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These new poems by the author of Saint Judas and The Green Wall embody a sharp break with his earlier work. Their impact is well described by the British critic Michael Hamburger: "He has absorbed the work of modern Spanish and other continental poets and evolved a medium of his own. This medium dispenses with argument and rhetoric, and presents the pure substance of poetry, images which are 'the objective correlatives' of emotion and feeling. It is only in the new collection that Wright has found this wholly distinctive voice."

Mr. Wright is well known for his previous books and his contributions to virtually every literary journal of importance. His numerous honors include a Fullbright fellowship, a Kenyon Review fellowship, and many other prizes and awards.

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  1. Cover
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  1. CONTENTS
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  1. AS I STEP OVER A PUDDLE AT THE END OF WINTER, I THINK OF AN ANCIENT CHINESE GOVERNOR
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  1. GOODBYE TO THE POETRY OF CALCIUM
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  1. IN FEAR OF HARVESTS
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  1. THREE STANZAS FROM GOETHE
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  1. AUTUMN BEGINS IN MARTINS FERRY, OHIO
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  1. LYING IN A HAMMOCK AT WILLIAM DUFFY'S FARM IN PINE ISLAND, MINNESOTA
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  1. THE JEWEL
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  1. IN THE FACE OF HATRED
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  1. FEAR IS WHAT QUICKENS ME
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  1. A MESSAGE HIDDEN IN AN EMPTY WINE BOTTLE THAT I THREW INTO A GULLY OF MAPLE TREES ONE NIGHT AT AN INDECENT HOUR
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  1. STAGES ON A JOURNEY WESTWARD
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  1. HOW MY FEVER LEFT
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  1. MINERS
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  1. IN OHIO
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  1. TWO POEMS ABOUT PRESIDENT HARDING
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  1. EISENHOWER'S VISIT TO FRANCO, 1959
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  1. IN MEMORY OF A SPANISH POET
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  1. THE UNDERMINING OF THE DEFENSE ECONOMY
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  1. TWILIGHTS
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  1. TWO HANGOVERS
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  1. DEPRESSED BY A BOOK OF BAD POETRY, I WALK TOWARD AN UNUSED PASTURE AND INVITE THE INSECTS TO JOIN ME
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  1. TWO HORSES PLAYING IN THE ORCHARD
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  1. BY A LAKE IN MINNESOTA
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  1. BEGINNING
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  1. FROM A BUS WINDOW IN CENTRAL OHIO, JUST BEFORE A THUNDER SHOWER
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  1. MARCH
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  1. TRYING TO PRAY
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  1. TWO SPRING CHARMS
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  1. SPRING IMAGES
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  1. ARRIVING IN THE COUNTRY AGAIN
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  1. IN THE COLD HOUSE
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  1. SNOWSTORM IN THE MIDWEST
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  1. HAVING LOST MY SONS, I CONFRONT THE WRECKAGE OF THE MOON: CHRISTMAS, 1960
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  1. AMERICAN WEDDING
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  1. A PRAYER TO ESCAPE FROM THE MARKET PLACE
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  1. RAIN
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  1. TODAY I WAS HAPPY, SO I MADE THIS POEM
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  1. MARY BLY
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  1. TO THE EVENING STAR: CENTRAL MINNESOTA
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  1. I WAS AFRAID OF DYING
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  1. A BLESSING
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  1. MILKWEED
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  1. A DREAM OF BURIAL
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