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A Book for Miles [collection of poems]. Bears note on first page in author's hand: "This book is limited to one c[opyright] edition of 1 copy and is signed and numbered by the author (as you can see)." Notebook is divided into four sections as follows: I Jazz for the N.U.F., II Other Lyrics, III Satires, IV An Extra Poem. Poems include: Le temps a laissé son manteau; Dehors, Dehors, il vous fault deslogier; La mort, Reine du monde; Les adieux du lépreux; Chanson à danser; Retour de mélencolie; In the cart; King Mark; Drifting; Anecdote from Picasso; After Gongora; Duet; Proteus; Storm-girl; Pythia; One is; The bear; Poem for an anthology of commonwealth verse; In school; knife-juggler; The hangover; ritten in my own book, given to Andrei Voznesensky, June 10, 1965; Psalm for Dr. Doppelganger; The lickspittle stanzas; Gallery-going. This slim collection of lyrics and satires has not been published as a group, although a few appeared in Towards Silence, Lucie–Smith's 1968 collection of poems, 1965 February - June

 Item — Box: VMF 10, Folder: 11

Autograph notebook, 64 pages. Red covers, spiral bound. 5 x 3 1/2"

Dates

  • Creation: 1965 February - June

Collecting Area Details

Part of the Manuscripts Collecting Area

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