Meandering among the many non uplifting poems,

these are my favorites:

the evocative "Helping Me Get By,"

those who "warm the house" in "Solstice: This House is Yours,"

the trains, the dogs, and the winter of "Anonymous in this Season,"

and, coincidentally since I'm reading Moby-dick again,

"The Dangers Inherent in Reading the Classics."

- all keepers.

Wanting to see if he had continued to write more after leaving Madison, Wisconsin,
I sadly found that he had died - as the Poet Laureate of Missouri! ( )