The Old Religion
New York, NY: Tibor de Nagy Gallery Editions, 1959. Limited First Edition. wrappers over sewn binding. "The syndromes compete for an empty metabolism./ One, brisk surfaces, leaves an emptiness greater than it found./ The other, O VIrgo, shy from the mouthings of ignorant scumminess/ froth,/ Completes a life." ("Heroin: An Ode (For Gregory Corso), " first stanza, pg. 22) A collection of poems by Alan Ansen (1922-2006), the American-expatriate poet..... More
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