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William Dickey

Book Reviews

Autumn 1962

Responsibilities

By William Dickey

All The Time In The Dark by John W. Clark. Clarke and Way (distributed by Southern Illinois University Press). Cloth, $4.50. Paper. $1.75. Poems: The Location Of Things, Archaics, The […]

Poetry

Summer 1962

At Bedtime

By William Dickey

Near the bespoken animals, your face, Wide, before words, with its unknowing smile, Asks of me at your bedside, yet a while Not to reflect.        With the reflection, grace Manifests, […]

Poetry

Spring 1961

Where Blind Men Walk

By William Dickey

Where blind men walk the buildings tell Their definition to the smell. The ancient practised stones exude An odor of their latitude, And the familiar living room Exists by its […]