Box 1
Contains 47 Results:
Unidentified poems
Typescript with moderate to heavy revision and notations, 44 pages. Includes three inscribed "Thomas Merton" and five noted "NO" at the top. Possible titles include: Anchorite, The Bliss Syndrome, Zeal, When Was the Last Time I Shot a Gun, Whitman and Phrenology, and Lotus Robot
With This In Mind [poem], 1968 January
Typescript draft with no revision, 2 pages. Noted "Robert David Cohen/Robert Sward." Signed "with love - Bob Sward Jan. '68"
Notes toward a novel, 1968 January-February 5
Typescript and typescript [carbon] with moderate manuscript revision, 11 pages. Sections tited: They Live Too Long: Effort to Rid Ourselves of My Obsession With Last Things First and They Love Too Long. Both noted "Robert Cohen/Robert Sward. (From a novel in progress titeld Pluto the dog is death)." Also noted "Robert Sward MacDowell Colony..." Two remaining sheets noted "1 (biog. section)" and "biog. sec./novel"
Trips Not On Established Trails [poem], 1968 January
Typescript and typescript [carbon] with no revision, 3 pages. 1 page noted "Robert Sward/Ann Quin" and 1 page noted "Ann Quin"
"Lastly, mouse made the breakthrough" [first line of untitled poem], 1968 January
Typescript [carbon] with no revisions, 1 page. Noted "Robert Sward/Ann Quin"
A Horse Which Throws the Dreamer to the Ground [poem], 1968 January
Typescript [carbon] with minimal revision, 3 pages. Noted "For Robert from his friend Ferdinand the Bull, R.S."
The Snakes In Atotaho's Hair [poem], 1968 January
Typescript [carbon] with minimal revisions, 2 pages. Noted "Robert, is this a letter or a dream or simply another title - ? whatever, with love, RS..."
Where to Buy a Civil War Uniform [poem], 1968 December
Typescript [carbon] with minimal revision, 2 pages. Noted "from Robert Cohen 1969" and "Robert Sward 12/68"