Robert Creely, Wilmington, N.C., June 29, 1981: There is a sense of
increment, of accumulation, in these poems that is very dear to me.
Like it or not, it outwits whatever I then thought to say and gains
thereby whatever I was in saying it. Thankfully, I was never what I
thought I was, certainly never enough. Otherwise, when it came time
to think specifically of this collection and of what might be
decorously omitted, I decided to stick with my initial judgments,
book by tender book, because these were the occasions most
definitive of what the poems might mean, either to me or to anyone
else. To define their value in hindsight would be to miss the
factual life they had either made manifest or engendered. So
everything that was printed in a book between the dates of 1945 and
1975 is here included as are also those poems published in
magazines or broadsides. In short, all that was in print is here.
I'm delighted that they are all finally together, respected,
included, each with their place - like some ultimate family
reunion! I feel much relieved to see them now as a company at last.
I'm tempted to invoke again those poets who served as a measure and
resource for me all my life as a poet. But either they will be
heard here, in the words and rhythms themselves, or one will simply
know the. This time I am, in this respect, alone these are my
poems. We are a singular compact. Finally, there's no end to any of
it, or none we'll know that simply. But I'm very relieved that this
much, like they say, is done. So be it.
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