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Poems (R - Y), manuscript and typescript, 1971 - 1989

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4

Scope and Contents

File Includes: "Raise a 'Rookus' Tonight," "Recovering at Eagleville," "Rehabilitation & Treatment In the Prisons of America," "Report to Betsy Ross, Mother of the American Revolution," "Report to the Mother," "Revolutionaries Live in Houses of Love (For Hank and Wendy Keene-Sanel)," "Ride, Sally Ride," "She Comes to Me, for Bett Gordon," "Sigh, cry, broken hearted...," "The Signifying Monkey," "The Song of a Junkie (Junky's Song)," "Song of Br'er Mud-Turtle," "Song of the Homeless," "Song to a Pennsylvania Dutch Girl?Woman (For E.S.)," "The Stretching of the Belly (for Charlene Blackburn)," "Talking in the Woods with Karl Amorelli," "Things Awfully Quiet in America (Song of Mwalimu Nkosi Ajanaku)," "Various Protestations from Various People," "Walking the Stree[t]s of Memphis at 3 a.m., Dead/Broke and Stone/Sober," "Welcome to the Planet (for Hillary Hottle Robbertson)," "Who Knows???," "The Word/was/the Beginning," and "Your Song Aint Really Blue (for William "Sonny" Ford),"

Dates

  • Creation: 1971 - 1989

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research use. Health, financial and legal records are restricted until 2041 (Boxes 20-21, 29).

Extent

From the Collection: 14.59 Linear Feet (27 boxes, 2 oversize boxes)

From the Collection: 2.67 Gigabytes (6 digital oral history interviews)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Butler University Special Collections and University Archives Repository

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