The lost art of poetry is making a resurgence with works by William John Watkins. Nearly 60 years honing his craft, Watkins has penned over 2500 poems on varied topics: marriage, love, fatherhood, the nuances of life and death and what lies beyond.
Here’s a brief list of his work. Periodically, we’ll make poetry assemblages by Watkins available for purchase here.
GENRE POEMS
THE SECRET THIEF
THE ATOM’S LATTICE COULD SUCH BEAUTY YIELD
17 QUESTIONS THE JUDGES AT NUREMBERG FORGOT TO ASK
HOW I BECAME A TEACHER OF EXOBIOLOGY
WHEN MY MEDICAL RECORDS WENT PUBLIC ON HALLOWEEN
THE OLD TIME-TRAVELLER’S SONG
INDEFENSIBLE DISCLOSURES
THE WEREWOLF AGES
THE WEREWOLF’S DOTAGE
SNOW WHITE’S MOTHER’S CURSE
MARRIAGE
A YOUNG GIRL CONTEMPLATES MARRIAGE
MARRIAGE IS A CHURCH WE BUILD
ONLY FOUR OF US IN BED
MARRIAGE IS NOT A SOMETIMES THING
MARRY LIKE ROCK STARS ON THE ROAD
THE MARRIAGE POOL
THE SEEDS OF PURGATORY ARE REGRET
WALL & BUTTRESS
ACROSTIC FOR A LOVER’S DAY
FATHERS AND SONS AND DAUGHTERS
ALL MY ANCESTORS BREATHE WITH ME
MY FATHER BROUGHT ME ROCKS
MY FATHER UP TO HIS NECK IN COAL
MINING DISASTER
GRADUATION POEM FOR CHAD
FOR TARA THE BASERUNNER
THE WONDER OF WEDNESDAY
THE GOOD WITCH OF THE NORTH
BROOKDALE POEMS
THE JOB (1970)
REVOLUTION (1969)
LIGHT SHAFTS IN THE CAMPUS WOODS
FOOL TO THE KING OF HUMANITIES
KEVIN HAYTER SHOWS PICASSO AT THE LINCROFT INN
THE MAD PROFESSOR’S VENGEANCE
THE MAD PROFESSOR GOES TO HEAR THE DEAN’S EXPLAIN THE BUDGET
POST-CONCUSSION SYNDROME
STANDING OPEN-MOUTHED BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT REALIZING WHAT HAVING ALZHEIERS/POST-CONCUSSION SYNDROME REALLY MEANS
THE EFFECTS OF CONCUSSION ON THE AGING BRAIN
POST-CONCUSSION SYNDROME A YEAR LATER
DECLINING POWERS
SEVENTY
WHY I RIDE A DIRT BIKE STILL AT SEVENTY
ELEGIAC POEMS (WADE)
WADE’S FIFTIETH BIRTHDAY POEM
WADE’S SMILE
THE NINETEENTH DECEMBER
JERSEY, LATE NOVEMBER
SON, DEAD ON THE SOLSTICE
I WILL NOT GRIEVE YOUR DEATH THIS YEAR
ELEGIAC POEMS (SANDRA)
SANDRA’S SEVENTIETH BIRTHDAY POEM (IN ABSENTIA)
WIFE OF MY YOUTH, LOOK BACK, LOOK BACK
UNLOADING ZONE
SHADOWS AND IMAGES OF DIVINE WINGS
THE PANICED RESIDENT RUSHES OUR LAST KISS
WE SEE YOU GLEAMING IN THE QUANTUM LIGHT
YOU BEAT MY HEART WHILE YOUR HEART BEAT
TO A YOUNG MAN OVERHEARD READING YOUR OBITUARY
A VISION OF SANDRA
William John Watkins 