Collected Poems 1937-1971, Paperback/John Berryman

This volume brings together all of Berryman's poetry, except for his epic The Dream Songs , ranging from his earliest unpublished poem (1934) to those written in the last months of his life (1972). A definitive edition of one of America's most distinguished poets. About the Author: John Berryman was born in Oklahoma in 1914. The author of several volumes of poetry, of which The Dream Songs is considered his masterwork, he died, a suicide, in 1972.