The Branch Will Not Break
Poems
Publication Year: 1968
Published by: Wesleyan University Press
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CONTENTS
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pp. 6-7
AS I STEP OVER A PUDDLE AT THE END OF WINTER, I THINK OF AN ANCIENT CHINESE GOVERNOR
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pp. 11-
GOODBYE TO THE POETRY OF CALCIUM
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pp. 12-
IN FEAR OF HARVESTS
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pp. 13-
THREE STANZAS FROM GOETHE
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pp. 14-
AUTUMN BEGINS IN MARTINS FERRY, OHIO
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pp. 15-
LYING IN A HAMMOCK AT WILLIAM DUFFY'S FARM IN PINE ISLAND, MINNESOTA
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pp. 16-
THE JEWEL
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pp. 17-
IN THE FACE OF HATRED
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pp. 18-
FEAR IS WHAT QUICKENS ME
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pp. 19-
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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pp. 20-
STAGES ON A JOURNEY WESTWARD
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pp. 21-22
HOW MY FEVER LEFT
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pp. 23-
MINERS
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pp. 24-
IN OHIO
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pp. 25-
TWO POEMS ABOUT PRESIDENT HARDING
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pp. 26-28
EISENHOWER'S VISIT TO FRANCO, 1959
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pp. 29-30
IN MEMORY OF A SPANISH POET
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pp. 31-
THE UNDERMINING OF THE DEFENSE ECONOMY
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pp. 32-
TWILIGHTS
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pp. 33-
TWO HANGOVERS
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pp. 34-35
DEPRESSED BY A BOOK OF BAD POETRY, I WALK TOWARD AN UNUSED PASTURE AND INVITE THE INSECTS TO JOIN ME
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pp. 36-
TWO HORSES PLAYING IN THE ORCHARD
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pp. 37-
BY A LAKE IN MINNESOTA
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pp. 38-
BEGINNING
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pp. 39-
FROM A BUS WINDOW IN CENTRAL OHIO, JUST BEFORE A THUNDER SHOWER
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pp. 40-
MARCH
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pp. 41-
TRYING TO PRAY
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pp. 42-
TWO SPRING CHARMS
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pp. 43-
SPRING IMAGES
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pp. 44-
ARRIVING IN THE COUNTRY AGAIN
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pp. 45-
IN THE COLD HOUSE
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pp. 46-
SNOWSTORM IN THE MIDWEST
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pp. 47-
HAVING LOST MY SONS, I CONFRONT THE WRECKAGE OF THE MOON: CHRISTMAS, 1960
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pp. 48-49
AMERICAN WEDDING
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pp. 50-
A PRAYER TO ESCAPE FROM THE MARKET PLACE
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pp. 51-
RAIN
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pp. 52-
TODAY I WAS HAPPY, SO I MADE THIS POEM
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pp. 53-
MARY BLY
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pp. 54-
TO THE EVENING STAR: CENTRAL MINNESOTA
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pp. 55-
I WAS AFRAID OF DYING
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pp. 56-
A BLESSING
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pp. 57-
MILKWEED
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pp. 58-
A DREAM OF BURIAL
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pp. 59-
E-ISBN-13: 9780819569844
Print-ISBN-13: 9780819510181
Page Count: 59
Publication Year: 1968
Series Title: Wesleyan Poetry Program
