John Berryman's Poetry, by first line

• Dream Song 136: While his wife earned the living, Rabbi Henry

  While his wife earned the living, Rabbi Henry
  studied the Torah, writing commentaries

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• Dream Song 135: I heard said 'Cats that walk by their wild lone'

  I heard said 'Cats that walk by their wild lone'
  but Henry had need of friends. They disappeared

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• Dream Song 119: Fresh-shaven, past months & a picture in New York

  Fresh-shaven, past months & a picture in New York
  of Beard Two, I did have Three took off. Well. .

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• Dream Song 120: Foes I sniff, when I have less to shout

  Foes I sniff, when I have less to shout
  or murmur. Pals alone enormous sounds

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• Dream Song 121: Grief is fatiguing. He is out of it

  Grief is fatiguing. He is out of it,
  the whole humiliating Human round,

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• Dream Song 122: He published his girl's bottom in staid pages

  He published his girl's bottom in staid pages
  of an old weekly. Where will next his rages

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• Dream Song 123: Daples my floor the eastern sun, my house faces north

  Dapples my floor the eastern sun, my house faces north,
  I have nothing to say except that it dapples my floor

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• Dream Song 124:" Behold I bring you tidings of great joy"

  Behold I bring you tidings of great joy—
  especially now that the snow & gale are still—

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• Dream Song 125:" Bards freezing, naked, up to the neck in water"

  Bards freezing, naked, up to the neck in water,
  wholly in dark, time limited, different from

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• Dream Song 127: Again, his friend's death made the man sit still

  Again, his friend's death made the man sit still
  and freeze inside—his daughter won first price—

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• Dream Song 128: A hemorrhage of his left ear of Good Friday

  A hemorrhage of his left ear of Good Friday—
  so help me Jesus—then made funny too

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• Dream Song 129: Thin as a sheet his mother came to him

  Thin as a sheet his mother came to him
  during the screaming evenings after he did it,

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• Dream Song 130: When I saw my friend covered with blood, I thought

  When I saw my friend covered with blood, I thought
  This is the end of the dream, now I'll wake up.

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• Dream Song 131: Come touch me baby in his waking dream

  Come touch me baby in his waking dream
  disordered Henry murmured. I'll read you Hegel

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• Dream Song 133: As he grew famous—ah, but what is fame?

  As he grew famous—ah, but what is fame?—
  he lost his old obsession with his name,

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• Dream Song 134: Sick at 6 & sick again at 9

  Sick at 6 & sick again at 9
  was Henry's gloomy Monday morning oh.

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• Dream Song 114: Henry in trouble whirped out lonely whines

  Henry in trouble whirped out lonely whines.
  When ich when was ever not in trouble?

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• Dream Song 115: Her properties, like her of course & frisky & new

  Her properties, like her of course & frisky & new:
  a stale cake sold to kids, a 7-foot weed

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• Dream Song 116: Through the forest, followed, Henry made his silky way

  Through the forest, followed, Henry made his silky way,
  No chickadee was troubled, small moss smiled

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• Dream Song 117: Disturbed, when Henry's love returned with a hubby

  Disturbed, when Henry's love returned with a hubby,—
  I see that, Henry, I don't put that down,—

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• Dream Song 118: He wondered: Do I love? all this applause

  He wondered: Do I love? all this applause,
  young beauties sitting at my feet & all,

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• Dream Song 102: The sunburnt terraces which swans make home

  The sunburnt terraces which swans make home
  with water purling, Macchu Pichu died

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• Dream Song 103: I consider a song will be as humming-bird

  I consider a song will be as humming-bird
  swift, down-light, missile-metal-hard, & strange

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• Dream Song 104: Welcome, grinned Henry, welcome, fifty-one!

  Welcome, grinned Henry, welcome, fifty-one!
  I never cared for fifty, when nothing got done.

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• Dream Song 105: As a kid I believed in democracy: I

  As a kid I believed in democracy: I
  'saw no alternative'—teaching at The Big Place I ah

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• Dream Song 107: Three 'coons come at his garbage. He be cross

  Three 'coons come at his garbage. He be cross,
  I figuring porcupine & took Sir poker

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• Dream Song 108: Sixteen below. Our care like stranded hulls

  Sixteen below. Our care like stranded hulls
  litter all day our little Avenues.

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• Dream Song 109: She mentioned 'worthless' & he took it in

  She mentioned 'worthless' & he took it in,
  degraded Henry, at the ebb of love—

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• Dream Song 110: It was the blue & plain ones. I forget all that

  It was the blue & plain ones. I forget all that.
  My own clouds darkening hung.

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• Dream Song 111: I miss him. When I get back to camp

  I miss him. When I get back to camp
  I'll dig him up. Well, he can prop & watch,

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