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NOTES ON THE POEMS
1. CHRISTMAS EVE. By James Cole, who
teaches at The University of Wyoming;
from The Virginia Quarterly Review
(Winter, 1964).
2. ON THE DEATH OF THEODORE ROETHKE.
By Robert Huff, a Michigander now teaching at Western Washington State College;
this poem was first published in Poetry
(March, 1966), and was included in his
second book of poems, The Course
(Wayne State University Press, 1966).
3. THE POET ON THE ISLAND. By Richard
Murphy, an Irish poet who runs a fishingboat company named Sea Fishing, at The
Old Forge, Cleggan, County Galway,
whence Roethke embarked for a visit to
the small island of Inishbofin, off the west
coast of Ireland; from Murphy's Sailing
to an Island (London: Faber & Faber,
1963, Chilmark Press, Inc., New York.
4. ASPECTS. By Lewis Turco, who, with
two books of poems, has published widely
in magazines, including The Michigan
Quarterly Review; from December Magazine (Fall, 1966).
5. A STRUT FOR ROETHKE. Copyright ~ 1963,
1964 by John Berryman, From the book
77 Dream Songs by John Berryman, reprinted by permission of the publishers,
Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Inc.
6. ROETHKE. By Winfield Townley Scott,
whose long and distinguished career as
poet and literary editor continues in Santa
Fe, New Mexico; from Poetry (1966).
7. COMPANY. By John Montague, who now
lives in Paris; this poem is published here
for the first time.
8. By John Kolars, a former student of
Roethke's at the University of Washington
now an Associate Professor of Geography
at the University of Michigan; This poem
is published here for the first time.
9. WHIRLYBIRD: ROETHKE READING. By John
Ridland, who lives in Santa Barbara, from
Poetry Northwest (Winter, 1961-62).
10. Two IMITATIONS. By John Ridland; these
two poems are published here for the first
time.
11. ON THE DEATH OF MR. ROETHKE. By
Myron Turner, a former student of
Roethke's at The University of Washington,
now teaching at The University of Manitoba; from The Literary Review (Fall,
1967).
12. PRELUDES FOR ROETHKE. By Myron Turner; this poem is published here for the first
time.
13. SPRING RUN. By Robert Huff; from his
first book of poems. Colonel Johnson's Ride
(Wayne State University Press, 1959).
14. FOR THEODORE ROETHKE. Copyright O
1966, 1967 by Robert Lowell. From the
book Near the Ocean by Robert Lowell, reprinted by permission of the author and
the publisher, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Inc.
15. THEODORE ROETHKE: OR LOST IN HIS
FATHER'S GREAT GREENHOUSE IN THE
FLORAL GARDENS. By Michael J. YouleWhite, a British poet living and teaching in
this country; from The Citadel (Fall, 1966).
16. THINKING OF ROETHKE'S DEATH. By Alan
Stephens, whose work has been published
by Alan Swallow, and who now teaches at
The University of California, Santa Barbara; this poem is published here for the
first time.
17. THIS ROOM Is FULL OF CLOCKS. By Isabella Gardner, a well-known poet, with
three volumes of poetry; from Encounter
(November, 1963).
18. A SEATTLE PARKLAND. By Robert Conquest, an English poet and old friend, who
had spent an afternoon with Roethke a
few weeks before his death; from Encounter
(October, 1966).
19. THE GREENHOUSE DIONYSUS. By Paul
Roche, a British poet, whose wife is from
Saginaw, and whose paperbacked translations of Homer are well known; this poem
is published here for the first time.
20. A DAY IN SUMMER, 1963. By Robert
Sund, who teaches at The University of
Washington.
21. ROETHKE'S VALLEY. By Alfred Ebelt, who
lives in West Branch, Michigan; this poem
is published here for the first time.
22. THEODORE ROETHKE. By James Lewisohn,
from The Beloit Poetry Journal (Winter,
1966-67)
