The Complete Poems

Wendy Barker, Steven G. Kellman

• Publisher: LSU Press
• Year: 2025
• eBook ISBN: 9780807184349
• Edition: 0
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: American Poetry
• Index: Literature

Spanning more than three decades of a life well-lived, Wendy Barker's collected poems convey her encounters with the natural world, her reactions to contemporary social problems, and her experiences in high school and college classrooms. Adored by her students, many of whom became published poets themselves, Barker crafted verse that often recreated her presence in the classroom and her engagement with questions of identity, ethics, and the value of literature. Organized chronologically, this volume enables readers to marvel at the growth of a singular sensibility attentive to the wonders of love and the anguish of mortality. Edited by her husband, Steven G. Kellman, and featuring an introduction by acclaimed scholar and translator Ilan Stavans, Wendy Barker's Complete Poems presents the life's work of a steadily productive, brilliant poet and beloved teacher.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• INTRODUCTION. Wendy Barker: ’Tis Not a Different Time
• WINTER CHICKENS AND OTHER POEMS (1990)
• LET THE ICE SPEAK (1991)
• from EVE REMEMBERS (1996)
• WAY OF WHITENESS (2000)
• from POEMS’ PROGRESS (2002)
• POEMS FROM PARADISE (2005)
• BETWEEN FRAMES (2006)
• THINGS OF THE WEATHER (2009)
• NOTHING BETWEEN US: THE BERKELEY YEARS (2009)
• FROM THE MOON, EARTH IS BLUE (2015)
• ONE BLACKBIRD AT A TIME (2015)
• from SHIMMER (2019)
• §
• GLOSS (2020)
• from WEAVE (2022)
• THOSE ROADS, THESE MOONS (2023)
• UNCOLLECTED POEMS
• AFTERWORD
• INDEX OF FIRST LINES