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poetry.In these new poems thereis a richness and density of detail,a height-ened narrative impact,and a sense of eachpoem's realizing itself within a fresh andhighly contemporary lyricism.  \nOTHER BOOKS OF POETRY BY JOHN CIARDI  \nPERSON TO PERSON  \n\"...the wit and sharp images and toughlanguage that we have come to expect,theobservant talk about contemporary civili-zation.  \n...lively and warm with affection forour sometimes desperate lives.It is a pleas-ure to think and feel along with it.\"JosephLangland,New York Times Book Review  \n$3.50  \nIN FACT  \n\"Mr.Ciardi is a generous poet,amused,graceful,speculative.He establishes contactso easily with other human beings that we  \n(continued on back flap)  \nPhotograph by Edward Weston  \nRUTGERS UNIVERSITY PRESSNew Brunswick ·New Jersey  \nGentral l ibrary211C566t  \nCiardi--This strangest everythingPlease note date stamped ana rerupomptly.A charge will be made for each day the book isoverdue.  \nThe bortower mu1GP2for,boks Jlot or dam  \nTHIS  \n# STRANGESTEVERYTHING\n\nAlso by John CiardiAS IF(1955)I MARRY You(1958)(1958)39 POEMS(1959)IN THE STONEWORKs(1961)(1961)IN FACT(1962)PER SON TO PER SON(1965)(1965)  \n# THIS\n\nSTRANGESTEVERYTHING  \nJOHN CIARDI  \nRutgers University PressNew Brunswick,New Jersey  \nCopyright ◎1966 by Rutgers,The State UniversityLibrary of Congress Catalogue Number:66-28130  \nSome of the poems in this volume were first published  \nin The Atlantic,Ladies Home Journal,Literary Magazine of TuftsUniversity,The Saturday Review.  \nThe poems L'Inglese(1964)and Boy (1966),copyrighted,in the respective years shown,by The New Yorker Magazine,Inc.  \nSecond Printing  \nPrinted in the United States of America by  \nH.Wolff,New York  \nFor  \nLeonard and Gertrude,souls and graces","cbCaijf4VAnUCdAS","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaijf4VAnUCdAS","pdf",2681218,120,"English","# About the Author and Collection\n## Previous Works by John Ciardi\n## Publication and Copyright Details","[{\"question\":\"Who is 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