Typed and Handwritten Drafts of Poetry, undated
Scope and Contents
Thirty-four typed and handwritten drafts of poetry (“The Falcon Came”; “Instructions for the Messiah”; “The Poor Poet”; “Visiting Italy”; “No Title”; “Root, Stem, Leaf”; “Love Poem in Twos and Threes”; “Torn and Tattered Elegy in Black”; “Stoned Cold”; “Remembrance of my Trip to Europe Italy”; “Human Being”; “Buddha Inside the Light”; “An Anginal Equivalent”; “Gift”; “Solitude Late At Night In the Woods”; “Remembering A March Against The Vietnam War”; “But I Do Not Need Kindness”; “The Ghetto Girls at Eastern State”; “The Hospital”; “Christmas Poem”; “August 24, 1987”; “Nocturne for the U. S. Congress”; “Hunger for Me”; “Reading the Names of the Vietnam Dead”; “The Kiss”; “The Black Woman”; “The Phoenix Has Come”; “To a woman in a pink bathing suit”; “A Solitary Woman”; “Exaggerated Self-Portrait”; “To my Sister”; “Mothers, Daughter”; “To a Friend’s Child”; “A Dream”)
Dates
- undated
Extent
From the Collection: 0.40 Linear Feet
Conditions Governing Access
Open to researchers without restrictions.
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Creator
- From the Collection: Burton, Elizabeth Ann (1958-1990) (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the ODU University Archives Repository
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