Selected Lyrics

Here’s a selection of lyric—or short—poems that I’d like to have in my back pocket. It is somewhat aligned with existing anthologies, but it includes several otherwise “unselected” poems.

The Key Selections column indicates significant selections. It is not comprehensive.

“Written” dates are generally estimates.

Stone-Work (1919 to 1928)

Title  Written  Pub’d Key Anthologies
To the Stone-Cutters 1920 1924 Continent’s End, Oxford, Columbia, Gioia
Continent’s End 1922 1924 Continent’s End, Vintage, Gelpi
Shine, Perishing Republic 1922 1925 Oxford, Norton, Columbia, Gioia
Boats in a Fog 1924 1925 Oxford, Falck, Gioia
Night 1924 1925 Oxford, Falck, Columbia
Autumn Evening 1924 1925 Hass
Science 1924 1925 Oxford, Falck
Phenomena 1925 1925 Oxford, Norton, Falck
Apology for Bad Dreams 1926 1926 Oxford
Prelude, from “Oh crucified wings …” to end 1926 1927 Hass
The Women at Point Sur, Section XII 1926 1927 Jeffers
Fawn’s Foster Mother 1927 1928 Oxford, Norton, Gioia, Falck
The Summit Redwood 1927 1928
Tor House 1927 1928 Vintage, Falck, Gelpi
Hurt Hawks 1927 1928 Oxford, Norton, Gioia, Falck
Evening Ebb 1928 1928 Norton, Falck

Fame, Travel, Distraction (1929 to 1937)

Title  Written  Pub’d Key Anthologies
The Low Sky 1929 1931 Jeffers
The Giant’s Ring 1929 1931 Hass
Ossian’s Grave 1929 1931 ?
Antrim 1929 1931 Hass
The Bed by the Window 1930 1932 Vintage, Gelpi
Fire on the Hills 1931 1932 Hass, Gelpi, Oxford
Return 1933 1934 Vintage, Gelpi
Distant Rainfall 1934 1935 Hass
Gray Weather 1934 1935 Norton
The Purse-Seine 1936 1937 Oxford, Norton, Gioia
All the Little Hoof-Prints 1936 1937 Hass
Oh Lovely Rock 1936 1937 Norton
Night without Sleep 1937 1937 Hass, Gelpi

Suicide, Cancer, War (1938 to 1950)

Title  Written  Pub’d Key Selections
Now Returned Home 1937 1938 Hass
Watch the Lights Fade 1938 1939 Oxford, Norton, Falck
The House-Dog’s Grave ?
Advice to Pilgrims 1942 1948 Vintage
Cassandra 1943 1944 Vintage, Gelpi
The Eye 1943 1944 Oxford, Norton, Falck
The King of Beasts 1945 1948
The Inquisitors 1946 1947 Vintage, Falck
Orca 1946 1947 Hass
Dawn 1946 1948
The Inhumanist, Section XLV 1948 1948

After Una (1951 to 1962)

Title  Written  Pub’d Key Selections
The Deer Lay Down their Bones 1953 1954 Norton, Falck
Skunks 1953 1954 Vintage, Hass
Carmel Point 1953 1954 Norton, Gioia, Falck
To the Story-Tellers 1953 1963
Vulture 1957 1963 Oxford, Norton, Falck
Pleasures 1958 1981