COMPLETE POEMS

Lincoln, Nebraska: Bison Books - University of Nebraska Press, 1992. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. (xxvii) 170 pp. Revised Edition in trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with photographs, manuscript pages and drawings. Hemingway never wanted to be widely known as a poet. But his poetry deserves close attention, if only because it is so revealing. Nowhere is his delight in drubbing snobs and overrefined writers more apparent. From Paris in 1922: They sucked us in; King and country, Christ Almighty and the rest. Patriotism, Democracy, Honor - Words and phrases, They either bitched or killed us. The Chapters are: Juvenilia 1912 - 1917; Wanderings 1918 - 1925; A Valentine and Other Offerings 1926 - 1935; and Farewells 1944 - 1956; followed by: Explanatory Notes; Critical Intelligence; Afterword to the Revised Edition; and Acknowledgments. Herein are poems too numerous to list but some of the highlights are: The Opening Game; The Tackle; The Safety Man; The Ship; A Modern Version of Polonius' Advice; The Battle of Copenhagen; Flat Roofs; Bird of Night; Mitrailliatrice; All Armies Are the Same; Shock Troops; Riparto d'Assalto; Montparnasse; Kipling; Stevenson; Robert Graves; The Sport of Kings; The Soul of Spain with McAlmon and Bird the Publishers; To Chink Whose Trade Is Soldiering; To a Trageic Poetess; Lines to Be Read at the Casting of Scott Fitzgerald's Balls into the Sea from Eden Roc; First Poem to Mary in London; Black-Ass Poem After Talking to Pamela Churchill; and many more..