The Age of Reasons
WESLEYAN POETRY
The Age of Reasons
UNCOLLECTED POEMS 1969–1982
TED GREENWALD
EDITED BY MILES CHAMPION
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY PRESS
MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT
Wesleyan University Press
Middletown CT 06459
2016 © Ted Greenwald
Editor’s Note © 2016 by Miles Champion
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This project is supported in part by an award fromthe National Endowment for the Arts.
Library of Congress
Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Greenwald, Ted.
[Poems. Selections]
The age of reasons: uncollected poems 1969–1982 /
Ted Greenwald; edited by Miles Champion.
pages; cm
ISBN 978-0-8195-7626-2 (pbk.) —
ISBN 978-0-8195-7627-9 (ebook)
I. Champion, Miles, 1968– II. Title.
PS3557.R3968A6 2016
811'.54 — dc23 2015031902
5 4 3 2 1
Cover illustration: George Schneeman, Untitled (1996), collage, 4 1/4 × 4 inches. Used by permission of Karie Schneeman and courtesy of Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York.
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CONTENTS
Poem (“at this point in history”) | 6
How Watchful of Passersby | 62