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- New and Selected Poems, 1957-2011
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- 2011
- Published by: Red Hen Press
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New and Selected Poems: 1957 - 2011 is culled from Robert Sward's newest and best works, including both previously unpublished poems and selections from his 20+ books of poetry. It is the definitive Sward collection, exhibiting throughout his signature style: outwardly zany and fanciful, but inwardly serious, troubled, and questioning. They cover the territory Sward has tread so well—love, divorce, multiple marriage, aging, loss, and the challenge of bringing up children in a highly unstable world—in his lifelong search for the liberating illumination of IT.
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- An Introduction to Robert Sward
- pp. 15-17
- Author's Note
- p. 19
- Uncle Dog: The Poet at 9
- pp. 25-26
- Hello Poem
- pp. 30-31
- Kissing the Dancer
- pp. 35-36
- Scenes from a Text
- p. 39
- All for a Day
- p. 42
- Movies: Left to Right
- pp. 45-46
- Thousand-Year-Old Fiancee
- pp. 47-48
- Iowa Writers' Workshop - 1958
- pp. 51-53
- Honey Bear
- pp. 54-55
- Blind Poet
- pp. 56-57
- Mr. Amnesia
- pp. 58-60
- Post-Modern
- pp. 64-65
- Scarf Gobble Wallow Inventory
- pp. 69-70
- Ode to Santa Cruz
- pp. 77-78
- Four Incarnations
- pp. 83-87
- Clancy the Dog
- p. 88
- Scarlet the Parrot
- pp. 89-91
- Alfa the Dog
- pp. 92-93
- On My Way to the Korean War
- pp. 96-98
- 1950s / 1960s
- pp. 99-103
- Ode to Torpor
- p. 104
- Sausalito Ferry Poem
- p. 105
- Portrait of an L.A. Daughter
- pp. 109-111
- Water Breather
- pp. 112-119
- Fashion Makes the Heart Grow Fonder
- pp. 120-122
- One for the Road
- p. 125
- Turning 60
- pp. 126-128
- Son of the Commandment
- pp. 131-132
- A Prayer for My Mother
- pp. 133-143
- Rosicrucian in the Basement
- pp. 144-149
- Heavenly Sex
- pp. 150-151
- Wedding #2
- pp. 152-155
- One-Stop Foot Shop
- pp. 159-160
- Good News from the Other World
- pp. 162-163
- Arch Supports - The Fitting
- pp. 164-165
- God is in the Cracks
- pp. 166-167
- Life is Its Own Afterlife
- pp. 172-173
- This is a Father
- p. 176
- Online with the "Urban Dictionary"
- pp. 177-178
- The Astronomer, a Universe for Beginners
- pp. 179-180
- The World According to Shelby
- pp. 181-182
- In a World of No
- pp. 183-184
- Laika, Dog Astronaut
- p. 185
- Inter-Species Healing, a Specialty
- pp. 186-187
- Gimme Your Paw
- pp. 188-189
- Companion Animals
- pp. 190-192
- Dr. Sward's Cure for Melancholia
- pp. 193-194
- A Face to Sadden God
- pp. 195-196
- The World is Broken
- p. 198
- Surviving Death
- p. 199
- Soul Retrieval
- p. 200
- Biographical Note
- p. 208
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ISBN
9781597093309
Related ISBN(s)
9781597092616
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OCLC
835770621
Pages
208
Launched on MUSE
2013-01-01
Language
English
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No
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