| Description |
xxv, 158 pages ; 20 cm. |
| Series |
American poets project ; 15 |
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American poets project ; 15.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-153) and index. |
| Contents |
From Opera house (1941): Open house ; The premonition ; Mid-country blow ; The heron ; The bat ; "Long live the weeds" ; On the road to Woodlawn ; Highway: Michigan ; Night journey -- From The lost son and other poems (1948): Cuttings ; Cuttings: later ; Root cellar ; Forcing house ; Weed puller ; Orchids ; Moss-gathering ; Big wind ; Old florist ; Frau Bauman, Frau Schmidt, and Frau Schwartze ; Transplanting ; Child on top of a greenhouse ; Flower dump ; Carnations ; My papa's waltz ; Pickle belt ; Dolor ; Double feature ; The return ; Night crow ; River incident ; The minimal ; The waking ; The lost son ; The long alley ; A field of light ; The shape of the fire -- From praise to the end! (1951): Where knock is open wide ; I need, I need ; Praise to the end! ; Unfold! Unfold! ; I cry, love! Love! -- From The waking (1953): O, thou opening, O ; A light breather ; Elegy for Jane ; From Four for Sir John Davies: The dance ; The waking -- From Words for the wind (1958): Words for the wind ; I knew a woman ; The sententious man ; The pure fury ; The surly one ; The beast ; A walk in late summer ; Snake ; Slug ; From Meditations of an old woman: First meditation -- From The far field (1964): North American sequence: The longing ; Meditation at Oyster River ; Journey to the interior ; The long waters ; The far field ; The rose ; Elegy ; Otto ; The meadow mouse ; Heard in a violent ward ; The geranium ; The storm ; The thing -- From Sequence, sometimes metaphysical: In a dark time ; The sequel ; The right thing -- Poems for children ; Dinky ; The cow ; The serpent ; The sloth ; The lady and the bear ; The kitty-cat bird ; The whale ; The yak ; The donkey ; The hippo ; The lamb ; The lizard -- From the notebooks. |
| Form |
Also issued online. |
| Summary |
Contains a collection of selected poems by American poet Theodore Roethke, including children's poems and writings from his notebooks. |
| Subject |
American poetry -- 20th century.
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American poetry. (OCoLC)fst00807348
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| Chronological Term |
1900-1999
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| Genre/Form |
Poetry. (OCoLC)fst01423828
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Poetry.
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| Added Author |
Hirsch, Edward.
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| Added Title |
Poems. Selections
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Roethke, Theodore, 1908-1963. Poems. Selections. Selected poems. New York : Library of America, ©2005 (OCoLC)607585308 |
| ISBN |
1931082782 (alk. paper) |
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9781931082785 (alk. paper) |
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