Collected Poems
Publication Year: 2011
Published by: Wesleyan University Press
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Title Page, Copyright
CONTENTS
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pp. vii-xiii
THE QUEST
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pp. 3-
SITTING IN A SMALL SCREENHOUSEON A SUMMER MORNING
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pp. 4-
from THE GREEN WALL
A FIT AGAINST THE COUNTRY
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pp. 7-8
THE SEASONLESS
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pp. 8-9
THE HORSE
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pp. 9-10
THE FISHERMEN
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pp. 10-11
A GIRL IN A WINDOW
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pp. 12-13
ON THE SKELETON OF A HOUND
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pp. 13-14
THREE STEPS TO THE GRAVEYARD
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pp. 14-15
FATHER
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ELEGY IN A FIRELIT ROOM
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pp. 16-17
ARRANGEMENTS WITH EARTHFOR THREE DEAD FRIENDS
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pp. 17-18
LAMENT FOR MY BROTHER ON A HAYRAKE
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pp. 18-
SHE HID IN THE TREES FROM THE NURSES
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pp. 18-20
TO A DEFEATED SAVIOR
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pp. 20-21
TO A TROUBLED FRIEND
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pp. 21-
POEM FOR KATHLEEN FERRIER
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pp. 21-22
A SONG FOR THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT
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pp. 22-23
A PRESENTATION OF TWO BIRDS TO MY SON
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pp. 23-24
TO A HOSTESS SAYING GOOD NIGHT
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pp. 25-
A POEM ABOUT GEORGE DOTYIN THE DEATH HOUSE
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pp. 25-26
TO A FUGITIVE
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pp. 27-
ELEUTHERIA
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pp. 27-28
AUTUMNAL
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pp. 28-
THE SHADOW AND THE REAL
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pp. 29-
WITCHES WAKEN THE NATURAL WORLD IN SPRING
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pp. 29-30
MORNING HYMN TO A DARK GIRL
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pp. 30-31
THE QUAIL
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pp. 31-33
SAPPHO
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pp. 33-35
A GESTURE BY A LADY WITH AN ASSUMED NAME
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pp. 35-36
MUTTERINGS OVER THE CRIB OF A DEAF CHILD
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pp. 36-37
THE ANGEL
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pp. 37-39
THE ASSIGNATION
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pp. 39-42
COME FORTH
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pp. 42-43
ERINNA TO SAPPHO
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pp. 43-45
A LITTLE GIRL ON HER WAY TO SCHOOL
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pp. 45-46
MY GRANDMOTHER'S GHOST
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pp. 46-
SAINT JUDAS
I. Lunar Changes
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pp. 49-
COMPLAINT
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pp. 49-50
PAUL
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pp. 49-
AN OFFERING FOR MR. BLUEHART
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pp. 50-51
OLD MAN DRUNK
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pp. 51-52
SPARROWS IN A HILLSIDE DRIFT
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pp. 52-53
A NOTE LEFT IN JIMMY LEONARD'S SHACK
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pp. 53-54
AT THOMAS HARDY'S BIRTHPLACE, 1953
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pp. 54-55
EVENING
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pp. 55-57
DOG IN A CORNFIELD
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pp. 57-58
ON MINDING ONE'S OWN BUSINESS
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pp. 58-60
THE MORALITY OF POETRY
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pp. 60-62
AT THE SLACKENING OF THE TIDE
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pp. 62-63
ALL THE BEAUTIFUL ARE BLAMELESS
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pp. 63-64
IN A VIENNESE CEMETERY
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pp. 64-65
A PRAYER IN MY SICKNESS
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pp. 65-
THE COLD DIVINITIES
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pp. 65-67
THE REVELATION
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pp. 67-68
A WINTER DAY IN OHIO
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pp. 68-
II. A Sequence of Love Poems
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pp. 69-
A BREATH OF AIR
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IN SHAME AND HUMILIATION
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pp. 69-71
THE ACCUSATION
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pp. 71-72
THE GHOST
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pp. 72-74
THE ALARM
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pp. 74-75
A GIRL WALKING INTO A SHADOW
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pp. 75-76
BUT ONLY MINE
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pp. 76-
III. The Part Nearest Home
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pp. 77-
WHAT THE EARTH ASKED ME
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pp. 77-78
THE REFUSAL
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pp. 78-79
AMERICAN TWILIGHTS, 1957
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pp. 79-81
DEVOTIONS
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pp. 81-82
AT THE EXECUTED MURDERER'S GRAVE
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pp. 82-84
SAINT JUDAS
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SOME TRANSLATIONS
TEN SHORT POEMS
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pp. 89-92
I WANT TO SLEEP
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pp. 92-94
NATURE ALIVE
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LOVE SONG TO A MORNING
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pp. 94-96
SOME BEASTS
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pp. 96-97
THE HEIGHTS OF MACCHU PICCHU, III
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TRUMPETS
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pp. 97-98
DE PROFUNDIS
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pp. 98-99
THE RATS
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A WINTER NIGHT
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pp. 99-100
SLEEP
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I AM FREED
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pp. 100-101
WHITE ROSE
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A DIVINE FALLING OF LEAVES
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OUR DAILY BREAD
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pp. 102-104
THE ETERNAL DICE
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pp. 104-105
THE BIG PEOPLE
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pp. 105-106
DOWN TO THE DREGS
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pp. 106-
NOT IN MARBLE PALACES
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pp. 106-108
ANACREON'S GRAVE
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pp. 108-
THE BRANCH WILL NOT BREAK
AS I STEP OVER A PUDDLE AT THE END OFWINTER, I THINK OF AN ANCIENT CHINESEGOVERNOR
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p. 111-111
GOODBYE TO THE POETRY OF CALCIUM
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pp. 111-112
IN FEAR OF HARVESTS
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pp. 112-
THREE STANZAS FROM GOETHE
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pp. 112-113
AUTUMN BEGINS IN MARTINS FERRY, OHIO
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pp. 113-114
LYING IN A HAMMOCK AT WILLIAM DUFFY'SFARM IN PINE ISLAND, MINNESOTA
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THE JEWEL
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IN THE FACE OF HATRED
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pp. 114-115
FEAR IS WHAT QUICKENS ME
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A MESSAGE HIDDEN IN AN EMPTY WINE BOTTLETHAT I THREW INTO A GULLY OF MAPLE TREESONE NIGHT AT AN INDECENT HOUR
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pp. 115-116
STAGES ON A JOURNEY WESTWARD
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pp. 116-117
HOW MY FEVER LEFT
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pp. 117-118
MINERS
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pp. 118-119
IN OHIO
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TWO POEMS ABOUT PRESIDENT HARDING
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pp. 119-121
EISENHOWER'S VISIT TO FRANCO, 1959
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pp. 121-122
IN MEMORY OF A SPANISH POET
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pp. 122-123
THE UNDERMINING OF THE DEFENSE ECONOMY
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pp. 123-124
TWILIGHTS
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TWO HANGOVERS
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pp. 124-125
DEPRESSED BY A BOOK OF BAD POETRY, I WALKTOWARD AN UNUSED PASTURE AND INVITETHE INSECTS TO JOIN ME
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pp. 125-126
TWO HORSES PLAYING IN THE ORCHARD
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BY A LAKE IN MINNESOTA
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BEGINNING
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FROM A BUS WINDOW IN CENTRAL OHIO,JUST BEFORE A THUNDER SHOWER
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MARCH
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TRYING TO PRAY
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TWO SPRING CHARMS
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SPRING IMAGES
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ARRIVING IN THE COUNTRY AGAIN
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IN THE COLD HOUSE
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SNOWSTORM IN THE MIDWEST
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pp. 130-131
HAVING LOST MY SONS, I CONFRONT THEWRECKAGE OF THE MOON:CHRISTMAS, 1960
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pp. 131-132
AMERICAN WEDDING
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A PRAYER TO ESCAPE FROM THE MARKET PLACE
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pp. 132-133
RAIN
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TODAY I WAS HAPPY, SO I MADE THIS POEM
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MARY ELY
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TO THE EVENING STAR: CENTRAL MINNESOTA
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I WAS AFRAID OF DYING
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A BLESSING
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MILKWEED
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A DREAM OF BURIAL
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SHALL WE GATHER AT THE RIVER
A CHRISTMAS GREETING
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THE MINNEAPOLIS POEM
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pp. 139-142
INSCRIPTION FOR THE TANK
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pp. 142-143
IN TERROR OF HOSPITAL BILLS
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I AM A SIOUX BRAVE, HE SAID IN MINNEAPOLIS
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GAMBLING IN STATELINE, NEVADA
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THE POOR WASHED UP BY CHICAGO WINTER
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AN ELEGY FOR THE POET MORGAN BLUM
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OLD AGE COMPENSATION
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BEFORE A CASHIER'S WINDOW IN ADEPARTMENT STORE
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SPEAK
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OUTSIDE FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA
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LIVING BY THE RED RIVER
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TO FLOOD STAGE AGAIN
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A POEM WRITTEN UNDER AN ARCHWAY IN ADISCONTINUED RAILROAD STATION, FARGO,NORTH DAKOTA
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pp. 151-152
LATE NOVEMBER IN A FIELD
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pp. 152-153
THE FRONTIER
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LISTENING TO THE MOURNERS
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pp. 153-154
YOUTH
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RIP
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pp. 154-155
THE LIFE
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pp. 155-156
THREE SENTENCES FOR A DEAD SWAN
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BRUSH FIRE
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THE LIGHTS IN THE HALLWAY
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pp. 157-158
THE SMALL BLUE HERON
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WILLY LYONS
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pp. 158-159
A PRAYER TO THE LORD RAMAKRISHNA
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pp. 159-160
IN MEMORY OF LEOPARDI
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pp. 160-161
TWO POSTURES BESIDE A FIRE
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pp. 161-
FOR THE MARSH'S BIRTHDAY
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pp. 161-162
LIFTING ILLEGAL NETS BY FLASHLIGHT
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pp. 162-163
CONFESSION TO J. EDGAR HOOVER
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pp. 163-164
TO THE POETS IN NEW YORK
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THE RIVER DOWN HOME
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pp. 164-165
IN RESPONSE TO A RUMOR THAT THE OLDESTWHOREHOUSE IN WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA,HAS BEEN CONDEMNED
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pp. 165-166
POEMS TO A BROWN CRICKET
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pp. 166-168
TO THE MUSE
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pp. 168-169
NEW POEMS
THE IDEA OF THE GOOD
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pp. 173-
BLUE TEAL'S MOTHER
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pp. 173-175
MOON
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A POEM ABOUT BREASTS
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pp. 176-
SUN TAN AT DUSK
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pp. 176-177
A MAD FIGHT SONG FOR WILLIAM S. CARPENTER, 1966
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pp. 177-178
THE PRETTY REDHEAD
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pp. 178-179
ECHO FOR THE PROMISE OF GEORG TRAKL'S LIFE
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pp. 179-180
A CENTENARY ODE: INSCRIBED TO LITTLE CROW,LEADER OF THE SIOUX REBELLION INMINNESOTA, 1862
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pp. 180-181
RED JACKET'S GRAVE
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pp. 181-182
TO THE AUGUST FALLEN
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pp. 182-183
A SECRET GRATITUDE
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pp. 183-186
SO SHE SAID
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pp. 186-187
TROUBLE
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pp. 187-188
HUMMING A TUNE FOR AN OLD LADY IN WEST VIRGINIA
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pp. 188-189
TO A DEAD DRUNK
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pp. 189-190
SMALL FROGS KILLED ON THE HIGHWAY
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A WAY TO MAKE A LIVING
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A SUMMER MEMORY IN THE CROWDED CITY
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pp. 192-194
A POEM BY GARNIE BRAXTON
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pp. 194-
WRITTEN IN A COPY OF SWIFT'S POEMS,FOR WAYNE BURNS
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pp. 194-195
ECLOGUE AT NASH'S GROVE
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pp. 195-197
IN MEMORY OF THE HORSE DAVID, WHO ATE ONE OF MY POEMS
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pp. 197-198
LARRY
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pp. 198-199
THE OFFENSE
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pp. 199-201
TO A FRIENDLY DUN
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pp. 201-203
TO HARVEY, WHO TRACED THE CIRCULATION
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pp. 203-204
KATY DID
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pp. 204-206
MANY OF OUR WATERS: VARIATIONS ON A POEMBY A BLACK CHILD
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pp. 206-212
A MORAL POEM FREELY ACCEPTED FROM SAPPHO
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pp. 212-213
NORTHERN PIKE; "Bleibe, bleibe bei mir"
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pp. 213-214
INDEX OF TITLES AND FIRST LINES
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pp. 215-
E-ISBN-13: 9780819569837
Print-ISBN-13: 9780819568618
Page Count: 230
Publication Year: 2011
Edition: Rev. ed.
Series Title: Wesleyan Poetry Series


