As If: Poems, New and Selected, by John Ciardi

John Ciardi

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The introspective poetry of John Ciardi (1916–1986) is a consideration of one’s place in life and nature. Published in 1955, the volume As If: Poems New and Selected contained 73 poems. Ciardi selects 25 of them for this recording, beginning with the five-part “To Judith,” written for his wife. He follows with “Elegy Just in Case” (for himself) and elegies for others lost at war, “Three Views of a Mother,” and “Flowering Quince.” The text of the poems is in the liner notes.

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101	To Judith, I	John Ciardi	1:29
102	To Judith, II	John Ciardi	3:04
103	To Judith, III	John Ciardi	1:17
104	To Judith, IV	John Ciardi	1:11
105	To Judith, V	John Ciardi	1:56
106	Elegy Just in Case	John Ciardi	2:42
107	Days	John Ciardi	2:13
108	The Lamb	John Ciardi	1:39
109	Elegy	John Ciardi	2:59
110	Elegy for Sandra	John Ciardi	2:03
111	Three Views of a Mother, 1	John Ciardi	1:10
112	Three Views of a Mother, 2	John Ciardi	1:46
113	Three Views of a Mother, 3	John Ciardi	2:39
114	At a Concert of Music, Remembering the Dead in Korea	John Ciardi	2:46
201	A Thought About Sheik Bedreddin	John Ciardi	1:25
202	In the Witch-Hunting Season	John Ciardi	1:25
203	Kristoffer Second	John Ciardi	2:04
204	Elegy for G.B. Shaw	John Ciardi	2:24
205	Flowering Quince	John Ciardi	2:06
206	Sunday Morning	John Ciardi	7:09
207	Measurements	John Ciardi	1:22
208	Doctor Faustus	John Ciardi	3:42
209	Thoughts on Looking into a Thicket	John Ciardi	3:53
210	On Looking East to the Sea with a Sunset Behind Me, I, II	John Ciardi	3:20
211	On Looking East to the Sea with a Sunset Behind Me, III	John Ciardi	0:59

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