown lies silent, slee...

Apparition in brown suede

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Alternate photo for the cover of Blonde on Blonde He stands at the mouth of the empty alley. The wind makes a nest of his hai...
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Coffin Rock

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The ochre of the island on his charts mingles with his wife's yellow hair; neither deserts him, rounding Coffin Rock, guiding the ...
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Frank Beck
I am a New York-based writer and translator. I review poetry for The Manhattan Review and write about music for The Elgar Society Journal. With Raleigh Whitinger, I translated Lou Andreas-Salomé's novel 'Das Haus' ('Anneliese's House' from Boydell & Brewer).
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