All of Us: The Collected Poems
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13 friends / my dears 1st
35 again / then 1st
19 MEDICINE: 1st in New Letters [Univ. of Missouri, Kansas City] 51.2 (Winter 1984—5): 14.
20 WENAS RIDGE: 1st in Tendril [Green Harbor, Mass.] 19—20 (1985): 412—13; in TW 14—15, IAML 88—9.
7 golden / gold 1st, TW, AUP
11—12 To the top of Wenas Ridge.
Where we walked out of pine trees and could see 1st, TW
30—1 pushing into undergrowth. Shadows falling from trees now.
But flat rocks that held the day’s heat. And snakes. 1st, TW
43 The / And 1st, TW, AUP
49 I’ve / have 1st, TW
21 READING: in IAML 138—9.
22 RAIN
9 Yes, if I had even half a chance. AUP
23 MONEY: 1st in Poetry [Chicago, Ill.] 145.5 (Feb. 1985): 252—3; in IAML 24—5.
4 To go / Go 1st
8 money / of it 1st
27 love / love it, 1st, AUP
28—9 who’d flip out to see him
in his own boat, sails full, 1st
24 AT LEAST
19 the / that AUP
25 MY BOAT: 1st in Fiction Magazine [London] 4.3 (June-July 1985): 17; in IAML 106—7. Based on RC’s revisions in the first and all subsequent printings of the paperback edition of WWCT (1st pbk.), the following emendation has been made to the copy-text (1st ed.):
8 Annie, Jane 1st pbk. / Cindy, Jean 1st ed., IAML
Other variants:
4 Hayden / Dan 1st, AUP
5 George, Harold, Don / George, Bob, Michael, Don 1st,
AUP
8 And Kristina, Merry, Catherine, Diane, Sally, Annick, Pat, Judith, Susie.
1st, AUP
26 WORK: first five lines quoted in the article “In the Works” by Tom Jenks in Esquire 102.2 (Aug. 1984): 114. 1st complete in New Letters 51.2 (Winter 1984—5): 16; in Sunday Times [London] 7 June 1987: 57, IAML 113.
27 IN THE YEAR 2020: separately published as a broadside “on the occasion of an event honoring the life and work of RC” (Berkeley: Okeanos Press, 1993). The event was a public reading held at Black Oak Books in Berkeley, Calif., on 9 Oct. 1993.
28 THE JUGGLER AT HEAVEN’S GATE: 1st in Tendril [Green Harbor, Mass.] 19—20 (1985): 414.
Title: “The Juggler” 1st
Subtitle: “(Or, The Scene to Remember from Heaven’s Gate)” 1st
17 emigrants / landed emigrants 1st
24 Juggling / A juggler 1st
29 THE FISHING POLE OF THE DROWNED MAN: 1st in Tendril [Green Harbor, Mass.] 19—20 (1985): 429; in IAML 105.
Also published in this issue of Tendril is a version of “The Garden” that includes the following stanza:
Redoubtable. There’s a word!
It suited him down to the ground.
He’d fished with the rod that belonged to the deceased.
It seemed like a good idea at the time.
But later, he had his doubts. Tendril 411
The stanza is not preserved in the collected version of “The Garden”.
30 MY DAD’S WALLET: 1st in New York Times Magazine 24 June 1984: 38, accompanying the article “Raymond Carver: A Chronicler of Blue-Collar Despair” by Bruce Weber (36+); in TW 17—18, IAML 30—1.
30 of / charges of 1st
39—40 each of his cheeks as he looked
up from his figures. The same poor light 1st, AUP
31 ASK HIM: 1st in Tendril [Green Harbor, Mass.] 19—20 (1985): 407—8; in IAML 189—91. Based on RC’s revision in the first and all subsequent printings of the paperback edition of WWCT (1st pbk.), one emendation has been made to the copy-text (1st ed.). A further revision, present only in IAML, is treated as a variant:
24 untroubled 1st pbk. / ordered 1st, AUP, 1st ed.
regulated IAML
Other variants:
2—3 through the iron gates of
the cemetery in Montparnasse. 1st, AUP
24 son and / son, or 1st
son or AUP
42 would / had 1st, AUP
32 NEXT DOOR: 1st in Tendril [Green Harbor, Mass.] 19—20 (1985): 421.
8 A / Is a 1st
33 THE CAUCASUS: A ROMANCE: in IAML 171—3.
9 forests / forest AUP
44 Thursday / Thursdays AUP
34 A FORGE, AND A SCYTHE: in IAML 41.
35 THE PIPE: in IAML 124.
18 I’ll / Instead, I’ll AUP
36 LISTENING: 1st in New Letters [Univ. of Missouri, Kansas City] 51.2 (Winter 1984—5): 17; in IAML 168.
37 IN SWITZERLAND: 1st in Tendril [Green Harbor, Mass.] 19—20 (1985): 425—6; in IAML 186—8.
38 A SQUALL: 1st in New Letters [Univ. of Missouri, Kansas City] 51.2 (Winter 1984—5), 14—15; in IAML 127.
24 in / of 1st, AUP
In the setting typescript of WWCT the poem includes a hand-canceled final stanza:
Now, there’s the bell! That’s all.
Go home and write something
before you die.
39 MY CROW: 1st as a holiday greeting card (Concord, NH: William B. Ewert, 1984); in Poetry [Chicago, Ill.] 145.5 (Feb. 1985): 253, IAML 133.
8 there / here AUP
40 AFTER RAINY DAYS: 1st in New Letters [Univ. of Missouri, Kansas City] 51.2 (Winter 1984—5): 18; in IAML 149.
11 breaking / and break 1st
41 INTERVIEW: 1st in Tendril [Green Harbor, Mass.] 19—20 (1985):405.
1—4 Talking about myself all day.
It brought back
something I thought over
and done with. What I’d felt 1st
42 BLOOD: 1st in Grand Street [New York, NY] 4.2 (Winter 1985): 89; in IAML 90.
43 TOMORROW: 1st in Ohio Review [Ohio Univ.] 34 (1985): 12; in IAML 72.
13—14 Nevertheless,
I wish for tomorrow. In all its finery. 1st
44 GRIEF: 1st in Poetry [Chicago, Ill.] 145.5 (Feb. 1985): 254; in IAML 134.
45 HARLEY’S SWANS: in TW 9—10, IAML 75—6.
20 after / later TW
46 ELK CAMP: 1st in Tendril [Green Harbor, Mass.] 19—20 (1985): 423—4; in IAML 101—2.
3 ever were / ever 1st
8 coming. / coming! 1st
10 thrown up / put together 1st
39—42 behind the shoulder where the heart
and lungs are located. “They might
run, but they won’t run far. Look
at it this way,” my friend said. 1st
47 THE WINDOWS OF THE SUMMER VACATION HOUSES: 1st in New Letters [Univ. of Missouri, Kansas City] 51.2 (Winter 1984—5): 12—13.
5 when / where 1st
48 MEMORY [1]: st in New Letters [Univ. of Missouri, Kansas City] 51.2 (Winter 1984—5): 15. See “Memory” [2] in U.
13 A little / Little 1st
49 AWAY: in Ohio Review [Ohio Univ.] 34 (1985): 11, Tendril [Green Harbor, Mass.] 19—20 (1985): 406.
2 hillside / side of the hill Ohio Review, Tendril, AUP
4 afterwards / then afterwards Tendril
7—8 When I talked to you on the phone,
I tried to joke. Don’t worry Ohio Review, Tendril
I talked to you on the phone,
tried to joke. Don’t worry AUP
11 A week later / Been a week now Ohio Review, Tendril
12 still haven’t / haven’t Ohio Review, Tendril
50 MUSIC: separately published as a holiday greeting card (Concord, NH: William B. Ewert, 1987).
51 ALL HER LIFE: in IAML 53.
5 dreamt / dreamed IAML
52 THE HAT: 1st in Tendril [Green Harbor, Mass.] 19—20 (1985): 418—19; in IAML 116—18.
10 all the way / closed 1st
11 and / but 1st
17 a / which is a 1st
53 LATE NIGHT WITH FOG AND HORSES: in Ohio Review [Ohio Univ.] 34 (1985): 6—7, Tendril [Green Harbor, Mass.] 19—20 (1985): 422, IAML 47—8.
4 another / it another Tendril
5—6 there was someone else. Tears were fall
ing.
When a horse stepped out of the fog Ohio Review, Tendril
17 yard, where / yard. Where Tendril
28 ended, / ended. Tendril
29 something / Something Tendril
36 a / like a Ohio Review, Tendril
54 VENICE: 1st in Tendril [Green Harbor, Mass.] 19—20 (1985): 415; in IAML 86.
6 Sangallo / Rajione 1st
9 total, or / total. Or 1st
19 And history / History AUP
55 THE EVE OF BATTLE: 1st in Tendril [Green Harbor, Mass.] 19—20 (1985): 416; in IAML 169—70.
24 anything. He’s dressed in a morning coat and tails,
as if he’s on his way to some important function. 1st
56 EXTIRPATION: 1st in Tendril [Green Harbor, Mass.] 19—20 (1985): 417.
9 each other / one another 1st
57 THE CATCH: 1st in New Letters [Univ. of Missouri, Kansas City] 51.2 (Winter 1984—5): 18.
58 MY DEATH: 1st in Ohio Review [Ohio Univ.] 34 (1985): 13.
35 believe / oh believe 1st
O believe AUP
59 TO BEGIN WITH: 1st in Ohio Review [Ohio Univ.] 34 (1985): 8—10; in IAML 32—4.
5 how every evening / every evening how 1st, AUP
10 silent / sullen IAML
60 THE CRANES: 1st in New Letters [Univ. of Missouri, Kansas City] 51.3 (Spring 1985): 63; in IAML 77.
61 A HAIRCUT: in TW 20—1, IAML 82—3.
7—8 as the library. There’s a window
there that gives light. Snow’s coming TW
23—4 Soon, light begins to pull away
from the window. He stares down, lost and IAML
62 HAPPINESS IN CORNWALL: in IAML 84—5.
63 AFGHANISTAN: 1st in Paris Review [Flushing, NY] 26.93 (Fall 1984): 47; separately published as a broadside “to honor R C on his induction into the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters” on 18 May 1988 (Concord, NH: William B. Ewert, 1988).
64 IN A MARINE LIGHT NEAR SEQUIM, WASHINGTON: in IAML 28.
65 EAGLES: in IAML 100.
66 YESTERDAY, SNOW: 1st in Grand Street [New York, NY] 4.2 (Winter 1985): 87; in IAML 192—3.
9 sweating / I was sweating 1st
32 Goes on, Yes. 1st
67 READING SOMETHING IN THE RESTAURANT
9 going / thoughts going AUP
68 A POEM NOT AGAINST SONGBIRDS: 1st in New Letters [Univ. of Missouri, Kansas City] 51.2 (Winter 1984—5): 16.
11 friends / sweet darlings 1st
69 LATE AFTERNOON, APRIL 8, 1984
1 sport-fishing / sports fishing AUP
70 MY WORK: in IAML 129—30.
71 THE TRESTLE: in TW 7—8, IAML 73—4.
Title: “Water” AUP
6 woke / woke up TW, AUP
24 I wish my own life, and death, could be so simple.
I think it could, if I had any character.
What I want is to perfect my life someway. TW, AUP
25 on / up on TW, AUP
36 once stood / stood once TW
43 and phone calls, its stupid concerns - is unbecoming, TW
72 FOR TESS: 1st as a broadside (Concord, NH: William B. Ewert, 1984); in Poetry [Chicago, Ill.] 145.5 (Feb. 1985): 252, IAML 81; reprinted in Literary Cavalcade [Scholastic Inc., New York, NY] 39.7 (Apr. 1987): 9, accompanied by RC’s essay on the poem (NHP 120—2).
3 out / out there 1st, Poetry
Ultramarine
First edition: New York, NY: Random House, 1986. Publication date: 7 Nov. 1986.
First paperback edition: New York, NY: Vintage Books, 1987. Publication date: Oct. 1987.
First selected and combined English edition: In a Marine Light: Selected Poems. London: Collins Harvill, 1987. Publication date: 1 June 1987.
Dedication: Tess Gallagher
Epigraph: From “Mt Gabriel” by Derek Mahon, Antarctica (Dublin: Gallery Press, 1985) 18.
Copy-text: First edition, first printing, collated and corrected against later editions and printings overseen by RC.
Small-press sources and separate publications: The Window (Ewert, 1985), EFTD (Ewert, 1986), The River (Ewert, 1987), The Best Time of the Day (privately printed, 1988), The Cobweb (Jungle Garden, 1988), Sweet Light (Jungle Garden, 1990).
1 THIS MORNING: 1st in Ploughshares [Emerson College] 11.4 (1985): 81; in IAML 35—6. Title listed in AUP table of contents but text omitted from proof.
6 walk - determined / walk. Determined 1st
17—18 myself to see what I was seeing and
nothing else. I had to tell myself this is what 1st
19 mattered / matters 1st
28 For a minute or two, though, I did forget 1st
30—1 For when I turned back I didn’t
know where I was. Until some birds rose up 1st
2 WHAT YOU NEED FOR PAINTING: in IAML 125.
3 AN AFTERNOON: 1st in Ploughshares [Emerson College] 11.4 (1985):79.
4 CIRCULATION: in EFTD 19—20, IAML 199—200.
1 pain / pain, EFTD
8 you were / it was EFTD
28 stinging / stinging pain EFTD
36 that you / you EFTD
40 climbed / got EFTD
54 far more / more EFTD
5 THE COBWEB: 1st in Caliban [Ann Arbor, Mich.] 1 (1986): 102; separately published as a broadside (Fairfax, Calif.: Jungle Garden Press, 1988).
1—2 A few minutes ago, I stepped onto the deck of the house.
From there I could see and hear the water, 1st
11 Intricate / Intricate too 1st
6 BALSA WOOD: 1st in Poetry [Chicago, Ill.] 146.6 (Sept. 1985): 346; in IAML 21. Reproduction of revised typescript accompanies the essay “Raymond Carver” by William L. Stull in Dictionary of Literary Biography Yearbook 1984 (Detroit: Gale Research, 1985): 236.
8 deeper / no deeper 1st
16 mound / mound of stuff 1st
19 to / and 1st
7 THE PROJECTILE: 1st in Ohio Review [Ohio Univ.] 37 (1986): 60—1; in IAML 16—17.
5 reoccurring / recurring 1st
11 careening / careering IAML
17 going to / gonna 1st
19 Only three / Three 1st
46 got / get 1st
52 down the stupid road, then turning the stupid corner 1st
8 THE MAIL: 1st in TriQuarterly [Northwestern Univ.] 66 (Spring-Summer 1986): 145; in EFTD 17, IAML 156—7.
18 for her a home of her own? 1st, EFTD
9 THE AUTOPSY ROOM: 1st in Ontario Review [Princeton, NJ] 24 (Spring-Summer 1986): 45; in EFTD 18, IAML 65—6.
4 was / had been 1st, EFTD
5 or too late. / or late, 1st
or late. EFTD
6 for, so help me, they left things 1st
12 running / still running 1st, EFTD
26 strayed / strayed down EFTD, AUP
10 WHERE THEY’D LIVED: in IAML 69.
11 MEMORY [2]: see “Memory” [1] in WWCT.
12 THE CAR: in IAML 44—5.
11 [omitted in IAML]
33 corroded / the corroded IAML
49 Car / The car IAML
13 STUPID: 1st in Poetry [Chicago, Ill.] 147.3 (Dec. 1985): 129.
18 they’re / how they’re 1st
14 UNION STREET: SAN FRANCISCO, SUMMER 1975: 1st in Ploughshares [Emerson College] 11.4 (1985): 82—3; in IAML 60—1.
5 off in / in 1st
14 company / company, as usual 1st
20 you / you 1st
22 how / what 1st
29 little / little, 1st
29—30 [no stanza break in 1st]
33 you son / son 1st
38 out from / from 1st
42 afternoon / afternoon, 1st
15 BONNARD’S NUDES: 1st in Crazyhorse [Univ. of Arkansas, Little Rock] 27 (Fall 1984): 9; in IAML 126.
16 JEAN’S TV: in IAML 70—1.
“Margo”: A version of this poem is printed between “Jean’s TV” and “Mesopotamia” in AUP but does not appear in the finished book. See this page and note.
&
nbsp; 17 MESOPOTAMIA: 1st in Poetry [Chicago, Ill.] 147.3 (Dec. 1985): 128; in IAML 181—2.
21 can see / know 1st
25—8 they’re going better than ever because they’re up
early and talking about things of consequence
such as death, and Mesopotamia. In any case, 1st
18 HOPE: 1st in Paris Review [Flushing, NY] 28.100 (Summer-Fall 1986): 58—9; in IAML 67—8.
17—18 [no stanza break in 1st]
30 blasted / was blasted 1st
19 THE HOUSE BEHIND THIS ONE: in IAML 137.
20 LIMITS: 1st in Northwest Review [Univ. of Oregon, Eugene] 24.1 (1986): 59—60; in EFTD 7—8, IAML 91—2.
24—5 with screen wire, rigged
like a little cell inside. He’d broken 1st, EFTD
28 the barrel. / a barrel 1st
the barrel EFTD
29 because he’d had a brainstorm: 1st, EFTD
30 He’d / he’d 1st, EFTD
32 damnedest / damndest 1st, EFTD
21 THE SENSITIVE GIRL: 1st in Poetry [Chicago, Ill.] 146.6 (Sept. 1985): 344—7.
3—4 on this pane of glass that’s
been around even longer. It doesn’t 1st
13 alders / sorrels 1st
17 would’ve / would have 1st
26 to / who would 1st
28 fastened / broken 1st
44 Then closes the gate, and fastens it. 1st
46 that / there 1st
22 EGRESS: 1st in Northwest Review [Univ. of Oregon, Eugene] 24.1 (1986): 57—8; in EFTD 15—16, IAML 158—9.
3 but / that 1st, EFTD
10 brother / brother, 1st
11 to me - the ear, nose, and throat man, fell dead 1st
to me - the ear-nose-and-throat man, fell dead EFTD
14 his body / body 1st, EFTD
22 Dead / Was dead 1st
31 bracket / bracket than us 1st, EFTD
33 in/then in 1st, EFTD
at the time in AUP
39 brother / brother, 1st, EFTD
40 for the sake of / to allow egress to 1st, EFTD
41 hell!/ hell? 1st, EFTD
23 SPELL: in IAML 141—2.
24 FROM THE EAST, LIGHT: 1st in Northwest Review [Univ. of Oregon, Eugene] 24.1 (1986): 56; in IAML 58.
16 litter / cover 1st
25 A TALL ORDER: 1st in Poetry [Chicago, Ill.] 148.3 (June 1986): 128.
1—2 The old woman who kept house for them.
She’d seen and heard the most amazing things. 1st
22 the rusty swing set and Jungle-Gym bars. 1st
26 THE AUTHOR OF HER MISFORTUNE: in IAML 51.
27 POWDER-MONKEY: 1st in Northwest Review [Univ. of Oregon, Eugene] 24.1 (1986): 55; in EFTD 14, IAML 120—1.