These drafts of "The Outer Banks" were written while Goedicke was at the MacDowell Colony in 1968. It was during this stay that Goedicke met Leonard Wallace Robinson, who she would marry in 1971. The drafts in this entry is more raw, more visceral…
For All the Sad Rain appeared first in The Slackwater Review in 1984 before appearing as the prelude to The Wind of Our Going, published in 1985. These drafts range in date from 1978-1983.
This entry contains the initial drafts of "This Music Has Holes in It," which was published in Goedicke's thirteenth book of poems, The Baseball Field at Night. Goedicke also expresses concern that the United States will initiate a war against…
This entry contains the initial drafts of "This Music Has Holes in It," which was published in Goedicke's thirteenth book of poems, The Baseball Field at Night. Goedicke also expresses concern that the United States will initiate a war against…
This draft of "This Music Has Holes in It" is from a manuscript of The Baseball Field at Night dated June 2006. This poem reflects how the poem appears in the 2009 publication of The Baseball Field at Night.
This an early draft of "For All the Sad Rain" titled "Whose World." The title would later change to "Best Bed" before finally changing to its published title. The poem would undergo many changes before its publication in The Slackwater Review in…
By this draft, the final introduction and conclusion are set. The notes along the upper right hand corner indicate that Goedicke has incorporated comments by Pierre (Delattre), Nancy (Ortenstone?), Carole (Stone?), and Leonard Robinson.
This draft of For All the Sad Rain reflect some of the final changes made to the poem. Gone, for example, are lines "there is garbage to eat, / but there is also chateaubriand" and in its place, the comparison of squash blossoms to white…
In this letter to Sam Hamill at Copper Canyon Press, officially submits her manuscript to Copper Canyon for publication. As stated in the letter, she had previously submitted the manuscript to Milkweed Press, who published her prior three books, to…
This is letter was written to Emilie Buchwald of Milkweed Press after Milkweed passed on the manuscript for As Earth Begins to End. Here, Goedicke recounts the changes in her revised manuscript. This item may be found in Box 2, Folder 10.
This is letter to Michael Wiegers of Copper Canyon Press was written as Leonard Robinson's condition was rapidly deteriorating. The letter reflects Copper Canyon's publishing process, particular with regards to the editorial process and the…
These documents illustrate Patricia Goedicke's initial process for creating a manuscript of As Earth Begins to End. This process is characteristic for Goedicke and is reflected in the notes for her other books. Also included are notes regarding…
These are lines from drafts of This Music Has Holes in It that date from September 10, 2002 and September 19, 2002. They have been created solely for the purpose of creating an exhibit titled "Inextricable Fusion." The image with Goedicke's…
This is the first page of an entry where Patricia Goedicke describes a lecture by W.H. Auden. She describes the differences between Auden's public persona and the persona he presents through his poetry. Goedicke also notes Marianne Moore's presence…
This is the first page of an entry where Patricia Goedicke describes an early encounter with her first husband, Victor Goedicke. At the time of the entry, Patricia was visiting her family in New Hampshire.
This clipping from the Athens Messenger dated February 4, 1960 is about Page One, a weekly periodical of poems by writers local to Athens, Ohio. The periodical was edited by Patricia Goedicke and Patricia Grean.
This clipping announces Patricia Goedicke's and Leonard Wallace Robinson's temporary departure from San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Goedicke and Robinson, who were residents of San Miguel de Allende left for the 1980-1981 academic year so that…
This clipping features a photo of a heard of bison at the National Bison Range in Montana. Above each bison Patricia Goedicke wrote the name of a late-twentieth century author associated with Western Montana. At the time Goedicke annotated the…
Despite the date written by Goedicke, the more likely date is 1998 based on the rest of the entries in the journal. In this entry, Goedicke describes many of the themes that would define her twelfth book of poetry, As Earth Begins to End.
In this entry, Goedicke discusses Otherwise, a book of poems by Jane Kenyon, who passed away two years prior to the book's release. Specifically, she discusses the resonances between Kenyon's book and the manuscript she is putting together (As Earth…
This photograph of Goedicke and Robinson was taken on the west end of the Oval at the University of Montana. The statue is of a grizzly bear, the University's mascot.