The Michigan Poetry books in our collection (we’re growing).

Newest additions are listed in Green. [a] denotes Autographed copy

Three ways to help: 1) Donate a book / chapbook 2) Email updated information about a poet 3) Help spread the word about this project.

INDIVIDUAL POETS’ WORKS

Abbott, Margaret & Lawrence; Matched Pair (1963)[a] Candor Press – Dexter. MI

Brown, Renne J.; Goin’ Up North (2002) self – 1st Books

Buchanan, Pegasus; Chestnut Street (1956) Bruce Humphries – Boston, MA

Carleton, Will; Farm Ballads (1873;1910) Harper & Brothers – NY

Carleton, Will; Farm Festivals (1881) Harper & Brothers – NY

Carleton, Will; Farm Festivals (1881;1898) Harper & Brothers – NY

Charter, Elaine; Full Circle (1984)[a] Fraser Lockwood Press – Northport, MI

Cherwinski, Joseph; A Body in the Sea (1948)[a] self

Daniels, Jim; In Line for the Exterminator (2007) Wayne State University Press

Daniels, Jim; M-80 (1993) University of Pittsburgh Press

Davidson, Clifford; Collected Poems (1993) John H. Stroupe and Associates – Kalamazoo, MI

Derricotte, Toi; Tender (1997) University of Pittsburgh Press

DeWitt, Jim; Quiet-Time Thoughts (1984) Pen-Dec Press – Marysville, MI

DeWitt, Jim; The Zizzy Bird Connection (1989) [a] Pen-Dec Press – Marysville, MI

Fanning, Robert; The Seed Thieves: poems (2006) Marick Press – Grosse Pointe Farms, MI

Fisher, Aileen; Out in the Dark and Light (1980)[a] Harper & Row – New York, NY

Gainer, A. L.; Random Thoughts (1979)[a] Self – East Lansing, MI

Greinke, Eric; The Broken Lock: New & Selected Poems (1976?) Pilot Press Books – Grand Rapids, MI

Greinke, Eric; The Drunken Boat & Other Poems From the French Of Arthur Rimbaud (2007) Presa Press – Rockford, MI

Greinke, Eric; For the Living Dead (2007) Free Books – Lowell, MI

Greinke, Eric; Get It (2007 w/Mark Sonnenfeld) Marymark Press – NJ?

Greinke, Eric; The Last Ballet (1972) Pilot Press Books – Grand Rapids, MI

Greinke, Eric; Selected Poems 1972-2005 (2005) Presa Press – Rockford, MI

Greinke, Eric; Up North (2006 w/Harry Smith) Presa Press – Rockford, MI

Greinke, Eric; Wild Strawberries (2008) Presa Press – Rockford, MI

Guest, Edgar; All That Matters (1922) Reilly & Lee Co. – Chicago

Guest, Edgar; Just Folks (1917) Reilly & Lee Co. – Chicago

Guest, Edgar; A Heap O’ Livin Along Life’s Highway (1916) Reilly & Lee Co. – Chicago

Guest, Edgar; Path to Hope & When Day is Done (1919) Reilly & Lee Co. – Chicago

Guest, Edgar; Poems: A Souvenir (1918 pamphlet) Reilly & Britton Co. – Chicago

Hall, Donald; Kicking The Leaves (1978) Harper & Row – New York

Harkness, Hallie L., Sr; Rheumatic Reveries (1952)[a] [2 handwritten poems; torn dust jacket] Pageant Press – New York

Hirsch, Harvey; Pale Moon [a] (2002) Cobblestone Press – Ann Arbor, MI

Holmes, Margaret M.; Flight of the Snow Geese, Mountain Meditation, Tumbleweed (1978) Self – Grand Rapids, MI

Howes, Royce; Edgar A. Guest: A Biography (1953) Reilly & Lee Co. – Chicago, IL

Jackson, Murray; Watermelon Rinds & Cherry Pits (1991) Broadside Press – Detroit, MI

Kerman, Judith; Mothering & Dream of Rain (1996) Ridgeway Press – Roseville, MI

Kgositsile, Aneb; Rainrituals (1989) Broadside Press – Detroit, MI

Kicknosway, Faye; Who Shall Know Them? (1985) Penguin Books – NY

LaGattuta, Margo; Diversion Road (1983) State Street Press – NY

Leggett, Stephen; The All-Forest (1979) waves – Shepherd, MI

Lentz, Steve; Glimpses of Midland [a] (1999) Bamosey Press – Midland, MI

Lentz, Steve; Passing Through Midland [a] (1999) Bamosey Press – Midland, MI

Liebler, M.L.; The Moon a Box (2004 w/cd) New Issues – Kalamazoo, MI

Lowe, Edward; Ten Book Collection

McCombs, Judith; Against Nature: Wilderness Poems (1979) Dustbooks – CA

McGookey, Kathleen; Whatever Shines (2001) White Pine Press – Buffalo, NY

Malone, Hank; Foot Strikes and Spondees (1993) Parkville Publishing – Utica, MI

Mannes, L. J.; Pop’s Poetry [A] (1981)[spiral] self – Holland, MI

Minty, Judith; Walking with the Bear (2000) [a] Michigan State University Press – East Lansing, MI

Moore, Stewart; Dandelions Have Their Own Gold Standard (1975)[a] Orion Press – Detroit, MI

Nedrow, Ella Castle; Fragments (1966) self – Lansing, MI

Nedrow, Ella Castle; A Handful of Stars (1973) self – Lansing, MI

Newth, Rebecca; Finding the Lamb (1983) Open Book – Barrytown, New York

Newth, Rebecca; A Journay Whose Bones Are Mine (1978) Truck Press – St. Paul

Olson, Paul; Pogue Run School Days-Sketches & Down Home Poems (1988) self – Wyoming, MI

Oomen, Anne-Marie; un-coded woman (2006) Milkweed Editions – Minneapolis, MN

Paul, Doris Tarver; A Solar Trek in Haiku (1987) Vantage Press (vanity press)

Paulet, Jeanne; Prose, Poems and Etchings (1987) [spiral, w/ French translations] self – Livonia, MI

Pino, Adeline; Poems from Quaker Brook Farm (1962) Eaton Lithographing – Charlotte, MI

Post, Marie J.; I Had Never Visited an Artist Before (1973) [a] Being Publications – Grand Rapids, MI

Rau, Gil; Meditations (1984) Dorrance & Co. – Bryn Mawr, PA

Ravel, Kristin; Adieu (200?) self – Mt. Pleasant, MI

Rentschler, Robert; Summer and Frog (1983) The Marble Collective – East Lansing, MI

Shackett, Mary Lou; lovesounds (1979) Riverside-Popular Printing – Port Huron, MI

Stebelton, Chuck; A Maximal Object (2008) Mitzvah Chaps – Lawrence/Boulder KS/CO (donated by author)

Vest, Hilda; Sorrow’s End (1993) Broadside Press – Detroit, MI

Way, Clarence Simeon; Rhyme, Rhythm ‘n’ Reason (1972) [a] Northern Lakes Litho – Burt Lake, MI

COLLECTIONS AND ANTHOLOGIES

50/50 (2007) Eastern Michigan University – student’s only

51/49 (2008) Eastern Michigan University – student’s only

A Milestone Sampler: 15th Anniversary Anthology (1988) Lotus Press – Detroit, MI

Andrews, Clarence A.; Michigan in Literature (1992) Wayne State University Press – Detroit, MI [donated by Sleepy Hollow Bookstore in Midland, Michigan]

Best Loved Poems of the American People, The - Hazel Felleman (1936) Garden City Books – Garden City, NY

Black American Literature Poetry – Darwin T. Turner (1969) Charles E. Merrill Publishing – Columbus, OH

Brooding the Heartlands: Poets of the Midwest – M.L. Liebler (1998) Bottom Dog Press – Huron, OH

Dreamers Live Forever (1979) Lansing Poetry Club – Lansing, MI

egg / tooth / hatch (1973) East Lansing Arts Workshop Press – East Lansing, MI

Michigan Methodist Poets – William C.S. Pellowe (1927) The Methodist Book Concern – New York

Michigan Poets and Poetry (1904) Michigan Publishing Company

Michigan Poets: with supplement to Michigan Authors 1960 – Rachel M. Hilbert (1964) Michigan Association of School Librarians – Ann Arbor, MI

New Poems from the Third Coast (2000) Wayne State University Press – Detroit, MI

Peninsula Poets (Vol 26 #1 1971; Vol 44 #2 1988; Vol 47 #2 1991) poetry society of michigan – self

Prelude in Blue (1938) Nazareth College Corporation – Nazareth, MI

Quickly Aging Here: Some Poets of the 1970’s – Geof Hewitt (1969) Doubleday & Co. – Garden City, NY

Voice that is Great Within Us, The - Hayden Carruth (1970) Bantam Books -New York

MICHIGAN LITERARY JOURNALS

Amaranthus (Fall 1970; Spr 71; Fall 71; Win 71; Spr 72; Win 72) Grand Valley State College – Allendale, MI

Anon (1967; 1974)  – Ann Arbor, MI

Anthology of Rooms (1983) [#76/500] isn’t that ism press – Warren, MI

Around the Margin (Vol #4 – Fall 1988) ‘LeftBank’ – MSU registered student organization

BigFireProofBox (#2 – April 1989) – East Lansing, MI

Central Review (Spr 2007; Fall 07; Fall 08) Central Michigan University – student’s only

Driftwood (Iss 8 Spr 2005) Ludington Visiting Writers – Ludington, MI

Dunes Review (Vol 13 Iss 1 – Sum 2008) Michigan Writers – Traverse City, MI

green’s magazine (Vol VI #2 – Win 1978) Green’s Educational Publications, Inc. – Lansing, MI

Happiness Holding Tank (#17 – Fall 1976) -Okemos, MI

Huron Review (Win 1977) – Flint, MI

In Search of The Unicorn (?) Nazareth College – Nazareth, MI

Michigan Quarterly Review (Spr 1974; Sum 80) University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, MI

Passages North (Sum 1995) Kalamazoo College – Kalamazoo, MI

Poetry of the Wheatfield (#1-1975;#2-1976;#3-1978)[complete set] Wheatfield Press – (1;2)Mt. Pleasant, MI (3)Bay City, MI

Preview (#1?; #3 1970) Michigan State University – student’s only

RedCedar Review (XXXIV Iss 1-Win/Spr 1998; XXXIV Iss 2-Fall/Win 1998) Michigan State University – East Lansing, MI

Skywriting (Vol III #1&2 – Spr 1978) Kalamazoo, MI

Temenos (2006; 2007; 2008) Central Michigan University – Mt. Pleasant, MI

Third Coast (#1 Spr 95; #4 W/Spr 97; #5 Fall 97; #11 Fall 2000; #12 Spr 2001; #13 Fall 01)

Voices (Vol 2 #2 – Win 61/2; Vol 2 #4 – Fall 62; Vol 3 #2 – Spr 63; Vol 3 #3 – Sum 63) – Saginaw, MI

Wayne Review (Win 1967) Wayne State University

Westigan Review (Vol 1 #1 Iss #1- Win1970; Vol 1 #3 Iss #3 - Sum 70; Vol 2 #2 Iss #6 – 1971; Vol 2 #3 Iss #7 – 1972) Western Michigan University – Kalamazoo, MI

Yellow Magazine, The (#1 1975 or 76?) Thomas Jefferson College, GVSC

Zeitgeist (Vol 3 #1 – Autumn 1969) East Lansing, MI

YOUTH POETS / PROJECTS

Canto (Spring 1967; Winter 67; March 69; Summer 70; 1974; Summer 76; 78) Eastern High School – Lansing, MI

Diamonds and Ashes (?) East Lansing High School – East Lansing, MI

Evergreen (Vol XX – 1989) Greenhills School – Ann arbor, MI

Fledgling, The (1936) Highland Parks High School – Highland Parks, MI

Griot, The (2001?) Kettering High School (Vol #11) – Detroit, MI

Interlochen Review, The (Vol 4 #1 – Spring 1979) Interlochen, MI

Poems That Eat Our Ears (2003) Friends of Poetry – Kalamazoo, MI

Poetry In Motion (2008) MRC Group – Kalamazoo, MI

Sgraffito (1993-94) Haslett High School – Haslett, MI

Young Writer’s Workshop (#3) Schools around Lansing & East Lansing, MI

Send donated works to: c/o Steve C. 2020 S. Mission #201 Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858

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