Kenneth Fearing: Selected Poems

edited by robert polito

from Angel Arms (1929)

• St. Agnes' Eve
• Minnie and Mrs. Hoyne
• Andy and Jerry and Joe
• Cultural Notes
• John Standish, Artist
• They Liked It
• Jack Knuckles Falters But Reads Own Statement at His Execution While Wardens Watch
• from Aphrodite Metropolis
• The Drinkers
• Lithographing
• Portrait
• The Cabinet of Simplicity
• Ballad of the Salvation Army
• Green Light
• Breakfast With Hilda
• Saturday Night
• Evening Song
• Invitation
• Angel Arms

• Conclusion
• Winner Take All
• Resurrection
• Obituary
• American Rhapsody (1)
• Dividends
• X Minus X
• 1933
• Dear Beatrice Fairfax:
• American Rhapsody (2)
• As the Fuse Burns Down
• No Credit
• Dirge
• What If Mr. Jesse James Should Some Day Die?
• Escape
• $2.50
• American Rhapsody (3)
• Lullaby
• 20th Century Blues
• Denouement

• En Route
• Happy New Year
• Literary
• Lunch With the Sole Survivor
• Devil's Dream
• Hold the Wire
• Longshot Blues
• A Pattern
• The Program
• American Rhapsody (5)
• Portrait
• C Stands for Civilization
• Take a Letter
• Radio Blues
• Dance of the Mirrors
• Manhattan
• Scheherazade
• How Do I Feel?

• from "The Agency"
  • Agent No. 174 Resigns
• Pact
• The Doctor Will See You Now
• Gentleman Holding Hands With Girl
• Portrait of a Cog
• A La Carte
• American Rhapsody (4)
• Yes, the Agency Can Handle That
• Class Reunion
• Payday in the Morgue
• Love, 20ý the First Quarter Mile
• Discussion After the Fifth or Sixth
• Readings, Forecasts, Personal Guidance

• Continuous Performance
• Art Review
• Cracked Record Blues
• Travelogue in a Shooting-Gallery
• Thirteen O'Clock
• Reception Good
• Confession Overheard in a Subway
• King Juke
• Elegy in a Theatrical Warehouse
• Piano Tuner
• Model for a Biography
• End of the Seers' Convention
• The Joys of Being a Businessman
• Public Life
• A Tribute, and a Nightmare
• Afternoon of a Pawnbroker

• Stranger at Coney Island
• 4 A.M.
• Castaway
• The Juke-Box Spoke and the Juke-Box Said
• Newspaperman
• Bryce & Tomlins
• Sherlock Spends a Day in the Country
• Mrs. Fanchier at the Movies
• The People v. the People
• Irene Has a Mind Of Her Own
• Minutes From the Chamber of Commerce
• This Day
• Long Journey

• Family Album (1): The Pioneers
• Family Album (2): Granny
• Family Album (3): The Boat
• Family Album (4): The Investigators

Biographical Note
Note on the Texts
Notes
Index of Titles and First Lines