Military Service

For more poems, see the Academy of America Poets

• One Train May Hide Another
• Talking to Patrizia
• The Study of Happiness

and The Poetry Foundation

• A Momentary Longing To Hear Sad Advice from One Long Dead
• Bel Canto
• Down at the Docks
• Fresh Air
• From Seine
• From The Duplications
• Gigue
• In Love with You
• Ladies for Dinner, Saipan
• Locks
• Meeting You at the Piers
• On Beauty
• On the Great Atlantic Rainway
• Permanently
• Poem for My Twentieth Birthday
• Pregnancy
• Schoolyard in April
• Sleeping with Women
• Taking a Walk with You
• Talking to Patrizia
• Thank You
• Thanksgiving
• The Art of Poetry
• The Brassiere Factory
• The Circus
• The History of Jazz
• The Horse
• The Magic of Numbers
• The Trip from California
• To Life
• To My Father's Business
• To My Heart As I Go Along
• To My Old Poems
• To Some Buckets
• To Testosterone
• To the United States Army
• To You
• What People Say About Paris
• You Know All This
• You Were Wearing

  • Adams, Michael. "Kenneth Koch". Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 5: American Poets Since World War II, First Series. A Bruccoli Clark Layman Book. Edited by Donald J. Greiner, University of South Carolina. The Gale Group, 1980. pp. 412-416.
  • Koch, Kenneth. Poems. New York, NY: Tibor de Nagy Gallery, 1953.
  • --. Ko; or, A Season on Earth. New York, NY: Grove, 1959. PS3521 .O27 K6 E. J. Pratt Library at Victoria University.
  • --. Permanently. New York, NY: Tiber Press, 1960.
  • --. Thank You and Other Poems. New York, NY: Grove, 1962. PS3521 .O27 T48 Robarts Library.
  • --. Poems from 1952 and 1953. Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1968. PS3521 .O27 P63 Robarts Library.
  • --. The Pleasures of Peace and Other Poems. New York, NY: Grove, 1969. PS3521 .O27 P5 University of Toronto Libraries at Downsview.
  • --. When the Sun Tries to Go On. Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1969. PS3521 .O27 W5 University of Toronto Libraries at Downsview.
  • --. Sleeping with Women. Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1969. pam 01842 Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library.
  • --. The Art of Love. New York, NY: Random House, 1975. PS3521 .O27 A9 1975 Robarts Library.
  • --. The Duplications. New York, NY: Random House, 1977.
  • --. The Burning Mystery of Anna in 1951. New York, NY: Random House, 1979. PS3521 .O27 B8 University of Toronto Libraries at Downsview.
  • --. Days and Nights. New York, NY: Random House, 1982. PS3521 .O27 D3 1982 Robarts Library.
  • --. Selected Poems, 1950-1982. New York, NY: Random House, 1985. PS3521 .O27 S4 1985 Robarts Library.
  • --. On the Edge. New York, NY: Viking, 1986. PS3521 .O27 O49 2007X Robarts Library.
  • --. Seasons on Earth. New York, NY: Penguin, 1987. PS3521 .O27 S38 1987 Robarts Library.
  • --. Selected Poems. Manchester, England: Carcanet, 1991. PS3561 .O26 A6 1991 Robarts Library.
  • --. One Train: Poems. New York, NY: Knopf, 1994. PS3521 .O27 O55 1994X Robarts Library.
  • --. On the Great Atlantic Rainway: Selected Poems, 1950-1988. New York, NY: Knopf, 1994. PS3521 .O27 O5 1994X Robarts Library.
  • --. Straits: Poems. New York, NY: Knopf, NY), 1998. PS3521 .O27 S7 1998X Robarts Library.
  • --. New Addresses: Poems. New York, NY: Knopf, 2000. PS3521 .O27 N49 2000X Robarts Library.
  • --. Sun Out: Selected Poems, 1952-1954. New York, NY: Knopf, 2002. PS3521 .O27 A6 2002X Robarts Library.
  • --. A Possible World. New York, NY: Knopf, 2002.
    PS3521 .O27 P67 2002X Robarts Library.

Born and educated in Toronto, Raymond Souster is that city's most loved poet and servant to poetry. He worked at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce from 1939 to his retirement in 1985, a career interrupted only from 1941 to 1945, when he served as ground crew in the Royal Canadian Air Force. First published as a poet in the early 1940s, Souster went on to produce over 50 volumes of his own verse and to edit or co-edit a dozen volumes of others' poetry. He founded and edited three poetry journals, Direction (1941-46), Contact (1952-54), and Combustion (1957-60). In Contact, he brought out works of major writers such as Margaret Atwood's The Circle Game, which won the 1966 Governor-General's Award for poetry. Souster was one of six poets who founded the League of Canadian Poets in 1966 and he served as its first President (1967-72). Canada gave him two of its greatest honours, the Governor General's Award for poetry (The Colour of the Times, 1966) and the Order of Canada (1995). On June 17, 1998, the Toronto Harbourfront Reading Series and his friends Al Purdy, Av Isaacs, Bruce Whiteman, Barry Callaghan, Robert Fulford, and Margaret Avison celebrated him. Fellow poets among whom he numbered his friends were Louis Dudek and Irving Layton.

The Government of Canada Order of Canada Web site, speaking for the nation, says this: "One of Canada's most important, widely-read and enduring poets, he has been a vital force for the renewal of poetry since the 1940s. His poems describe life in Toronto, ordinary people and the daily events, feelings and experiences of modern city living. A co-founder of the Canadian League of Poets, he has been a source of encouragement and inspiration to several generations of poets while promoting Canadian literature among students of all ages."

Books of Poems

• Souster, Raymond. When We are Young. Montreal: First Statement, 1945. LE S7257w Robarts Library
• --. Go To Sleep World. Toronto: Ryerson, 1947. PS8537 .O87 G6 Robarts Library
• --. City Hall Street. Toronto: Ryerson, 1951. PR6037 .O8 C5 Victoria University Library
• --. Shake Hands with the Hangman: Poems 1940-1952. Toronto: Contact Press, 1953. cap 04364 Fisher Rare Book Library
• --. A Dream That is Dying: Poems. Toronto: Contact Press, 1954. E-10 01561 Fisher Rare Book Library
• --. Walking Death: Poems. Toronto: Contact Press, 1954. cap 04367 Fisher Rare Book Library
• --. For What Time Slays. Toronto: Contact Press, 1955. PR6037 .O8 F6 Victoria University Library
• --. The Selected Poems. Ed. Louis Dudek. Toronto: Contact Press, 1956. PS8537 .O87 A6 1956 Robarts Library
• --. Crêpe-hanger's Carnival: Selected Poems 1955-58. Toronto: Contact Press, 1958. PR6037 .O8 C7 Victoria University Library
• --. Place of Meeting. Gallery Editions, 1962. PS8537 .O87 P5 Robarts Library
• --. A Local Pride. Toronto: Contact Press, 1962. PS8537 .O87 L6 1962 Robarts Library
• --. The Colour of the Times: Collected Poems. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1964. PS8537 .O87 C6 Robarts Library
• --. Ten Elephants on Yonge Street. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1965. PS8537 .O87 T4 Robarts Library
• --. As Is. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1967. PS8537 .O9 A8 Trinity College Library
• --. Lost And Found: Uncollected Poems. Toronto: Clarke, Irwin, 1968. PS8537 .O87 L67 Robarts Library
• --. So Far, So Good: Poems, 1938/1968. Ottawa: Oberon Press, 1969. PR6037 .O8 S6 Victoria University Library
• --. The Years. Ottawa: Oberon Press, 1971. PR 6037 .O8A6 Victoria University Library
• --. Selected Poems Of Raymond Souster. Ed. Michael Maklem. Ottawa: Oberon Press, 1972. PS8537 .O87 A6 Robarts Library
• --. The Colour of the Times. Ten Elephants on Yonge Street. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1973. PS8537 .O87 C6 Robarts Library
• --. Change-up: New Poems. Ottawa: Oberon Press, 1974. PS8537 .O87 C48 Robarts Library
• --. Double-header: As Is; Lost & Found. Ottawa: Oberon Press, 1975. PS8537 .O87 D68 Robarts Library
• --. Rain-Check. Ottawa: Oberon Press, 1975. PS8537 .O87 R3 Robarts Library
• --. To Hell with Poetry. Burton, Ohio, 1976. cap Fisher Rare Book Library
• --. Extra Innings: New Poems. Ottawa: Oberon Press, 1977. PS8537 .O87 E9 Robarts Library
• --. Hanging In: New Poems. Ottawa: Oberon Press, 1979. PS8537 .O87 H3 Robarts Library
• --. Collected Poems of Raymond Souster. 10 vols. Ottawa: Oberon Press, 1980-2004. PS8537 .O87 A17 Robarts Library
• --. Going the Distance. Ottawa: Oberon Press, 1983. PS8537 .O87 G64 1983 Robarts Library
• --. Jubilee Of Death: The Raid On Dieppe. Ottawa: Oberon Press, 1984. PS8537 .O87 J8 Robarts Library
• --. Queen City. Ottawa: Oberon Press, 1984. PS8537 .O87 Q4 Robarts Library
• --. Flight of the Roller-Coaster: Poems for Younger Readers. Ottawa: Oberon Press, 1985. PS8537 .O87 F5 Robarts Library
• --. It Takes All Kinds. Ottawa: Oberon Press, 1986. PS8537 .O87 I8 Robarts Library
• --. The Eyes of Love. Ottawa: Oberon Press, 1987. PS8537 .O87 E94 Robarts Library
• --. Asking for More. Ottawa: Oberon Press, 1988. PS8537 .O87 A65 Robarts Library
• --. Running Out the Clock. Ottawa: Oberon Press, 1991. PS8537 .O87 R8 Robarts Library
• --. Old Bank Notes. Ottawa: Oberon Press, 1993. D-10 09921 Fisher Rare Book Library
• --. Riding The Long Black Horse. Ottawa: Oberon Press, 1993. PS8537 .O87 R54 1993 Robarts Library
• --. No Sad Songs Wanted Here. Ottawa: Oberon Press, 1995. PS8537 .O87 N6 Robarts Library
• --. Close to Home. Ottawa: Oberon Press, 1996. PS8537 .O87 C56 Robarts Library
• --. Of Time and Toronto. Ottawa: Oberon Press, 2000. PS8537 .O87 O38 Robarts Library
• --. Take me out to the Ballgame. Ottawa: Oberon Press, 2002. PS8537 .O87 T24 Robarts Library
• --. Twenty-three New Poems. Ottawa: Oberon Press, 2003. PS8537 .O87 T84 Robarts Library
• -- and James Deahl. Into This Dark Earth.. Toronto: Unfinished Monument Press, 1985. PS8537 .O87 I57
• --. Come Rain, Come Shine: The Last Poems of Raymond Souster. Ed. Donna Dunlop. Toronto: Contact Press, 2014.

Prose

• Souster, Raymond. On Target. Village Bookstore Press, 1972. [novel] PS8537 .O87 O5
• -- and Douglas Alcorn. From Hell to Breakfast. Toronto: Intruder Press, 1980. [prose] D 811 .A5225

Editions
• Souster, Raymond, ed. Poets 56: Ten Younger English-Canadians. Toronto: Contact Press, 1956. PS8279 .P6 Trinity College Library
• --, ed. New Wave Canada: The New Explosion in Canadian Poetry. Toronto: Contact Press, 1966. PS8292 .S68
• --, ed. Vapour and blue : Souster selects Campbell: the poetry of William Wilfred Campbell. Paget Press, 1978. PS8455 .A6 V3
• -- and Douglas Lochhead, eds. New Poems of the Seventies. Ottawa: Oberon Press, 1970. PS8293 .L63
• --, eds. Made in Canada. Ottawa: Oberon Press, 1970. Trinity College
• -- , eds. 100 Poems of Nineteenth Century Canada. Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1974. PS 8289 .L6 Trinity College Library
• --, eds. Powassan’s Drum: Selected Poems of Duncan Campbell Scott. 1985. PS8537 .C58 A6
• --, eds. Windflower: Selected Poems of Bliss Carman
• -- and Richard Woollatt, eds. Generation now. Longman Canada: 1970. PN6101 .W66
• --, eds. Sights and Sounds. Toronto: Macmillan, 1973. PR 9258 .W68 St. Michael's College Library
• --, eds. These Loved, these Hated Lands. Toronto: Doubleday of Canada, 1975. PN 6101 .S6 1975 Victoria University Library
• --, eds. Poems of a Snow-eyed Country. Don Mills, On: Academic Press, 1980. PS8279 .P64 University of Mississauga Library

Simon J. Ortiz, poet, writer, storyteller, and Doctor of Letters, is author of over a dozen books, including Out There Somewhere, Men on the Moon, After and Before the Lightning, and Woven Stone. He is also the editor of numerous collections, including Speaking for the Generations: Native Writers on Writing, and Earth Power Coming: Short Fiction in Native American Literature. He has taught at the University of New Mexico and the Institute of American Indian Arts, and served as lieutenant governor of the Pueblo of Acoma and consulting editor of the Pueblo of Acoma Press. As a teacher of poetry and fiction, he stresses the artful power of the "storytelling voice." He teaches and writes now at the University of Toronto.

• Naked in the Wind. NC: QUetzal-Vihio Press, 1971.
• Going for the Rain. New York: Harper, 1976.
• Fight Back: For the sake of the people for the sake of the land. Albuqurque: University if New Mexico Press, 1980.
• From Sand Creek: Rising in this heart which is our America. New York: Thunder's Mouth, 1981.
• Out There Somewhere. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press, 2002.
• Men on the Moon: collected short stories. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press, 1999.
• Speaking for the Generations: native writers on writing. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press, 1998.
• After and Before the Lightning. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press, 1994.
• Woven Stone. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press, 1992.
• Song, Poetry, Language. Tsaile, AZ: Navajo Community COllege Press, 1978.
• A Poem is a Journey. Bourbonais, IL: Pternandon Press, 1981.