Subseries comprises drafts of poems, many in single sheets. Titles are descriptive or taken from Ford's original folder. Arranged
alphabetically by title.
Box
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Manuscripts of poems, ca. 1973-1985
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1
The End of the world is beautiful today, not after 1985
Typescript of collection of poems with minor collections. With note: first drafts and MSS poems, sealed 20 Aug 1985.
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2-4
Poems: duplicates; typed poems for Book II and first typed drafts, undated
Manuscripts and typescripts of poetry with revisions. Poems include: "Happy landing for Jonathan Williams" and "Om Krishna:
a tetrology".
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5
Poems, first drafts, 1973
Two manuscript notebooks contain numerous poems, vocabulary lists, some journal entries and travel plans.
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6
Poems, first drafts, 1976
Notebook contains manuscript poems, dated 23 Aug 1976 to 11 Nov 1976, vocabulary lists and notes. Cover title of notebook:
Cahier of Vocabularies and First drafts, 1976. Note on inside cover regards Ford's plan for the poems. Various titles are
listed in back pages: "Operation Minotaur," "Distilled birthmarks," "Lizard under the curtain," "Sausages," and "Last will
and testament."
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7
Poems: some first drafts (Kathmandu), undated
Typescript and manuscript with revisions. Includes poems under the following titles: "Special effects (for Parker Tyler),"
"Distilled birthmarks," "Distant lightning," "Jonquils of propinquity for Henry James," and "In search of the indescribable
mirages in a labyrinth."
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8
Poetry reading, Chicago, undated
Photocopies of typescripts with annotations regarding reading.
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9
Selected poems, folder I, ca. 1938-1964
Typescript. Note on envelope: First drafts and mss poems, sealed 20 Aug 1985. Includes: from
The garden of disorder and other poems, 1938;
ABC's, 1940; "Ballad for Baudelaire" from
The Mirror of Baudelaire, 1942; poems from
The Overturned lake, 1941; poems from
Sleep in a nest of flames, 1949;
Uncollected poems, 1949-1964
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10
Selected poems, folder II, 1976, undated
Typescripts and manuscripts with minor corrections. Includes: "Serenade to Leonore," "Plaint," "The Overturned lake," "Five
elegies," "Bringing culture to Buffalo," "Enshrined," "Untitled," 1976.
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11
Selected poems, folder III, undated
Ca. 28 typescripts and manuscripts, various titles
