Poetry
Spring 1965
The Day the Perfect Speakers Left
It was as though it had begun to rain lightly On the amazed stillness of birds And leave-taking was another, Sadder version of dusk we were attending, And as though […]
Poetry
Autumn 1964
To Go In
Here are three hundred thousand doors, Not counting the iron grates of cells, The brassy portals of institutions, Or the red upholstered gates of bars. You want so much to […]
Book Reviews
Summer 1964
King Henry the Eighth and Much Ado about Nothing
King Henry the Eighth and Much Ado About Nothing recorded by the Marlowe Dramatic Society and Professional Players. King Henry, $18.67 (Mono), $22.42 (Stereo); Much Ado, $14.00 (M), $16.82 (S). […]
Poetry
Autumn 1963
The Lawn Afterward
Just past midnight on the lawn and a thin moon; Those white tossings may be the flutter of dresses; They may be petals, for the wind bears in it a […]
Poetry
Summer 1961
Girl Passing into a Building
(after Baudelaire) In mourning black, she seemed delicately tall; Her long arm, lifting toward the door, could sing By sad motion like a swan; that wing, Her white hand, seemed […]
Poetry
Summer 1961
Psychiatrist to His Patients
For E. B. He asks his patients about his incurable daughter; He smiles and puts it in such a boyish way …They want to help and would lie to make […]