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Title:

Lee Harwood: Fair copies ('Poems 104-214')

Scope & Content:

Continuing a numbered chronological sequence of fair copy poems (and other occasional texts) retained in a springback binder. Nearly all poems are dated, and details of publication are usually recorded by Harwood where applicable.

Written on the inside front cover: 'Poems 104-214. June 1965 - Nov. 1968.' (A few poems include pencil revisions made 1971-72.)

Numbered sequence with the following titles (or first lines), including some loose items occasionally inserted as noted below:

Inserted at inside front cover: black and white photograph (250 x 200 mm) of Gerard Malanga, inscribed by Malanga to Harwood (3 December 1965). On the verso: 'Photo by Jenny Burns'.
(104). 'for John' (beginning 'the white cloud blinds me'). Paris, 7 June 1965.
Inserted before poem 105: three-frame Pogo cartoon (1965) by Walt Kelly referring to 'Schulz, the Kiteman' (newspaper cutting).
(105). 'before Schulz the kiteman'. Paris, 9 June 1965.
(106). 'Train Poem - A Collaboration / by John Ashbery & Lee Harwood'. Typed copy (1 sheet, in which Ashbery's contributions have been underlined by Harwood by hand) and the the original and jointly-written autograph manuscript (1 sheet, using the same pen). On the verso of the original manuscript, Harwood has written: 'orig. mss of collab. with JA. Both our script is v alike; & this by chance & a real though pleasant surprise.'
(107). 'For John in the mountains'. Lans-en-Vercors, Nr. Grenoble, 12 June 1965.
(107½). 'rain journal : london : june '65'. 16-22 June 1965.
(108). 'the sun burning its own fur / for John'. London, 22 June 1965.
[Without number.] A slightly revised version of poem 108, omitting the final exclamation ('SHAZAM!!!!!') and an accompanying sketch.
(108½). 'poem' (beginning 'if perhaps'). London, 28 June 1965.
(109). 'Interrogation'. London, 28 June 1965.
(110). '"green light" / for John, & a present for Michel Couturier'. London, 5 July 1965.
[Without number]. '"green light"'. A lightly revised text.
(111). 'No - all the temple bells... / (for d.s.h.)'. Paris, 19 July 1965.
(112). 'Lausanne'. Lausanne, 26 July 1965.
(113). 'train love poem / for John'. Paris, 27 July 1965.
(114). 'poem for Peter Ruppell'. London, 7 August 1965.
(115). 'poem with limits / (for Harry)'.
(116). 'Summer'. London, August 1965.
(117). 'London - New York / for Peter Ruppell'. London, September 1965.
(118). 'letterpoem'. London, 29 September 1965.
(119). 'H notes'. London, 5 October 1965.
(120). 'As your eyes are blue...'. London, 11-21 October 1965.
(121). 'the white & blue liner left harbour & began to cross the ocean again'. London, 4 November 1965.
(122). 'I am beautiful'. London, 27 November 1965.
[Without number, 6 sheets.] 'LSD-25. experiences on monday 6 december 1965'.
(123). 'Peter'. London, 18 December 1965.
(124). 'that evening Pierre insisted that I had two roast pigeons at dinner'. London, 1-5 January 1966.
[Without number.] Review by Harwood of Carl Robins, Not as a Faceless Number (Hors Commerce Press), published Ole', 4. Review dated 8 January 1966.
(125). Poem without title beginning: 'It was like this'.
(126). 'landscape with 3 people'. London, January-February 1966.
(127). 'dear Peter'. London, 17 February 1966.
(128). 'The Book / 4 extracts'. London, March-September 1966.
(129). 'Special Love poem Written Before My First Visit to the United States of America'. London, 17 March 1966.
(130). 'for Robert Motherwell'. London, April 1966.
(131). 'the tractors are waiting / (for Larry Fagin)'. London 18 April 1966.
(132). '2 poems typed on Hershey bar wrappers in Peter's room in Nutley, N.J., on 8 May 1966 by Peter, Denise, & myself'.
(133). 'Garret Mountain Poem'. ('Lee Harwood & Peter Ruppell, Garret Mountain, New Jersey, USA, 20 May 1966. friday.')
(134). 'Rudi's Garden'. New York, May 1966. (Script for cartoon by Joe Brainard.)
[Without number.] Photocopy (1 sheet) of published cartoon, 'Rudi's Garden by Lee Harwood, drawn by Brainard.' The East Village Other, Vol. 1, No. 14 (15 June - 1 July, 1966), p. 9.
(135). 'The ferry leaves...'. New York, 18-22 May 1966.
(136). 'The voyage was planned, but'. San Francisco, 30 May 1966.
(137). 'How I Love You'. San Francisco, 1 June 1966.
(138). Jointly-written poem without title, beginning: 'When we awoke that morning we found the sea calm'. (Michael A. Gorman, Peter Ruppell, Denise Ruppell, Lee Harwood. Clifton, New Jersey, 19 June 1966.)
(139). '22 june 66 New York'.
(140). 'The Washington Papers'. (Marked as unfinished draft.)
(141). 'The Journey'. London, July/August 1966.
(142). 'His July return / for Larry Fagin'. London 24 July 1966.
(143). 'The late poem'. London, 24 July 1966.
(144). 'Possible Comic-Strip'. London, August 1966.
[Without number, loosely inserted.] Cutting of 144 as published cartoon: 'Words from You by Lee Harwood, drawn by Joe Brainard'. East Village Other, Vol. 2, No. 8 (15 March - 1 April 1967).
(145). 'A Borrowing'. London, 19 August 1966.
(146). 'The Maturity'. London, 27 September - 21 October 1966.
(147). 'The Seaside (for Peter Ruppell)'. London, 29 September 1966.
(148). '"I'm stoned, Tom" (for Tom Clark)'. 20-23 October 1966.
(149). 'Pastoral'. 26 October 1966.
(150). 'The Separation'. London, 4-7 November 1966.
(151). 'The Encyclopaedias'. London, 8 November 1966 - 31 January 1967.
(152). 'The Argentine'. London, 15 November 1966 - 2 February 1967.
[Small slip loosely inserted]: 'The Tom Sonnets / Nos. 153-157 (1967)'.
(153). 'Tom' ['Disch' added in pencil]. London, 23 January 1967.
(154). 'Orange Rooms / for Tom'. 25-26 January 1967.
(155). 'The Orange Plains'. London, 28-29 January 1967.
(156). 'A Birthday Poem'.
(157). 'A Sonnet of Adoration'. London, 9 February 1967.
(158). 'In Praise of...... / (for Tim)'. London, 6 February 1967.
(159). 'White / (for Tom Clark)'. London, 22-23 February 1967.
(160). 'Seascape'. London, 23 February 1967.
(161). 'The News / for Mrs. Pansy Harwood' (preceded by un-numbered typed copy 'for my grandmother'). London, 24-25 Fenruary 1967.
(162). '"Goodbye Tom"'. London, 3-11 March 1967.
(163). 'The Final Painting'. London, 9 March 1967.
(164). 'When the Geography Was Fixed / (for Marian)'. Exeter, 19-20 March 1967.
(165). 'Sea coves... / (for Marian)'. Exeter, 23 March 1967.
(166). 'Greece Today'. Exeter, 23 March 1967.
(167). 'For My Wife Who I've Left'. Exeter, 23 March 1967.
(168). 'The Paint Box'. Exeter, 24 March 1967.
(169). 'The House'. Exeter, 26 March 1967.
(170). 'The Doomed Fleet'. Exeter, 1 April 1967.
(171). 'The "Utopia"'. Exeter, 2-4 April 1967.
(172). 'Landscapes'. Exeter, 4 April 1967.
(173). 'The Nine Death Ships'. Exeter, 29 March - 11 April 1967.
(174). 'The Blue Mosque / a poem to Gus'. Exeter, 12-13 April 1967.
(175). 'Plato Was Right Though...'. Exeter, 22-25 April 1967.
(176). 'Love in the Organ Loft / (A cathedral poem for Marian)'. Exeter, 26 April 1967.
(176A). 'Love in the Organ Loft'. Exeter, April 1967, revised 24-26 October 1972.
(177). 'The Situation / (for Stuart Montgomery)'. London, 15 May 1967.
(177A). 'The Situation'. London, 15 May 1967, revised 24-26 October 1972.
(178). 'Memories of Times Passed Now'. London, 16 May 1967.
(179). 'Chemical Days'. Alresford, 19 May 1967.
(179A). 'Chemical Days'. Alresford, 19 May 1967, revised 26-27 October 1972.
(180). 'My Love.......'. London, 23 May 1967.
(181). 'The Revisitation'. London, 5 June 1967.
(181A). 'The Revisitation'. London, 5 June 1967, revised 25 October 1972.
(182). 'Dazzle'. London, 5 June 1967.
(182) [second text with this number]. 'Dazzle'.
(183). Poem without title beginning: 'My love floats like an angel'. St Clement's Hospital, London, 2 August 1967.
(184). 'Poly-olbion'. Peter Schjeldahl and Lee Harwood, New York, 13 October 1967.
(185). '1930s Photo'. Croton-on-Hudson, New York, 25 October 1967 - Brighton, 10 February 1968. (Pencil annotations to the text indicate that the 'photo' (by Arthur Rothstein) is the front cover image of the Penguin edition of Steinbeck, Tortilla Flat.)
(185A). '1930s Photo'. Revised 30 February 1971.
(186). 'U.S.A.' East Orange, Newark, New Jersey, 28-29 October 1967.
(187). 'England / for Marian'. New York, 19 November 1967.
(188). 'The Seasons / for Marian'. Brighton, 26 December 1967.
(189). 'New Zealand Outback / for Marian'. Brighton, 26 December 1967.
(190). 'The Backwoods'. New York, 17 October 1967 - Brighton, 2 January 1968.
(191). 'Central Park Zoo / for Marian'. Brighton, 2 January 1968.
(192). 'This Year'. Brighton, 2 January 1968.
(193). 'Soft White'. Brighton, 5 January 1968.
(194). 'Blue Glow'. Brighton, 11 January 1968.
(195). 'Question of Geography / for Marian'. Brighton, 18 January - 6 February 1968.
(196). 'Brooklyn Heights ---- an occasional poem for Paula & Peter'. Brighton, 18 January 1968.
(197). 'Reading Blake / (for Marian)'. Brighton/London, 24 January 1968.
(198). 'You Become a Star / for Marian'. Brighton, 29 January - 8 February 1968.
(199). 'Telescope / (for Marian)'. Brighton, 4-10 February 1968.
(200). '"Camels"'. Brighton, 6-10 February 1968.
(201). 'Cream'. Brighton, 7-10 February 1968.
(202). 'In Bed'. Brighton, 11 February 1968.
(203). 'Halos'. Brighton, 22 February - 14 March 1968.
(204). 'The Cliff Walk / (for Marian)'. Brighton, 17 February 1968.
(205). 'Sheriff's Star'. Brighton, 7 March 1968.
(206). '"A Day in London"'. Brighton, 14 March - 17 April 1968.
(207). 'Tibet / (for Amanda)'. Brighton, 14 March - 23 April 1968.
(208). 'Return of the Native'. Brighton, 16 March - 23 April 1968.
(209). 'Formal Portrait / (for Amanda)'. Brighton, 1-23 April 1968.
[Without number.] 'Sleeve note for Harry Guest's "Arrangements", to be publ. mid-1968 by Peter Jay, Anvil Press, London.' Note dated 26 April, 1968.
(210). 'The Words / (for Carlyle Reedy)'. Brighton, 25 April - 10 May 1968.
[Without number.] 'Note for a flyer' - Doug Blazek, All Gods Must Learn to Kill. Note dated 22 May 1968, Brighton.
(211). 'Cargo / (for Carlyle Reedy)'. Brighton, 8 May - 3 June 1968.
(212). 'Dawn of the Monsters / (for Carlyle Reedy)'. Brighton, 8 May - 3 June 1968.
(212A). 'Dawn of the Monsters'. Brighton, 8 May - 3 June 1968.
(213). 'The Monastery'. Brighton, 28 May - 3 June 1968.
[Without number.] 'Sleeve note for Chris Torrance's collection of poems Green Orange Purple Red (Ferry Press, London, 1968)'. Brighton, 3 June 1968.
(214). 'Forestry Work No. 1 / for Amanda'. Huntley, 27 July - Elmstead, 7 November 1968 (with pencil revisions 29 October 1972).

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Add MS 88998/6 : Lee Harwood: Poetry and Occasional Prose (Fair Copies)

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Start Date:

1965

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1968

Date Range:

1965-1968

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Loose sheets retained in spring back binder (black). 290 x 240 mm.

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