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Garrett, George, 1929-2008.

Days of our lives lie in fragments : new and old poems, 1957-1997 / George Garrett.

Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 1998.

xiv, 222 pages ; 24 cm

Although George Garrett is best known for his outstanding fiction, he has also written a large body of superb poetry. This generous compilation, brings together the work of almost a half-century and adds to it some forty-three new poems.

American poetry -- 20th century.

Days of Our Lives Lie in Fragments -- Some Enormous Surprises -- Inch by Inch -- Figure of Speech -- Good as a Gold Watch -- First Bluejay -- Crows -- Long and the Short of It -- Anthologies -- Anthologies II -- From Lives of Our Poets: A Satire -- Seven Deadlies Plus Two -- Unalterable Law -- Query -- God Save the King -- Sad Show and Tell -- Five Card Draw, Jacks Are Wild -- Don Juan: A Postcard from Hell -- Duplicity -- For Linda Evangelista -- Dead of Winter -- Ghosts -- David (Again) -- Jacob (Again) -- Judith -- By the Book: A Train Poem -- Main Currents of American Political Thought (The Latest Version) -- Whistling in the Dark -- Hail to the Chief -- Ash Wednesday, 1997 -- Value Judgment -- Bargain.

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