Derivations: Selected Poems, 1950–56

poetry by Duncan

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  • Robert Duncan
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    …of the 1950s appear in Derivations: Selected Poems, 1950–56 (1968). The Opening of the Field (1960), Roots and Branches (1964), Bending the Bow (1968), and Ground Work (1984) are collections of his finest poems. The first of these contains his most famous poem, “

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