| Description | Collection of loose sheet manuscript and typescript poems. Note from Powys Society: "M.K. found a heavy dark blue binder, with typed ‘MSS OF POEMS' on front, however some are typescripts only, and some have typescripts as well as holograph. Removed from binder and kept in exactly the same order as they appeared in binder, in a total of 4 sleeves. Binder kept in same clam. From internal evidence, they appear to be poems written while he lived at Hillsdale. The paper is American size."
In following order:
- Poem: ‘The Stone' - original holograph and two typed copies;
- Poem: ‘William Corby' -2 pp;
- Poem: ‘Mill-Wheel (1)' - version A 2 pp, version B 1 p;
- Poem: ‘Mill-Wheel' (2) - version A 2 pp, version B 1 p. Note: two different poems with same name;
- Poem: ‘Teiresias' - 1 p;
- Poem: ‘Demophoon' - typescript and E.E Bissell's transcription, tentatively dated by him, 1932;
- Poem: ‘Drought by the River Bed' -5 pp manuscript, [possibly written 1933 at Hillsdale (see Diary)];
- Poem: ‘Celadines' - 1 p;
- Poem: ‘Green' - 1 p manuscript, 1 p typescript, also 2 copies of 1 p (both sides) as published in The Fortnightly, vol I, no 3, October 9, 1931, and photocopy of Fortnightly page;
- Poem: ‘The Convolvolus' -1 p;
- Poem: ‘Saturn' -2 pp;
- Poem: ‘To ADF - Meditating a Retreat to Captivity' -1 p [ADF is Arthur Davison Ficke];
- Poem: ‘To Arthur on the occasion of his giving me the Home Book of Poetry - Sept 3, 1931' -1 p;
- Poem: ‘The Anonymous Tree - to ADF' -1 p;
- Poem: ‘To Arthur & Gladys. Dec 8, 1930' -7 pp, (4 sheets), very rough draft;
- Poem: ‘On Receipt of a certain ? Essay on Wordsworth properly aminadverted upon by the sender with the word “he lies” write in pencil by AF' -2 pp;
- Poem: ‘The Revolt of the Camel' -1 p;
- Poem: ‘Revolt in the Desert -1 p;
- Poem: ‘Revolt in the Desert' or ‘The Camel Kicks over the Traces' -1 p. Note: all three of above appear to be attempts at one poem;
- Poem: ‘The Moon over Megalopolis' -2 pp typescript, in P.P's hand, “given to Sacco Vanzetti paper ‘The Lantern'”, Bissell's transcription, a clipping about the S-V trial in Sunday Express, 26/6/63;
- Poem: ‘The Peewit' -1 p manuscript, - 1p typescript on which is written in P.P.'s hand: “given to William Needham and published in his paper ‘The Rocker'? [Rocket?];
- Poem: ‘The Ledge' -1 p;
- Poem: ‘To Merle' -1 p draft version, 1 p final version (?) signed John Cowper Powwys, May 25, 1929;
- Poem: “These leaves have quiverings...” -2 pp, 1 sheet;
- Poem: ‘That's for Thoughts' -6 pp, 4 sheets. [Various draft versions of one poem?];
- Poem: “ What do you seek at the end of the world...” -1 p [incomplete draft?]
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