The Collected Poems of Ted Berrigan

by Berrigan, Ted

• ISBN13: 9780520239869
• ISBN10: 0520239865
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-11-14
• Publisher: Univ of California Pr

Summary

"This collection brings Ted Berrigan's published and unpublished poetry together in a single authoritative volume for the first time. Edited by the poet Alice Notley, Berrigan's second wife, and their two sons, The Collected Poems demonstrates the remarkable range, power, and importance of Berrigan's work. This volume makes Berrigan's achievement widely accessible and includes the first presentation of the sequence Easter Monday as a whole and in the order authorized by Berrigan shortly before his death."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	1	(18)
Chronology	19	(8)
The Sonnets	27	(50)
Great Stories of the Chair	77	(36)
The Secret Life of Ford Madox Ford	79	(9)
Great Stories of the Chair	88	(10)
A Boke	98	(15)
Many Happy Returns	113	(52)
In the Early Morning Rain	165	(76)
Train Ride	241	(46)
Memorial Day	287	(28)
Ted Berrigan
Anne Waldman
Short Poems	315	(34)
In a Blue River	317	(20)
Uncollected Short Poems	337	(12)
Red Wagon	349	(40)
Easter Monday	389	(38)
Nothing for You	427	(84)
In the 51st State	511	(54)
In the 51st State	513	(12)
The Morning Line	525	(17)
Uncollected Poems	542	(23)
A Certain Slant of Sunlight	565	(52)
A Certain Slant of Sunlight: Out-takes	617	(18)
Last Poems	635	(16)
Early Uncollected Poems	651	(14)
Notes	665	(58)
Glossary of Names	723	(6)
Credits	729	(2)
Index of Titles and First Lines	731