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Book

Collected Poems

Call Number

  • 811 P1236.1 (CEN)

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Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

Minneapolis, Minnesota : Coffee House Press, 2013.

Physical Description

810 pages ; 25 cm

Uniform Title

Poems. Selections

Summary

"Gathering the work of more than fifty years, Ron Padgett's Collected Poems is the record of one of the most dynamic careers in twentieth-century American poetry. Padgett's poems reverberate with his reading and friendships, from Andrew Marvell to Woody Guthrie and Kenneth Koch. Wry, insightful, and direct, they offer readers the rewards of his endless curiosity and generous spirit."--Publisher description.

Notes

Includes indexes.

Contents

  • In advance of the broken arm (1964)
  • from Great balls of fire (1969)
  • Toujours l'amour (1976)
  • from Tulsa kid (1979)
  • Triangles in the afternoon (1979)
  • The big something (1990)
  • from New & selected poems (1995)
  • You never know (2002)
  • from Poems I guess I wrote (2001)
  • How to be perfect (2007)
  • How long (2011)
  • Poem and other poems: uncollected (1960-2004).

Subjects

Genres

Poetry.