Fifty Poems Fifty

Reed Whittemore

• Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press
• Year: 1970
• Topic: Literature
• eBook ISBN:
  9780816664900
• Subtopic: American Poetry
• Index: Literature

Fifty Poems Fifty was first published in 1970.In this, the seventh volume of his poetry to be published, Reed Whittemore presents fifty poems, all making their first appearance in book form here.Commenting on this collection, John Malcolm Brinnin writes: “Whittemore has his own distinctive voice, his own spare, artfully simple way with a poem, and a grimly merry (or merrily grim) brand of wit that keeps a reader in a state of bemused expectation. His nonsense makes chilling good sense; and his poems inspired by affections are straightforward, touching, and without a twinge of sentimentality.A poet, critic, and editor, Mr. Whittemore was given outstanding recognition in 1969 when he received a major literary award from the National Council on the Arts. In presenting the award the council cited his “lifelong contribution to American letters.”The University of Minnesota Press has published two other collections of Reed Whittemore’s poetry, Poems, New and Selected and An American Takes a Walk.

Table of contents

• TABLE OF CONTENTS
• THE GIRL IN THE NEXT ROOM
• SONG OF THE PATIENT PATIENT
• THE MISSING TENT
• WHY DO THE CHILDREN SHOUT?
• THEM
• THE SAD COMMITTEE SHAGGY
• THE TROUBLE OUTSIDE
• CABBY
• THE CHAIR
• THE SET
• DEATH
• THE MIND
• PHILANTHROPIST
• THE PARABLE OF THE PAST
• MONOLOGUE
• PRAYER
• WASHINGTON INTERREGNUM
• THE DRUG
• OSPREY SONNET
• IN SPRING INTO THE WORLD SONNET
• WHO HAS THE DREAM SONNET
• GENESIS REVISED
• THE IRON GARAGE
• THE SILENT TEACHER IN THE DISAPPEARING CLASSROOM SHAGGY, WIZ NO BOOK
• THE QUEST
• THE SICK ONES (FOUR DIALOGUES)
• THE TERRIBLE FLAT PEOPLE
• REASON IN THE WOODS
• A FASCINATING POET’S DIARY
• METAMORPHOSIS
• JUICE
• THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER
• A SONG OF WRINKLES
• A DREAM OF AN ATTIC
• A TREE IN D.C.
• WHERE DOES IT GO?
• THINKING OF TENTS
• MOUNTAINS
• URBAN GAME
• ON READING S. S. VAN DINE IN THE CANNED GOODS SECTION
• THE WINTER OF OUR DISCONTENT
• JAMESTOWN
• THE BRUTE
• THE LOVERS
• THE CONSERVATIVE
• OTHER
• THE DESK