An anthology
For my own reference as much as anything, a selection of my favorite poems from the late tomsdisch's LJ Endzone. I freely admit to having omitted some stuff that offended me politically. (There were some difficult cases here: I wound up including Arab Love but omitted Job Application. Your mileage may vary. Beyond a certain point, as with Larkin, the politics are an unavoidable part even of this partial selection.) The headings are mine and are almost certainly too cookycutter, but helped me make some sense of the material. The selection is skewed, I realise, toward the material he published in 2006 and 2008: for some reason - repetition, perhaps? - I wasn't as taken by as many of the 2007 poems.
Man in the Street (27th July 2006)
Manifesto (27th June 2006)
Age &c.
The Shadow (2nd July 2006)
When did I die? (31st July 2006)
The Postmuous Life (31st July 2006)
The Flesh: A Deposition (12th February 2008)
Alarms (27th October 2007)
The Horror in the Mirror (21st August 2006)
Immortality (3rd April 2007)
The North Wind's Song (3rd July 2006)
Sleep Warriors (14th February 2008)
The Grieving Spouse (9th September 2006)
Twenty Years Later (10th August 2006)
Malfunction (16th February 2007)
Art
Text of a Motet, As Yet Unset" (26th November 2006)
Imploration (2nd June 2006)
Concert (1st June 2007)
Eight Great Tragedies (1st August 2007)
Bibliographica Aeterna (9th August 2007)
The Hollow Victory (29th August 2008)
Links (17th August 2006)
Science & nature
The Crisis in Postmodern Physics (26th September 2006)
The Family Python (6th September 2006)
Who's Who in the Zoo (24th June 2006)
Another Urban Myth (21st March 2007)
Search for Life (26th May 2008)
Cloud (24th January 2008)
O Terra, Addio (30th September 2006)
The world
Irony: An Example (20th January 2007)
Thanksgiving Sermon (18th November 2006)
Arab Love (14th July 2006)
Les Jeux sont fait (6th June 2006)
The Year We All Died (28th January 2007)
The Great Lull (18th May 2007)
Oil (24th May 2008)
January Light (11th January 2007)
A Vision for the Executive Board (29th September 2007)
Four More Years! (28th March 2008)
Plot Synopsis (30th May 2006)
FAQ2 (18th April 2007)
A Reverie on Labor Day (25th September 2006)
The past
Antiques Road Show (17th July 2006)
The Tragedy of Life (2nd September 2006)
A Chip Off the Old Block (27th January 2007)
Memoirs of a Geisha 1: Polishing Silver (8th September 2006)
The Man at the End of the Bar (31st May 2007)
Confession (27th May 2006)
Gods
A Further Word from Yahweh (28th September 2006)
In Defense Of Our Masters (28th June 2006)
Apology (19th May 2006)
The Kiss (27th November 2006)
Prometheus and Us (24th May 2007)
Is Thomas Disch the right God for You? (24th June 2008)
Love
The Elf-King (7th October 2006)
The Glass Half-Full (15th July 2006)
The Trophy Head (18th Feburary 2007)
Les (31st May 2008)
A Song From Hell (29th January 2008)
I Love You (21st June 2006)
One Apple (26th October 2007)
Death
July 24, 2006
Song (8th April 2007)
An Atheist's Guide to an Easy Death (21st December 2006)
A Message on the Machine (8th April 2008)
A Memorial Service (7th March 2007)
By a Grave (13th September 2006)
Kinderselbsmordlieder (28th September 2006)
Aubade (4th September 2006)
Country-Western Ballad (16th June 2006)
And For That Matter (18th June 2008)
A Stack of Calendars (10th January 2007)
Man in the Street (27th July 2006)
Manifesto (27th June 2006)
Age &c.
The Shadow (2nd July 2006)
When did I die? (31st July 2006)
The Postmuous Life (31st July 2006)
The Flesh: A Deposition (12th February 2008)
Alarms (27th October 2007)
The Horror in the Mirror (21st August 2006)
Immortality (3rd April 2007)
The North Wind's Song (3rd July 2006)
Sleep Warriors (14th February 2008)
The Grieving Spouse (9th September 2006)
Twenty Years Later (10th August 2006)
Malfunction (16th February 2007)
Art
Text of a Motet, As Yet Unset" (26th November 2006)
Imploration (2nd June 2006)
Concert (1st June 2007)
Eight Great Tragedies (1st August 2007)
Bibliographica Aeterna (9th August 2007)
The Hollow Victory (29th August 2008)
Links (17th August 2006)
Science & nature
The Crisis in Postmodern Physics (26th September 2006)
The Family Python (6th September 2006)
Who's Who in the Zoo (24th June 2006)
Another Urban Myth (21st March 2007)
Search for Life (26th May 2008)
Cloud (24th January 2008)
O Terra, Addio (30th September 2006)
The world
Irony: An Example (20th January 2007)
Thanksgiving Sermon (18th November 2006)
Arab Love (14th July 2006)
Les Jeux sont fait (6th June 2006)
The Year We All Died (28th January 2007)
The Great Lull (18th May 2007)
Oil (24th May 2008)
January Light (11th January 2007)
A Vision for the Executive Board (29th September 2007)
Four More Years! (28th March 2008)
Plot Synopsis (30th May 2006)
FAQ2 (18th April 2007)
A Reverie on Labor Day (25th September 2006)
The past
Antiques Road Show (17th July 2006)
The Tragedy of Life (2nd September 2006)
A Chip Off the Old Block (27th January 2007)
Memoirs of a Geisha 1: Polishing Silver (8th September 2006)
The Man at the End of the Bar (31st May 2007)
Confession (27th May 2006)
Gods
A Further Word from Yahweh (28th September 2006)
In Defense Of Our Masters (28th June 2006)
Apology (19th May 2006)
The Kiss (27th November 2006)
Prometheus and Us (24th May 2007)
Is Thomas Disch the right God for You? (24th June 2008)
Love
The Elf-King (7th October 2006)
The Glass Half-Full (15th July 2006)
The Trophy Head (18th Feburary 2007)
Les (31st May 2008)
A Song From Hell (29th January 2008)
I Love You (21st June 2006)
One Apple (26th October 2007)
Death
July 24, 2006
Song (8th April 2007)
An Atheist's Guide to an Easy Death (21st December 2006)
A Message on the Machine (8th April 2008)
A Memorial Service (7th March 2007)
By a Grave (13th September 2006)
Kinderselbsmordlieder (28th September 2006)
Aubade (4th September 2006)
Country-Western Ballad (16th June 2006)
And For That Matter (18th June 2008)
A Stack of Calendars (10th January 2007)