Finding-Aid for the James Dickey Papers (WTU00035)

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Descriptive Summary

Biographical Note

Scope and Contents Note

Restrictions

Administrative Information

Box and Folder Listing

Collection Outline

Collection Outline

Series I.1 Correspondence 1954-1960, 1962-1970.

Series I.2 Manuscripts by others

Series II. Poems by James Dickey.

Series II.2. Essays by James Dickey

Series II.3. Reviews, addresses, translations by James Dickey

Series III. Material toward books by James Dickey.

Series IV. Miscellany

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Descriptive Summary
	Creator	Dickey, James, 1923-
	Title	James Dickey Papers
	Quantity:	2832 items
	Identification:	WTU00035

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Biographical Note

I. Standard biographical and bibliographical information may be found in Current Biography, April 1968; Contemporary Authors, Vol. 11-12; Contemporary Poets, p. 295. For an autobiographical statement, vita, see Ser. 4, folder 7. In addition, see James Dickey: A Bibliography, by Eileen K. Glancy, in Twentieth Century Literature, Vol. 15, number 1, April 1969; and The Achievement of James Dickey, by Laurence Lieberman, Scott, Foresman, 1968.

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Scope and Contents Note

Ser. 1. CORRESPONDENCE, 1954-1960, 1962-1970. Boxes 1-3. 933 items. Letters foldered chronologically; undated and unidentified letters, folders 54-59. For list of correspondents, see Index. Work by others retained in Ser. 1 is listed pp. 4-5. Ser. 2-1. SINGLE TITLE POEMS. Boxes 4-12. 201 titles. Drafts foldered alphabetically by title. Approximate date of composition or periodical publication indicated in brackets. Ser. 2-2. ESSAYS. Box 13. 40 items. Includes drafts, notes toward published and unpublished essays on individual works by others and on the nature of poetry, foldered alphabetically by title. Ser. 2-3. REVIEWS, ADDRESSES, TRANSLATIONS. Box 14. 47 items. Includes drafts and notes toward reviews of individual collections of poems; introduction to a reading, [1966]; NBA acceptance speech, 1966; a commencement address, 1965; and translations of five French authors. Each foldered alphabetically by title. Ser. 3. MATERIAL TOWARD BOOKS. Boxes 15-17. 38 items. Arranged by date of publication, as follows: Into the Stone: table of contents, incomplete text; Drowning with Others: setting copy; Helmets: original typescript, final typescript, final typescript with front matter, setting copy; Buckdancer's Choice: 5 typescripts toward complete book, setting copy; Poems 1957-1967: final typescript, galley proof of May Day Sermon..., corrected galley proof; The Eyebeaters...: setting copy, printers galley proof, second galley proof, uncorrected; Self-Interviews: transcriptions from tapes in various stages by James and Barbara Reiss, revised typescripts, photocopies of final typescripts. Ser. 4. MISCELLANY. Box 18. c.34 items. Includes poems by others, copies of theses on James Dickey, photographs, clippings, announcements, miscellaneous notes, etc. ALsS, TLsS, Tss., Ts.[carbons], Mss., Ts.[duplicated], photocopies, printed items.

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Open.

Use Restriction

Letters of James Wright not to be consulted without the permission of James Dickey.

Users of the collections must read and abide by the Rules for the use of manuscript collection materials.

Users of the collections who wish to use items from this collection, in whole or in part, in any form of publication (as defined in the form) must sign and submit to the Washington University Department of Special Collections a hard copy of the Notification of intent publish manuscript collection materials form.

All publication not covered by fair use restricted to those who have permission of the copyright holder.

Copyright to significant portions of the collection held by Matthew J. Bruccoli Department of EnglishUniversity of South CarolinaColumbia, SC 29208Bruccolim@garnet.cla.sc.edu

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Administrative Information

Source of Collection

Gift, [1964], 1965; Purchase, 1968, 1969, 1970.

Processing Information

Processed by Washington University Department Special Collections Staff March, 1972EAD encoded finding-aid complete March, 2001

Accruals

Interfiled within collection or by accession at end of collection.

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Box and Folder Listing

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Series I.1 Correspondence 1954-1960, 1962-1970. 933 items.

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1954

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1955

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1956

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1957: Jan - Mar.

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1957: Apr. - May

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1957: June - Sept.

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1957: Oct. - Dec.

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1958: Jan. - Apr.

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1958: May - July

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1958: Aug. - Sept.

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1958: Oct.

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1958: Nov. - Dec.

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1959: Jan. - Apr.

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1/14

1959: May

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1959: June - Aug.

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1959: Sept. - Oct.

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1959: Nov.

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1959: Dec.

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1960: Jan. - Feb.

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1960: Mar.

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1960: Apr. - July

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1960: Aug. - Oct.

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1960: Nov.

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1960: Dec.

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1962

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1963: Jan. - Apr.

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1963: May - Dec.

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1964: Jan. - Sept.

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1964: Oct.

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1964: Nov.

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1964: Dec.

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1965: Jan. - Feb.

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1965: Mar.

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1965: Apr.

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1965: May

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1965: June - Sept.

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1965: Oct. - Dec.

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1966: Jan. - Feb.

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1966: Mar. - May

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1966: June - Aug.

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1966: Sept.

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1966: Oct. - Dec.

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1967: Jan. - Mar.

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1967: Apr. - May

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1967: June - Dec.

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1968: Jan. - May

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1968: June - Oct.

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1969: Apr. - June

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1969: July

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1969: Aug.

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1969: Sept. - Dec.

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1970: Jan. - June

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1970: July - Aug.

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No Date, A - C

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No Date, D - Ho

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No Date, Hugo

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No Date, I - M

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No Date, N - T

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3/59

Unidentified

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Series I.2 Manuscripts by others

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Series I.2.a Manuscripts by others retained with correspondence.

Bly, Robert.

1/19

Dusk before dawn [poem] Translation typescript.

1/22

Poem [poem] Ms. 1960.

1/22

Poem late at night [poem] Ms. 1960.

1/19

The rare perfume [poem] Ts. translation from the French of Baudelaire.

Summer in Minnesota [poem] Ms. 1960.

Taking turns reading poems aloud late at night [poem] Ms. 1960.

Booth, Philip.

1/23

The line [poem] Ts.[carbon] draft.

Night notes on an old dream [poem]

Carroll, Paul.

2/34

Poem to my bride [poem] Ts.[photocopy] [1965: Apr. 13]

Hall, Donald.

3/55

Birds [poem] Ts.[duplicated] n.d.

Evening early in summer [poem] Ts.[duplicated] n.d.

Plains [poem] Ts.[duplicated] n.d.

Return to the city [poem] Ts.[duplicated] n.d.

The stump [poem] Ts.[duplicated] n.d.

Two [poem] Ts.[duplicated] n.d.

Harrison, Jim.

3/43

War Suite [poem] Ts.[carbon] [1967]

Hecht, Roger.

3/44

The way to Damascus [poem] MS. [1967]

Hill, Geoffrey.

1/8

The apostles (Versailles, [poem] 1919) Ts. 1958.

1/4

Asmodeus [poem] Ts.[carbon] 1955.

The distant fury of battle [poem] Ts.[carbon] 1956.

Doctor Faustus [poem] Ts. 1958.

Drakes's drum [poem] Ts.[carbon] 1956.

In piam memoriam, [poem] Spring 1958. Ts. 1958.

Orpheus & Eurydice [poem] Ts. 1958.

A pastoral [poem] Ts. 1958

Picture of a nativity [poem] Ts.[carbon] 1956.

The scapegoat [poem] Ts.[carbon] 1956

The white ship [poem] Ts.[carbon] 1956.

Hugo, Richard F.

3/56

Bathers: Michelle Russo [poem] Ts.[duplicated] n.d.

Duwamish [poem] Ts. n.d.

The great goot: Milton Wilson [poem] Ts.[duplicated] n.d.

Mosaic for autumn: Karl Shadbolt [poem] Ts.[duplicated] n.d.

The red chair: Sally Haley [poem] Ts.[duplicated]

Summer stairs: James McGarrell [poem] Ts.[duplicated]

A troubador removed [poem] Ts. n.d.

Yellow light: Carl Morris [poem] Ts.[duplicated] n.d.

Ignatow, David.

1/5

Continents [poem] Ts. [1957]

Murzzuschlag song [poem] Ts.[carbon] [1957]

Now a moment, now not, now? [poem] Ts. [1957]

Seasons, journeys, cities, skies [prose excerpts] Ts., ts.[carbon] [1957]

Johnson, Kay.

1/9

On his unexpected death: the last time I saw him [poem] Ts. 1958: July

Malone, Henry.

From the cornfields [poem] Ts. n.d.

A garden locked after sunset [poem] Ts. n.d.

Or a little flower...[poem] Ts. n.d.

The shoes [poem] Ts. n.d.

When a little girl came into my poems [poem] Ts. n.d.

Words coming up from nowhere [poem] Ts. n.d.

Marshall, Lenore G.

3/46

Story [poem] [1968]

Meredith, William.

1/3

Christmas On falling asleep by firelight [poem] 1956: Ts. signed

Transferred to printed. TM

Rutsala, Vern.

2/31

Faces [poem] Ts. [1963]

Pruned [poem] Ts. [1964]

Simmons, Joseph Edgar Jr.

2/35

Focus in purgatory [poem] Ts.[carbon] [1965]

2/32

My mother in Spain [poem] Ts.[carbon] [1965]

The necessity of profance love [poem] Ts.[carbon] [1965]

Style [poem] Ts.[carbon] [1965]

Train whistle [poem] Ts.[carbon] [1965]

Stanford, Ann.

1/13

Hidden things [poem] Reprint [1958]

The walnuts [poem] Reprint [1958]

Taylor, Henry S.

2/27

A bargain at half the price [poem] Ts. n.d.

Viereck, Peter Robert Edward

More than wings can bear [poem] [1963-64]

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Series II. Poems by James Dickey.

Single title poems by James Dickey.

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4/1

Adultery. [poem]

n.d. Ts., ts.[carbon] 4 drafts, moderate revision 1 draft, no revision. 5 drafts, 5 pp.

4/2

After the night hunt. [poem]

[pub.] 1962, Ts.[carbon] 2 drafts, no revision 2 drafts, 2 pp.

4/3

Angina. [poem]

[pub.] 1964, Ts., ts.[carbon] 13 drafts, moderate to heavy revision; 1 draft, no revision. 14 drafts, 26 pp.

Word list, 1 p., Notes, 1 p.

4/4

Antipolis. [poem]

[pub.] 1960, Ts., ts.[carbon] Alternate titles: The rampart, The rampart of Antibes. 1 draft, light revision; 1 draft, moderate revision; 10 drafts, heavy revision. 12 drafts, 12 pp.

4/5

Apollo. [poem]

n.d. Ts., ts.[carbon] Alternate title: For the Apollo eight moon orbit. Poem published in two parts: I. For the first manned moon orbit; II. The ground.

Part I: 3 drafts, no revision; 1 draft, light revision; 8 drafts, heavy revision. 12 drafts, 15 pp.

Part II: 2 drafts, no revision; 11 drafts, heavy revision 13 drafts, 15 pp.

4/6

Approaching prayer. [poem]

n.d. Ts.[carbon] 1 draft, no revision 1 draft, 4 pp.

4/7

As in a tower. [poem]

[unpub.] Ts. 1 draft, light revision; 2 drafts, moderate revision; 10 drafts, heavy revision. 12 drafts, 12 pp.

4/8

At Darien bridge. [poem]

[pub.] 1963, Ts., ms., ts.[carbon] Alternate titles: The salt marsh, The prisoner, To prisoners, The marshes. 7 drafts, moderate revision; 6 drafts, heavy revision. 13 drafts, 13 pp.

At Mercy manor SEE Merch.[poem] [poem]

4/9

Awaiting the swimmer. [poem]

[pub.] 1959, Ts. 1 draft, light revision; 5 drafts, moderate revision; 4 drafts, heavy revision. 10 drafts, 1 pp.

4/10

The bay of Naples. [poem]

[On the bay of Naples][unpub.] Ts., ts.[carbon] Alternate title: On the bay of Naples. 1 draft, no revision; 1 draft, light revision; 5 drafts, heavy revision. 7 drafts, 7 pp.

4/11

The bay of Naples .[variant] [poem]

[unpub.] Ts., ts.[carbon] 2 drafts, light revision; 5 drafts, heavy revision. 7 drafts, 7 pp.

4/12

The bee. [poem]

n.d. Ts., ts.[carbon] Alternate title: The coaches; A fable of the bees; The wingback. One draft, no revision; 1 draft, light revision; 5 drafts, heavy revision. 3 pp. of notes. 7 drafts, 17 pp.

4/13

A beginning poet, aged sixty-five. [poem]

[pub.] 1958, Ts. Alternate title: A beginning poet, aged sixty. 3 drafts, light revision; 2 drafts, moderate revision; 7 drafts, heavy revision. Also published as To a beginning poet. 12 drafts, 19 pp.

4/14

The being. [poem]

[pub.] 1963, Ts. 1 p. of notes. 5 drafts, heavy revision. 5 drafts, 11 pp.

4/15

Below Ellijay. [poem]

[pub.] 1962, Ts.[carbon] 1 draft, no revision. Published as Part II of On the Coosawattee in Helmets. 1 p. autograph listing sections of poem 1 draft, 3 pp.

4/16

A birth. [poem]

[pub.] 1960, Ts.[carbon] 1 draft, no revision. 1 draft, 1 p.

4/17

The birthday dream. [poem]

[pub.] 1965, Ts., ts.[carbon] Alternate titles: The birthday sleep; The intense world; Intensity. 2 drafts, no revision; 3 drafts, moderate revision; 3 drafts, heavy revision. 8 drafts, 16 pp.

4/18

Blood. [poem]

[pub.] 1969, Ts. 1 draft, light revision; 2 drafts, moderate revision; 1 draft, heavy revision. 4 drafts, 4 pp.

4/19

Blowgun and rattlesnake. [poem]

[pub.] 1963, Ts., ts.[carbon] 2 fragments, notes included. Alternate titles: Snake poem; Instructions for rattlesnake hunting with a blowgun; Hunting rattlesnakes; Snake hunter with blowgun; The snake hunter; Blowgunning for (Rattle)snakes. 2 drafts, light revision; 5 drafts, heavy revision. 7 drafts, 16 pp.

4/20

Brambles. [poem]

[unpub.] Ts. Alternate title: Thorns. 1 draft, light revision; 1 draft, moderate revision; 5 drafts, heavy revision. 7 drafts, 7 pp.

4/21

Bread. [poem]

[pub.] 1967, Ts. Alternate title: The last war poem. 2 drafts, light revision; 1 draft, moderate revision; 1 draft heavy revision. 4 drafts, 4 pp.

4/22

Breath. [poem]

[pub.] 1963, Ts.[carbon] 1 draft, heavy revision. 1 draft, 2 pp.

4/23

Buckdancer's choice. [poem]

[pub.] 1965, Ts. 1 p. autograph notes, 2 pp. word list. 1 draft, light revision; 1 draft, moderate revision; 2 drafts, heavy revision. 4 drafts, 7 pp.

4/24

Bums, on waking. [poem]

[pub.] 1963, Ts. 1 draft, light revision; 2 draft, moderate revision; 2 drafts, heavy revision. 4 drafts, 7 pp.

4/25

The call. [poem]

[pub.] 1959, Ts., ts.[carbon], ms. Alternate title: Summer dusk. 3 drafts, light revision; 7 drafts, moderate revision; 4 drafts, heavy revision. 14 drafts, 17 pp.

4/26

By canoe through the fir forest. [poem]

[pub.] Published as Part I of On theCoosawattee. 1962, Ts. Alternate titles: Through the fir forest by canoe; Through the fir forest by boat; Wooded river; (Through) entering the fir forest by (boat) river. 2 pp. repaired. 1 draft, light revision; 5 drafts, moderate revision; 3 drafts, heavy revision. 9 drafts, 12 pp.

4/27

Canals. [poem]

[unpub.] Ts., ts.[carbon] 1 p. word list included. 1 draft, no revision; 1 draft, light revision; 1 draft, moderate revision; 3 drafts, heavy revision. 6 drafts, 13 pp.

4/28

The cancer match. [poem]

[pub.] 1969, Ts., ts.[carbon] Alternate titles: The cancer war; The cancer fighter; (Nightfall). Cancer. Whisky; Cancer and whiskey; The duel. 1 draft, no revision; 1 draft, moderate revision; 5 drafts, heavy revision. 7 drafts, 7 pp.

4/29

Celebration. [poem]

[pub.] 1965, 5 drafts, heavy revision. 5 drafts, 8 pp.

4/30

Chenille. [poem]

[pub.] 1964, Ms., ts. 2 drafts, light revision; 2 drafts, moderate revision; 2 drafts, heavy revision. 6 drafts, 10 pp.

4/31

Cherrylog road. [poem]

[pub.] 1963, Ts.[carbon] 1 draft, light revision. 1 draft, 3 pp.

4/32

Children reading. [poem]

[pub.] 1964, Ts. Alternate title: Children and words. 2 drafts, heavy revision. 2 drafts, 3 pp.

4/33

A child's room. [poem]

[pub.] 1960, Ts., ts.[carbon] Alternate titles: A child; A beginning; The son. 4 drafts, no revision; 1 draft, moderate revision; 3 drafts, heavy revision. 8 drafts, 11 pp.

4/34

The Christmas towns. [poem]

[unpub.] n.d. Ts., ts.[carbon] 3 drafts, no revision. 3 drafts, 3 pp.

4/35

Church candles in Crete. [poem]

[unpub.] Ts., ts.[carbon] Alternate title: Candles in a church. 1 p. autograph notes. 4 drafts, light revision; 12 drafts, moderate revision; 9 drafts, heavy revision. 25 drafts,

4/36

Climbing and snowing. [poem]

[unpub.] Ts. Alternate titles: To join the snow; Snowing. 1 p. of notes included. 2 drafts, heavy revision. 2 drafts, 12 pp.

4/37

Coming back to America. [poem]

[pub.] 1965, Ts., ts.[carbon] Alternate titles: America; Homecoming. 1 p. of notes included, 1 p. word list. Also ts. setting copy, printers marks, for New Yorker. 2 drafts, no revision; 1 draft, light revision; 5 drafts, moderate revision; 1 draft, heavy revision. 10 drafts, 16 pp.

4/38

The common grave. [poem]

[pub.] 1964, Ts. 1 p. word list included. 3 drafts, light revision; 4 drafts, moderate revision; 1 draft, heavy revision. 8 drafts, 14 pp.

4/39

The crows. [poem]

[pub.] 1962, Ts.[carbon] 2 drafts, no revision. 2 drafts, 2 pp.

4/40

Thy cypresses. [poem]

[pub.] 1958, Ts.[carbon] 1 draft, no revision. 1 draft, 2 pp.

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5/41

Dark ones. [poem]

[pub.] 1967, Ts., ts.[carbon] Alternate titles: The Holding action: an american pastoral; The return; The return: an american idyll; The blessing: an american pastoral; The defense. 2 drafts, light revision; 1 drafts, moderate revision; 2 drafts, heavy revision. 5 drafts, 8 pp.

5/42

Deer among cattle. [poem]

[pub.] 1965, Ts., ts.[carbon] 1 p. word list included. 2 drafts, no revision; 1 draft, light revision; 2 drafts, moderate revision; 4 drafts, heavy revision. 9 drafts, 10 pp.

A Departure. [poem]

[unpub.?] Ts. 1 draft, no revision. Extensive autograph notes. 1 draft, 1 p.

5/43

Diabetes. [poem]

[pub.] 1969, Ts., ts.[carbon] Alternate title of Sugar was Diabetes.

Sugar

[pub.] 1969, Ts. Original title: Diabetes. 5 drafts, heavy revision. 1 draft, light revision. 6 drafts, 6 pp.

Under buzzards

[pub.] 1969, Ts., ts.[carbon] Alternate titles: Buzzards; Jessie Shields; The barn. 4 pp., word lists, 6 pp., autograph, ts. notes. 2 drafts, incomplete. One draft dated 1967-68. 2 drafts, no revision; 2 drafts, light revision; 6 drafts, moderate revision 8 drafts, heavy revision. 20 drafts, 36 pp.

5/44

Dover: Believing in kings. [poem]

[pub.] 1958, Ts., ts.[carbon] Alternate title: Bounding England. 1 draft, light revision. One long draft, 63 pp., with extensive revision, correction, annotation throughout. 2 drafts, 67 pp.

5/45

Drifting. [poem]

[unpub.] Ts., ts.[carbon] 1 p. word list included. 2 drafts, no revision; 1 draft, light revision; 2 drafts, moderate revision; 3 drafts, heavy revision. 1 draft, Part II only. 9 drafts, 18 pp.

5/46

Drinking from a helmet. [poem]

[pub.] 1964, Ts., ts.[carbon] 2 drafts, no revision; 2 drafts, light revision; 1 draft, moderate revision; 1 draft, heavy revision. 6 drafts, 30 pp.

5/47

Drinking from a helmet. (Varies from above). [poem]

[unpub.] Ts. 5 drafts, heavy revision throughout. 5 drafts, 13 pp.

5/48

Drowning with others. [poem]

[pub.] 1960, Ts., ts.[carbon] 1 draft, no revision; 3 drafts, light revision; 9 drafts, moderate revision; 16 drafts, heavy revision. 29 drafts, 31 pp.

5/49

Drowning with others (Varies from above). [poem]

[unpub.] Ts. 17 drafts, moderate revision; 2 drafts, heavy revision. 19 drafts, 39 pp.

5/50

Drowning with others (Varies with both above). [poem]

[unpub.] Ts., ts.[carbon] Alternate titles: Drowning in clear water; Drowning in Bright water (In sunlit water); The exstasie; The diver. 2 drafts, no revision. 5 drafts, light revision; 4 drafts, moderate revision; 7 drafts, heavy revision. 18 drafts, 18 pp.

5/51

The dusk of horses. [poem]

[pub.] 1964, Ts. [carbon] Alternate title: Horses at dusk. 1 draft, light revision. 1 draft, 1 p.

5/52

Dust. [poem]

[pub.] 1965, Ts. 1 p. autograph notes, autograph word list, 1 p. included. 1 draft, no revision; 1 draft, light revision; 1 draft, moderate revision. 3 drafts, 5 pp.

5/53

Eden. [poem]

[unpub.] Ts. Alternate titles: Adam; Thornton; The trembling artist. 1 draft appears incomplete. 1 p. ts., ms. notes about the poem. 7 drafts, heavy revision throughout. 8 drafts, 97 pp.

5/54

The enclosure. [poem]

[pub.] 1959, Ts., ts.[carbon] 3 drafts, no revision; 2 drafts, light revision; 2 drafts, moderate revision; 3 drafts, heavy revision. 10 drafts, 20 pp.

5/55

Encounters in the Cage country. [poem]

[pub.] 1967, Ts., ts.[carbon] 3 drafts, incomplete, Part I only. 1 p. ts. notes included. 4 drafts, no revision; 1 draft, light revision; 4 drafts, moderate revision; 1 draft, heavy revision. 10 drafts, 19 pp.

5/56

The escape. [poem]

[pub.] 1964, Ts. Alternate titles: The choice; Purchase. 2 drafts, moderate revision; 2 drafts, heavy revision. 4 drafts, 7 pp.

5/57

Europe. [poem]

[unpub.] Ts., ts.[carbon], ms. 4 drafts incomplete. 3 drafts, no revision; 1 draft, moderate revision; 8 drafts, heavy revision. 12 drafts, 24 pp.

5/58

The eye-beaters. [poem]

[pub.] 1970, Ts., ts.[carbon] 1 p. ts. word list included. 2 drafts incomplete. 24 drafts, heavy revision throughout. 24 drafts, 138 pp/

F59 The eyes. [poem]

[unpub.] Incomplete. Ts., ms. notes. 5 pp.

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6/60

Faces seen once. [poem]

[pub.] 1964, Ts., ts.[carbon] 3 drafts incomplete. 1 draft, light revision; 6 drafts, heavy revision. 10 drafts, 17 pp.

6/61

Falling. [poem]

[pub.] 1967, Ts., ts.[carbon] 1 p. ts. word list included. 6 pp. ts. dedication page, title page, as if from setting copy. 1 draft incomplete. 1 draft, no revision; 6 drafts, moderate revision. 7 drafts, 39 pp.

6/62

The falls. [poem]

[unpub.] Ts., ts.[carbon] Alternate title: The voyage. 1 draft, no revision; 4 drafts, moderate revision; 4 drafts, heavy revision. 9 drafts, 1 pp.

6/63

False youth: two seasons. [poem]

[pub.] 1967, Ms., ts., ts.[carbon] Alternate titles: The only youth; Seasons of the last youth; Seasons of the false youth. 1 p. ts. word list, Parts I, II. 1 p. autograph notes. 2 drafts, incomplete. 2 drafts, no revision; 3 drafts, light revision; 5 drafts, heavy revision. 12 drafts, 26 pp.

6/64

The father's body. [poem]

[pub.] 1956, Ts.[carbon] 1 draft, light revision. 1 draft, 3 pp.

6/65

Fathers and sons. [poem]

[pub.] 1967,

The second sleep

[pub.] 1964, Ms., ts., ts.[carbon] Alternate titles: The move; The son; Two places; The new place;The boy's sleep in the spring of his tenth year; the two sleeps. 2 drafts, no revision; 1 draft, heavy revision; 2 drafts, moderate revision; 4 drafts, light revision. 9 drafts, 9 pp.

The aura

[pub.] 1965, Ts., ts.[carbon] 2 drafts, incomplete. 2 drafts, no revision; 3 drafts, moderate revision. 2 drafts, light revision. 9 drafts, 15 pp.

6/66

The fiend. [poem]

[pub.] 1965, Ts. 6 drafts, heavy revision; 2 drafts, moderate revision. 1 ts. p. word list 8 drafts, 38 pp.

6/67

The firebombing. [poem]

[pub.] 1964, Ts., ts.[carbon]. 1 p. ts. word list. 1 draft, incomplete. 8 drafts, heavy revision. 9 drafts, 62 pp.

6/68

The first cold weather. [poem]

[unpub.] Ts., ts.[carbon] 3 drafts, no revision; 2 drafts, moderate revision; 3 drafts, heavy revision. 8 drafts, 11 pp.

6/69

The first morning of cancer. [poem]

[pub.] 1957, Ts.[carbon] 1 draft, no revision. 1 draft, 4 pp.

6/70

The flash. [poem]

[pub.] 1966, Ts., ts.[carbon] Alternate title: The flashes. 1 draft, no revision; 4 drafts, heavy revision. 5 drafts, 5 pp.

6/71

The flight. [poem]

[pub.] 1956,

[pub.] 1956, Ts., ts.[carbon] 2 drafts, no revision; 1 draft, moderate revision. 3 drafts, 12 pp.

6/72

Fog envelops the animals. [poem]

[pub.] 1961, Ts. 2 drafts, light revision; 3 drafts, moderate revision; 4 drafts, heavy revision. 9 drafts, 9 pp.

6/73

A folksinger of the thirties. [poem]

[pub.] 1963, Ts.[carbon] 1 draft, no revision. 1 draft, 4 pp.

6/74

For the last wolvefine. [poem]

[pub.] 1967, Ts., ts.[carbon] 1 draft, no revision. 2 drafts, light revision; 6 drafts, heavy revision. 9 drafts, 19 pp.

6/75

For the linden moth. [poem]

[pub.] 1964, Ts. 1 p. ts. word list. 1 draft, incomplete; 4 drafts, moderate revision; 1 draft, heavy revision. 6 drafts, 8 pp.

6/76

Fox blood. [poem]

[pub.] 1965, Ts., ms. 1 draft bears note: `New style/Poem I/(metrics) (diction and meter)' 2 drafts, incomplete. 1 p., ts.word list. 3 drafts, moderate revision; 1 draft, heavy revision. 6 drafts, 8 pp.

6/77

The game. [poem]

[pub.] 1959, Ts., ts.[carbon] Alternate title: The episode. 2 drafts, no revision; 7 drafts, moderate revision; 7 drafts, heavy revision. 16 drafts, 18 pp.

6/78

Gamecodk. [poem]

[pub.] 1965, Ts., ts.[carbon] Alternate title: Dead game. 2 drafts, no revision; 2 drafts, moderate revision; 3 drafts, heavy revision. 7 drafts, 8 pp.

6/79

Genesis. [poem]

[pub.] 1958, Ts.[carbon] 1 draft, heavy revision. 1 draft, 1 p.

6/80

A grave. [poem]

[unpub.] Ts., ts.[carbon] Alternate title: A grave in a graveyard. 2 drafts, no revision; 8 drafts, light revision; 7 drafts, moderate revision; 3 drafts, heavy revision. 20 drafts, 20 pp.

6/81

The head-aim. [poem]

[pub.] 1965, Ts., ts.[carbon] 1 p. ts. word list. 2 drafts, no revision; 3 drafts, light revision; 1 draft, heavy revision. 6 drafts, 7 pp.

6/82

The heaven of animals. [poem]

[pub.] 1961, Ts.[carbon] 1 draft, no revision. 1 draft, 1 p.

6/83

Hedge life. [poem]

[pub.] 1965, Ts., ts.[carbon] 1 draft used for printers setting copy, New Yorker, 1965: Sept. 1 p. ts. word list. 2 drafts, no revision; 2 drafts, light revision; 2 drafts, moderate revision; 1 draft, heavy revision. 8 drafts, 9 pp.

6/84

Helmets. [poem]

[unpub.] Ms., ts. Drafts vary considerably. 3 drafts, heavy revision. 3 drafts, 9 pp.

6/85

Horses and prisoners. [poem]

[pub.] 1963, Ts. 1 draft incomplete. 1 draft, no revision; 2 drafts, light revision. 3 drafts, 5 pp. (See also: The island horses [poem])

6/86

The hospital orderly's noon. [poem]

[unpub.] Ts.[carbon] 1 draft, light revision. 1 draft, 1 p.

6/87

The hospital window. [poem]

[pub.] 1962, Ts. Alternate titles: A farewell; The greeting; The sign. 1 draft, light revision; 9 drafts, moderate revision; 15 drafts, heavy revision. 25 drafts, 45 pp.

F88 Hunting Civil War relics with a mine-detector. [poem]

[unpub.] SEE Hunting Civil War relics at Nimblewill creek. Ts., ts.[carbon] 2 drafts incomplete. 2 drafts, no revision; 1 draft, light revision; 4 drafts, moderate revision; 8 drafts, heavy revision. 15 drafts, 32 pp.

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7/89

The ice skin. [poem]

[pub.] 1963, Ts. 3 drafts, heavy revision; 1 draft varies considerably from others. 4 drafts, 7 pp.

7/90

In the bombadier's compartment. [poem]

[unpub.] Alternate title: The flight. Ts. Heavy revision 1 draft, 1 p.

7/91

In the child's night. [poem]

[pub.] 1963, Ts., ts.[carbon] 2 drafts, heavy revision; 2 drafts, light revision. 4 drafts, 4 pp.

7/92

In the pocket. [poem]

[pub.] 1970, Ts. 1 draft, heavy revision; 1 draft, light revision. 3 pp. of notes about intent of poem. 2 drafts, 5 pp.

7/93

In the tree-house at night. [poem]

[pub.] 1961, Ts., ts.[carbon] 1 draft, no revision; 4 drafts, light revision; 1 draft, moderate revision; 11 drafts, heavy revision. 17 drafts, 34 pp.

7/94

Into the stone. [poem]

[pub.] 1959, Ts., ts.[carbon] 5 drafts, light revision; 5 drafts, moderate revision; 14 drafts, heavy revision; 1 draft, no revision. 25 drafts, 33 pp.

7/95

The inundation. [poem]

[pub., On the inundation] See also PartII, On the Coosawattee, 1962, 1964. Ts.[carbon] 1 draft, moderate revision. 1 draft, 2 pp.

7/96

Invitation au voyage. [poem]

[unpub.?] Ts., ts.[carbon] 1 draft, heavy revision; 3 drafts, no revision. 4 drafts, 4 pp.

7/97

The island. [poem]

[pub.] 1960, Ts. Alternate titles: The keeper; The graves; The fever. 1 draft, no revision; 2 drafts, light revision; 2 drafts, moderate revision; 4 drafts, heavy revision. 9 drafts, 17 pp.

7/98

The island horses. [poem]

[unpub.?] Ts.[carbon] 1 draft, no revision. 1 draft, 2 pp.

7/99

Jane Proctor's love poem. [poem]

[unpub.?] Ts., ts.[carbon] Alternate title: Jane Saylor's love poem; Jane Saylor's love story. 3 drafts, no revision; 1 draft, light revision; 2 drafts, heavy revision. 6 drafts, 6 pp.

7/100

The jewel. [poem]

[pub.] 1959, Ts., ts.[carbon] Alternate titles: In the islands; The crews. 1 draft, no revision; 6 drafts, moderate revision; 6 drafts, heavy revision. 13 drafts, 13 pp.

7/101

Joel Cahill dead. [poem]

[pub.] 1958, Ts., ts.[carbon] Alternate title: Joel Cahill. 1 draft, light revision; 7 drafts, heavy revision. 8 drafts, 9 pp.

7/102

Knock. [poem]

[pub.] 1969, Ts. 1 draft, light revision; 3 drafts, heavy revision. 4 drafts, 4 pp. 4 drafts, 4 pp.

7/103

Kudzu. [poem]

[pub.] 1963, Ts.[carbon] 1 draft, no revision; 1 draft, heavy revision; 2 drafts, light revision. 4 drafts, 8 pp.

7/104

The landfall. [poem]

[pub.] 1959, Ts. Alternate titles: The landfalls; The voyage; The arena. 6 drafts, moderate revision; 19 drafts, heavy revision. 25 drafts, 51 pp.

7/105

The leap. [poem]

[pub.] 1967, Ts., ts.[carbon] 3 drafts, no revision; 1 draft, light revision; 2 drafts, heavy revision; 6 drafts, 12 pp.

7/106

A letter. [poem]

[pub.] 1962, Ts.[carbon] 4 drafts, no revision. 4 drafts, 4 pp.

7/107

Lighthouse. [poem]

[unpub.] Ts. 1 draft, light revision; 5 drafts, heavy revision. 6 drafts, 6 pp.

7/108

Lightning. [poem]

[unpub.?] Subtitled, part IV: The elect. 1 ts. page, wordlist. 1 draft, light revision; 4 drafts, heavy revision. 5 drafts, 10 pp.

7/109

Living light. [poem]

[unpub.] Ts. 1 draft, heavy revision. 1 draft, 1 p.

7/110

The Lord in the air. [poem]

[pub.] c.1969, 1 draft, no revision; 3 drafts, moderate revision; 5 drafts, heavy revision. Ts., ts.[carbon] Alternate title: The power. 9 drafts, 9 pp.

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8/111

Madness. [poem]

[Pub.] c.1969, Ts., ts.[carbon] 4 pp. notes about creation of the poem, ls., and 1 p. ms. notes, including word list. 2 drafts, light revision; 6 drafts, moderate revision; 2 drafts, heavy revision. 8 drafts, 28 pp.

8/112

The magus. [poem]

[pub.] 1960, Ts. 1 draft, no revision; 5 drafts, heavy revision. 6 drafts, 6 pp.

8/113

Mangham. [poem]

[pub.] 1965, Ts., ms. 2 pp. ts. word list. 5 drafts, light revision; 1 draft, moderate revision. 6 drafts, 12 pp.

8/114

Mary Sheffield. [poem]

[pub.] 1964, Ts., ts.[carbon] Alternate titles: Before war, rivers. 2 pp. ts. word lists, phrases. 2 drafts, no revision; 1 draft, moderate revision; 5 drafts, light revision. 8 drafts, 10 pp.

8/115-117

. May Day Sermon to the Women of Gilmer County, Georgia, by a womanpreacher leaving the Baptist Church. [poem]

[pub.] 1967, Ts., ts.[carbon] 2 pp. ms. notes concerning poem, to be used at `poetry center', presumably a reading. Original title: A May Day Courtship Legend. Other titles: The Barn; An April Courtship...; A Courtship legend of Gilmer County. c.30 drafts, some apparently incomplete; some drafts out of order. Length varies, c.8-20 pp. each. Poem varies substantially from draft to draft. Moderate to heavy revision throughout. Loose sheets in 3 folders. c.30 drafts, c.403 pp.

8/118

Mercy. [poem]

Originally titled, At mercy manor. n.d. Ts., ms. 1 p. ts. notes on intent of poem. 2 drafts, light revision; 4 drafts, heavy revision. 6 drafts, 11 pp.

8/119

Messages. [poem]

Includes, Part I: Butterflies, Part II:Giving a son to the sea. n.d. Ts. 1 draft, light revision; 2 drafts, heavy revision. 1 p. ts. word list. 3 drafts, 10 pp.

8/120

The metamorphoses. [poem]

[unpub.?] Ts. Heavy revision. 1 draft, 1 p.

8/121 Mindoro, 1944

. [poem]

[pub.] Originally titled: Poem froman old war. Other titles: Standing with the rope. 1960, Ts., ts.[carbon]. Several pages of ms. notes. 2 drafts, no revision; 5 drafts, light revision; 6 drafts, moderate revision; 6 drafts, heavy revision. 19 drafts, 67 pp.

8/122

The mission. [poem]

[unpub.] Alternate title: The game. Ts., ts.[carbon] 2 drafts, light revision; 10 drafts, moderate revision; 5 drafts, heavy revision. 17 drafts, 31 pp.

8/123

A morning. [poem]

[unpub.] Alternate title: Antibes. Ts., ts.[carbon] 1 draft, no revision; 1 draft, light revision; 1 draft, moderate revision; 4 drafts, heavy revision. 7 drafts, 7 pp.

8/124

Near Darien. [poem]

[pub.] 1960, Ts., ts.[carbon] 3 drafts, no revision; 4 drafts, light revision; 18 drafts, moderate revision. 25 drafts, 39 pp.

8/125

Net, drying. [poem]

[unpub.?] Ts., ts.[carbon] 1 draft, no revision; 2 drafts, light revision; 1 draft, moderate revision. 4 drafts, 4 pp.

8/126

The night pool. [poem]

[pub.] 1965, Ts., ts.[carbon] 2 drafts, no revision; 1 draft, light revision; 1 draft, heavy revision. 4 drafts, 4 pp.

8/127

On the hill below the lighthouse. [poem]

[pub.] Original title: Below the lighthouse.Other titles: The lighthouse; Noon: The lighthouse; Noon: Under the lighthouse;Noon; The memory. 1959, 2 drafts, light revision; 2 drafts, moderate revision; 2 drafts, heavy revision. 6 drafts, 8 pp.

8/128

The other. [poem]

[pub.] 1959, Ts., ts.[carbon] 1 draft, no revision; 2 drafts, light revision; 5 drafts, moderate revision; 1 draft, heavy revision. 9 drafts, 18 pp.

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9/129

Paestum. [poem]

[pub.] 1963, Ts.[carbon]. 1 draft, light revision; 2 drafts, no revision. 3 drafts, 9 pp.

9/130

The park. [poem]

[unpub.?] Ts., ts.[carbon] Alternate titles: The Lake; The Garment. 3 drafts, light revision; 8 drafts, heavy revision; 6 pp. incomplete passages, or fragments. 11 drafts, 20 pp.

9/131

Patience: in the mill. [poem]

[unpub.?] Ts., ts.[carbon] 1 draft, no revision; 1 draft, light revision. 2 drafts, 2 pp.

9/132

The performance. [poem]

[pub.] 1959, Ts., ts.[carbon] 3 drafts, no revision; 3 drafts, light revision; 4 drafts, moderate revision; 2 drafts, heavy revision. 12 drafts, 17 pp.

9/133

Philoctetes. [poem]

[unpub.] Ts. 1 draft, light revision; 2 drafts, moderate revision; 1 draft, heavy revision. 4 drafts, 9 pp.

9/134

Pine. [poem]

n.d. Ts., ts.[carbon] No complete draft, apparently. Worksheets divided `apprehensions' 1 - 5. Moderate to heavy revision throughout. 10 pp. ts., ms. notes concerning nature of poem; 2 pp. ts. word lists. loose sheets, 58 pp.

9/135

The place. [poem]

Alternate titles: Frozen lakes; Winterin Madison. n.d. Ts. 1 p. ms. notes. 10 drafts, heavy revision. 10 drafts, 11 pp.

9/136

Poem. [poem]

[pub.] Alternate titles: The chain;The look from a dead mind changes; An Uncle, in his death; The chosen; Onthe death of a drunken (Grandfather) Uncle. 1960, Ts., ts.[carbon] 4 pp., fragments. 1 draft, light revision; 11 drafts, heavy revision; 5 drafts, moderate revision. 17 drafts, 34 pp.

9/137

Poem. [poem]

[unpub.] n.d. Ts. Haiku. Several drafts on one page. 3 pp.

9/138

Poem. [poem]

[unpub.?] Alternate titles: Power; Haephestos. Ts., ts.[carbon] 2 drafts, no revision; 3 drafts, light revision; 10 drafts, moderate revision; 6 drafts, heavy revision. 21 drafts, 30 pp.

9/139

A poem about bird-catching by one who has never caught a bird. [poem]

[pub.] 1962, Ts.[carbon] 1 draft, no revision; 1 draft, light revision. 2 drafts, 4 pp.

9/140

The poisoned man. [poem]

[pub.] 1964, Ts.[carbon] 1 draft, light revision; 1 draft, heavy revision. 2 drafts, 3 pp.

9/141

Power and light. [poem]

Alternate titles: The ascent; Light;Power; Rebirth; Descent; Descent and return. n.d. Ts. 3 drafts, light revision; 6 drafts, heavy revision. 9 drafts, 17 pp.

9/142

Praiano lights. [poem]

[unpub.?] Ts.[carbon] 1 draft, light revision. 1 draft, 2 pp.

9/143

The prodigal. [poem]

[pub.] Alternate titles: The prodigal(son); Umbria. 1960, Ts.; ts.[carbon] 2 drafts, light revision; 11 drafts, moderate reivision; 1 draft, heavy revision. Some drafts incomplete. 14 drafts, 37 pp.

9/144

Pursuit from under. [poem]

[pub.] 1964, Ts. 1 draft, light revision; 6 drafts, heavy revision. 7 drafts, 13 pp.

9/145

The rafters. [poem]

[pub.] Alternate title: In the rafters. 1964, Ts. 3 drafts, light revision; 2 drafts, moderate revision. 5 drafts, 9 pp.

9/146

Rainbird. [poem]

[unpub.?] Ts., ts.[carbon] 2 drafts, no revision; 1 draft, light revision; 1 draft, heavy revision. 4 drafts, 4 pp.

9/147

Reading Genesis to a blind child. [poem]

[[pub.] 1960, Ts., ts.[carbon] Alternate title: Reading to a blind child (differs from poem of same title) 3 drafts, no revision; 2 drafts, light revision; 1 draft, moderate revision; 10 drafts, heavy revision. 17 drafts, 33 pp.

9/148

Reading to a blind child. [poem]

[unpub.?] Alternate titles: The beginning; Poem. 3 drafts, no revision; 1 draft, light revision; 9 drafts, moderate revision; 3 drafts, heavy revision. 16 drafts, 37 pp.

9/149

The red bow. [poem]

[pub.] 1957, Ts.[carbon] 1 draft, light revision. 1 draft, 5 pp.

9/150

Reincarnation I. [poem]

[pub.] 1964, Ts. 3 drafts, heavy revision. 3 drafts, 3 pp.

9/151

Reincarnation. [poem]

[unpub.?] Differs from poem of same title. Ts., ts.[photocopy] 3 drafts, light revision; 3 drafts, heavy revision. 6 drafts, 6 pp.

9/152

Reincarnation (II). [poem]

Variant, on version, Two poems of theair n.d. [1964] Ts., ts.[photocopy], Ts.[carbon] Alternate title: Albatross. 2 drafts, possibly incomplete. Heavy revision throughout 2 drafts, 6 pp.

9/153

Reincarnation. [poem]

[unpub.?] Differs from poems of same title. Ts. 4 drafts, light revision. 4 drafts, 4 pp.

9/154

Reincarnation (II). [poem]

Variant. See Two poems of the air n.d. [1964] Ts. 1 p. wordlist. 1 p. ms. notes. 3 drafts, moderate to heavy revision throughout. 3 drafts, 27 pp.

9/155

Reincarnation II. [poem]

[pub.] 1964, Ts., ts.[carbon] 2 drafts, no revision; 2 drafts, light revision; 1 draft, heavy revision. 5 drafts, 35 pp.

9/156

The rib. [poem]

[pub.] 1962, Ts. Alternate titles: Adam; Adam in winter. Drafts vary considerably. 1 draft, no revision; 1 draft, light revision; 9 drafts, moderate revision; 8 drafts, heavy revision. 19 drafts, 34 pp.

9/157

Root-light, or the lawyer's daughter. [poem]