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The wreck of the Thresher : and other poems.

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48 pages; 22 cm

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"This book was designed, composed, and printed by Clarke & Way at The Thistle Press, New York, and bound by H. Wolff, New York."--Colophon.

Contents

The wreck of the Thresher -- Orpheus -- On falling asleep to birdsong -- For his father -- Roots -- Two Japanese maples -- An old field mowed for appearances' sake -- On looking into Robert Frost in Kanji -- An assent to wildflowers -- For Guillaume Apollinaire (Autumn crocuses ; Annie ; Mountebanks ; Autumn ; Rhenish night) -- Fables about error (A ritual mouse ; A fable of grackles ; The tale of the house swallow on Cape Ann ; Moral) -- The couple overhead -- At the opera -- Dialogue at the ballet -- The ballet -- Five accounts of a monogamous man (He thinks of the Chinese snake who is the beginning and the end ; He marvels at the persistence of passion ; Sometimes he contemplates adultery ; His hands, on a trip to Wisconsin ; Lines from his guest-book) -- About poetry (The poet as troublemaker ; Iambic feet considered as honorable scars).
(Cont.) Drawing the face (Self-portrait ; A young girl reading The poetics) -- The preponderance -- To Bertolt Brecht -- An old photograph of strangers -- Consequences (Of choice ; Of love ; My acts).

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64014418

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Columbia University Libraries