Introduction by Lois Shelton.

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"Encounter in August." Nurture. New York: Penguin, 1989.

"Morning Swim." The Privilege. New York: Harper & Row, 1965.

"The Hermit Wakes to Bird Sounds." Up Country: Poems of New England, New and Selected. New York: Harper & Row, 1972.

"Amanda Dreams She has Died and Gone to the Elysian Fields." House, Bridge, Fountain, Gate. New York: Viking, 1975.

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"Heaven as Anus." House, Bridge, Fountain, Gate. New York: Viking, 1975.

"The Jesus Infection." House, Bridge, Fountain, Gate. New York: Viking, 1975.

"Splitting Wood at Six Above." The Retrieval System. New York: Viking, 1978.

"On Being Asked to Write a Poem in Memory of Anne Sexton." Nurture. New York: Penguin, 1989.

"The Green Well." Looking for Luck. New York: Norton, 1992.

"Birthday Poem." The Retrieval System. New York: Viking, 1978.

"Sunbathing on a Rooftop in Berkeley." The Retrieval System. New York: Viking, 1978.

"We Stood There Singing." Nurture. New York: Penguin, 1989.

"The Man of Many L's." Our Ground Time Here Will Be Brief: New and Selected Poems. New York: Penguin, 1982.

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"My Elusive Guest." The Long Approach. New York: Penguin, 1986.

"Custodian." Nurture. New York: Penguin, 1989.

"Catchment." Nurture. New York: Penguin, 1989.

"Sleeping with Animals." Nurture. New York: Penguin, 1989.

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