About John Wieners
John Joseph Wieners (6 January 1934 – 1 March 2002) was an American lyric poet. Born in Milton, Massachusetts, Wieners attended St. Gregory Elementary School in Dorchester, Massachusetts and Boston College High School. From 1950 to 1954, he studied at Boston College, where he earned his A.B. In 1954 he heard Charles Olson read at the Charles Street Meeting House on Beacon Hill during Hurricane Hazel. He decided to enroll at Black Mountain College where he studied under Olson and Robert Duncan from 1955 to 1956.
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In Public
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excerpt from Memories in a Small Apartment
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A Poem For Cocksuckers
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A Poem For The Old Man
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The Garbos and Dietrichs
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ELIZABETH TAYLOR IS MY SISTER, 1/6/71, 3:15.
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Loss
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The Mole Proposes Solitude
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Procrastination
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After Symond's Venice
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The Old Man
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The Imperatice
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Moon Poems
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Poem For Cocksuckers
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LOSS, 1/6/71, 0:35.
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Confidence
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Just an Ordinary Joe
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Private Estate
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Night Boat to Cairo
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Acts of Youth
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The Suicide
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Two Barbarians
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Creeley Intro
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Consolation
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About Himself
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A Superficial Estimation
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After Byron's Maid of Athens
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Intro
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Untitled (SF Poem)
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Tuesday Afternoon
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Tuesday Seven PM
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Billie
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Autumn in New York
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Inoperable
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Stationary
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For Marlene Deitrich
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Chinoisserie
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The Chariot
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Despair is Given Me...
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Solitary Pleasure
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Despair is Given Me
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Poem For Herbert Huncke
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I Dream...
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For Marlene Dietrich
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Elizabeth Taylor Is My Sister
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Poem for Painters
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Night Boat into Cario
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Ancient Blue Star
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Loss, 1/6/71
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Loss (010671)
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