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EOU Alumni Bibliography : Display Book

Title:Constructions
Author:Bayes, Ronald
Alternate Author:Yu Suwa
Publisher:Tokyo: Novabar Press, 1967. 23 p.
Abstract:Poems in English and Japanese translations by Yu Sawa are featured side by side. The poems titles are specific--"Construction I" through "Construction X." Each poem is directed to a generic audience or a specific person. Two hundred copies of this rare edition were printed.
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Books by Bayes, Ronald

Pub. Year Title Abstract
The Hydari Sequence The edition of the folio has been limited to 125 copies. The book includes four original drawings by Tommy Sperling.
1960 Dust and Desire The second edition of this book has an introduction by William Carlos Williams. There are thirty-four poems devoted to youth, weather, travel, and many other subjects. Some poems are written in free verse, others are written in the form of a play.
1964 Cages and Journeys Introduced by Edward F. James, thirty-one poems are organized into two sections: one section that involves poems about cages and the other that involves poems about journeys. Among many other subjects, travel, weather, and emotions are presented.
1965 Child Outside my Window...and Other Poems Poems varying in arrangement and format are featured in this chapbook. Bayes uses specific punctuation and word placement to convey a message. A rare book, one hundred fifty signed copies were produced.
1966 6x2 This publication features serigraphs by Marvin Saltzman. It is limited to one hundred copies signed by the author and artist.
1967 Constructions Poems in English and Japanese translations by Yu Sawa are featured side by side. The poems titles are specific--"Construction I" through "Construction X." Each poem is directed to a generic audience or a specific person. Two hundred copies of this rare edition were printed.
1967 Cum Along Lad: An Evening with Ezra Pound Unavailable.
1967 Ejection Unavailable.
1967 John Reed and the Limits of Idealism Unavailable.
1968 X-ing Warm This book is a letter to Bob Roberts
1970 History of the Turtle: Books I-V Introduced by Anselm Hollo, this volume features four separate books of poetry with distinct punctuation and a section of explanatory notes at the end. The poems explore issues like politics, travel, death, and life.
1970 Upamine Tetralogy The third book includes an imprint.
1971 Forth Porpoise This chapbook of abstract poetry features specific elements of punctuation and spacing that set off the poems. The layout amd writing convey various themes.
1971 Paint the Window Purple: A Folio with Twelve Aphorisms This chapbook includes silkscreens by Marvin Saltzman.
1972 The Casketmaker Four sections of poetry, arranged in loose chronological order, provide insight into the author?s childhood and travels around the world: a military station in Iceland, Northeastern Europe, several years in Japan, and time in Ireland and Southeast Asia.
1973 Porpoise Organized in four sections and thirty-two books, this volume of poetry features short, abstract stanzas with specific and detailed punctuation. The book was described by the author as "like a mural." It is a large canvas poem and several portions appeared in earlier magazines. The cover design is by Amanda Wallace.
1975 King of August The poems in this volume are derived from sculptures by Einar Jonsson, Iceland's national sculptor. The author described the poems as muse poems, and they discuss various aspects of life and travel.
1975 The Water Mirror XXII Five hundred copies of this chapbook with a photograph by Ralph Weiss were printed.
1977 Tokyo Annex With an introduction written by Rob Hollis Miller, this volume of poetry relates feelings about the Grande Ronde valley, travel, history, paintings, as well as other poets.
1979 Fram The fourth edition to the author's Upamine Tetralogy, this volume is organized in four books. The poetry, some of which was featured in various magazines, is designed to explore consciousness. Snatches of conversations, shards of writing, and random epithets are combined and left for the reader to interpret. Five hundred copies were printed.
1985 A Beast in View: Shorter Collected Poems, 1970-1980 This book features forty-one poems and an epilogue. The poems highlight themes such as weather, people, places, travel, emotional experiences, and special occasions. There are epistolary poems as well as poems written as a daily journal, with a verse under each specific time.
1992 Guises Unavailable.

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