Draft poem typescripts by Larry Eigner, 1968 - 1994
Dates
- Creation: 1968 - 1994
General
These folders contain poem typescripts as follows:
“The Bell of Peace, “ “The Bowed Heads” and potentially other poems - it is difficult to tell where one begins and another ends, 4pp. These are likely not Eigner poems
since they rhyme, lack his customary enjambment, mise-en-page, and typography.
Photocopied poem typescripts, 8pp. Two copies each of:
a. poem beginning “venus the size of / mother / eaurth ah / …” (1.p), dated July 14,
1965
b. poem beginning “Up in the air / give me / air” (2pp)
c. Eigner # 260 (“the street dances”), November 7-9, 1968
Photocopied poem typescripts, 12pp. Included are:
a. Eigner #247, Sept. 25, 1968
b. Eigner #248, Oct. 7-9, 1968 (2 copies)
c. Drafts of Eigner # 249, Eigner #248, and other draft fragments, Oct 6, 1968, Oct. 9, ?
d. Eigner #271, Dec. 19, 1968
e. Eigner # 594, Dec. 9, 1971
f. Page containing Eigner # 1409, #1410, #1411 Sept. 15-16, 1983
g. Page containing Eigner #1297, Nov. 9, 81, and #1298, Nov. 15-16, 1981
h. Eigner #1296, Nov. 5-6, 1981
i. Eigner #1492, Sept. 22-4, 1983 (2 copies)
j. Page containing Eigner #1687, June 23-July 15, 1990, #1687ab June 25-July 15, 1990,
#1688, June 31, 1990, and Eigner #1689, July 6, 1990
k. Page containing Eigner # 1740, #1740.1, #1740.2, #1740.3, May 4, 1994
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository