About John Berryman
John Allyn Berryman (originally John Allyn Smith) (25 October 1914 – 7 January 1972) was an American poet, born in McAlester, Oklahoma. He was a major figure in American poetry in the second half of the 20th century and often considered one of the founders of the Confessional school of poetry. He was the author of The Dream Songs, which are playful, witty, and morbid. Berryman committed suicide in 1972. Of his youthful self he said, 'I didn't want to be like Yeats; I wanted to be Yeats.'
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4 from "The Dream Songs"
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22 from "The Dream Songs"
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The Ball Poem
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#23 ("The Lay Of Ike")
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#36 ("The High Ones Die...")
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Ball Poem
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22 From "The Dream Songs'
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4 From The Dream Songs
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22 From The Dream Songs
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John Berryman - Dream Songs No. 29– There Sat Down, Once, A Thing
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John Berryman - Filling Her Compact And Delicious Body
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John Berryman - Dream Songs No. 16– Henry's Pelt Was Put On Sundry Walls
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Dream Song #1 [Huffy Henry Hid The Day]
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Dream Song #29 [There Sat Down, Once, A Thing On Henry's Heart]
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Dream Song #1
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John Berryman - Dream Songs No. 22– I Am The Little Man Who Smokes And Smokes (Of 1826)
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Life, Friends, is Boring.
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From Homage To Mistress Bradstreet
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John Berryman - Dream Snogs N0. 75–Turning It Over, Considering
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#23 (The Lay of Ike)
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Dream Song #5 [Henry Sats In De Bar & Was Odd]
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Poem From The Chinese
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Introduction To The Dream Songs
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John Berryman
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#36 (The High Ones Die...)
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The Prisoner Of Shark Island With Paul Mun
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Dream Song #16 [Henry's Pelt Was Put On Sundry Walls]
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Introduction To Dream Song #5
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Introduction To Dream Song #4
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On Poetic Diction
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Eleven Addresses to the Lord
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Dream Song #55 [Peter's Not Friendly. He Gives Me Sideways Looks]
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Introduction To "Homage To Mistress Bradstreet"
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Introduction To "Poem From The Chinese"
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Life, My Friends Is Boring
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A Strut For Roethke
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Dream Song #77 [Seedy Henry Rose Up Shy In De World]
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Snow Line
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Dream Song #75 [Turning It Over, Considering, Like A Madman]
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The Lay Of Ike
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Introduction To "A Strut For Roethke"
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Introduction To Dream Song #4 [Filling Her Compact And Delicious Body]
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Introduction To "The Prisoner Of Shark Island With Paul Muni"
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Introduction To Dream Song #16
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There Sat Down, Once, a Thing on Henry's Heart.
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Dream Song #27 [The Greens Of The The Ganges Delta Foliate]
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Introduction To "Snow Line"
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Life, Friends, is Boring
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Dream Song 1
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Dream Song 29
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