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James Dickey: The Selected Poems is the first book to collect James Dickey's very best poems. Like many visionary poets of the ecstatic imagination, Dickey experimented in a wide variety of literary styles. This volume brings together the finest work from each of the periods in Dickey's extremely controversial career. For over three decades, until his death in 1997, Dickey was one of the nation's most important poets; these are the poems that brought him a popular readership and critical acclaim.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title
  2. p. iii
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  1. Copyright
  2. p. iv
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. vii-ix
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  1. Introduction
  2. pp. xi-xvi
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  1. May Day Sermon to the Women of Gilmer County, Georgia, by a Woman Preacher Leaving the Baptist Church
  2. pp. 3-13
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  1. from Into the Stone and Other Poems (1960)
  1. Sleeping Out at Easter
  2. pp. 17-18
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  1. The Vegetable King
  2. pp. 19-21
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  1. The Performance
  2. pp. 22-23
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  1. from Drowning with Others (1962)
  1. The Lifeguard
  2. pp. 27-28
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  1. Listening to Foxhounds
  2. pp. 29-30
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  1. The Heaven of Animals
  2. pp. 31-32
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  1. In the Tree House at Night
  2. pp. 33-34
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  1. Hunting Civil War Relics at Nimblewill Creek
  2. pp. 35-37
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  1. from Helmets (1964)
  1. The Dusk of Horses
  2. pp. 41-42
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  1. Cherrylog Road
  2. pp. 43-46
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  1. A Folk Singer of the Thirties
  2. pp. 47-51
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  1. The Being
  2. pp. 52-54
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  1. Approaching Prayer
  2. pp. 55-60
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  1. Drinking from a Helmet
  2. pp. 61-66
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  1. from Buckdancer's Choice (1965)
  1. The Firebombing
  2. pp. 69-77
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  1. Buckdancer's Choice
  2. pp. 78-79
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  1. The Celebration
  2. pp. 80-81
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  1. The Shark's Parlor
  2. pp. 82-84
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  1. Fox Blood
  2. pp. 85-86
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  1. The Fiend
  2. pp. 87-90
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  1. Slave Quarters
  2. pp. 91-96
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  1. from Falling (published in Poems, 1957-1967) (1967)
  1. Reincarnation (II)
  2. pp. 99-108
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  1. The Sheep Child
  2. pp. 109-110
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  1. For the Last Wolverine
  2. pp. 111-113
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  1. The Bee
  2. pp. 114-115
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  1. Mary Sheffield
  2. pp. 116-117
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  1. Falling
  2. pp. 118-123
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  1. from The Eye-Beaters, Blood, Victor, Madness, Buckhead and Mercy (1970)
  1. Victory
  2. pp. 127-130
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  1. Pine
  2. pp. 131-133
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  1. Madness
  2. pp. 134-137
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  1. The Eye-Beaters
  2. pp. 138-143
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  1. from The Strength of Fields (1979)
  1. Root-light, or the Lawyer's Daughter
  2. p. 147
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  1. The Strength of Fields
  2. pp. 148-149
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  1. The Rain Guitar
  2. pp. 150-151
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  1. Remnant Water
  2. pp. 152-153
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  1. False Youth: Autumn: Clothes of the Age
  2. pp. 154-155
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  1. from Puella (1982)
  1. From Time
  2. pp. 159-160
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  1. Tapestry and Sail
  2. pp. 161-162
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  1. from The Eagle's Mile (1990)
  1. Eagles
  2. pp. 165-166
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  1. Circuit
  2. p. 167
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  1. Night Bird
  2. p. 168
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  1. The One
  2. p. 169
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  1. The Three
  2. pp. 170-171
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  1. The Eagle's Mile
  2. pp. 172-174
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  1. Meadow Bridge
  2. p. 175
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  1. Tomb Stone
  2. p. 176
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  1. Moon Flock
  2. pp. 177-178
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  1. from Double-tongue: Collaborations and Rewrites Purgation (second version)
  2. pp. 179-182
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  1. Index of Titles and First Lines
  2. pp. 183-185
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