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John Berryman

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John Allyn Berryman (originally John Allyn Smith) (25 October 1914 – 7 January 1972) was an American poet, born in McAlester, Oklahoma. He was a major figure in American poetry in the second half of the 20th century and often considered one of the founders of the Confessional school of poetry. He was the author of The Dream Songs, which are playful, witty, and morbid. Berryman committed suicide in 1972. Of his youthful self he said, 'I didn't want to be like Yeats; I wanted to be Yeats.'

Top songs

  1. 4 from "The Dream Songs"
  2. 22 from "The Dream Songs"
  3. The Ball Poem
  4. #23 ("The Lay Of Ike")
  5. #36 ("The High Ones Die...")
  6. Ball Poem
  7. 22 From "The Dream Songs'
  8. 4 From The Dream Songs
  9. 22 From The Dream Songs
  10. John Berryman - Dream Songs No. 29– There Sat Down, Once, A Thing
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  1. John Berryman - Filling Her Compact And Delicious Body
  2. John Berryman - Dream Songs No. 16– Henry's Pelt Was Put On Sundry Walls
  3. Dream Song #1 [Huffy Henry Hid The Day]
  4. Dream Song #29 [There Sat Down, Once, A Thing On Henry's Heart]
  5. Dream Song #1
  6. John Berryman - Dream Songs No. 22– I Am The Little Man Who Smokes And Smokes (Of 1826)
  7. Life, Friends, is Boring.
  8. From Homage To Mistress Bradstreet
  9. John Berryman - Dream Snogs N0. 75–Turning It Over, Considering
  10. #23 (The Lay of Ike)
  11. Dream Song #5 [Henry Sats In De Bar & Was Odd]
  12. Poem From The Chinese
  13. Introduction To The Dream Songs
  14. John Berryman
  15. #36 (The High Ones Die...)
  16. The Prisoner Of Shark Island With Paul Mun
  17. Dream Song #16 [Henry's Pelt Was Put On Sundry Walls]
  18. Introduction To Dream Song #5
  19. Introduction To Dream Song #4
  20. On Poetic Diction
  21. Eleven Addresses to the Lord
  22. Dream Song #55 [Peter's Not Friendly. He Gives Me Sideways Looks]
  23. Introduction To "Homage To Mistress Bradstreet"
  24. Introduction To "Poem From The Chinese"
  25. Life, My Friends Is Boring
  26. A Strut For Roethke
  27. Dream Song #77 [Seedy Henry Rose Up Shy In De World]
  28. Snow Line
  29. Dream Song #75 [Turning It Over, Considering, Like A Madman]
  30. The Lay Of Ike
  31. Introduction To "A Strut For Roethke"
  32. Introduction To Dream Song #4 [Filling Her Compact And Delicious Body]
  33. Introduction To "The Prisoner Of Shark Island With Paul Muni"
  34. Introduction To Dream Song #16
  35. There Sat Down, Once, a Thing on Henry's Heart.
  36. Dream Song #27 [The Greens Of The The Ganges Delta Foliate]
  37. Introduction To "Snow Line"
  38. Life, Friends, is Boring
  39. Dream Song 1
  40. Dream Song 29
  41. Filling Her Compact And Delicious Body
  42. 36 (The High Ones Die)
  43. Dream Song 14
  44. The Traveller
  45. "The Ball Poem"
  46. Dream Snogs N0. 75–Turning It Over, Considering
  47. Introduction To "The Lay Of Ike"
  48. Introduction To "The Dream Songs"
  49. Dream Song 1 1963
  50. 23 (The Lay Of Ike)
  51. Dream Songs No. 29– There Sat Down, Once, A Thing
  52. Dream Songs No. 22– I Am The Little Man Who Smokes And Smokes (Of 1826)
  53. Dream Songs No. 16– Henry's Pelt Was Put On Sundry Walls
  54. Introduction 1963
  55. Dream Song 27 1963
  56. Dream Song 5 1963
  57. Dream Song 17 1963
  58. The Prisoner Of Shark Island With Paul Muni
  59. 041 John Berryman_#36 (The High Ones Die...)
  60. The Curse
  61. 040 John Berryman_#23 (The Lay Of Ike)
  62. Vigorish
  63. Reading from the Dream Songs: University of Iowa, 1968
  64. Dream Song #4 [Filling Her Compact And Delicious Body]
  65. Dream Song 16 1963
  66. Dreamsong 14
  67. cardtrick_1403
  68. Dream Song 4
  69. BERRYMAN TWO
  70. 2 from The Dream Songs
  71. Dream Song #4 [Filling her compact & delicious body]
  72. Short Interview and Dream Song 14
  73. Twelve Dream Songs, No 4
  74. John Berryman reads from the Dream Songs (1968) 1_6
  75. Twelve Dream Songs, No 9
  76. Four Dream Songs, No 2
  77. I Am The Little Man
  78. Dream Song 1 (1963)
  79. 4 [from The Dream Songs]
  80. Introduction (1963)
  81. Dream Song 5 (1963)
  82. Dream Song 27 (1963)
  83. Dream Song 17 (1963)
  84. 22 [from The Dream Songs]
  85. Dream Song 16 (1963)
  86. John Berryman reads from the Dream Songs (1968) 2_6
  87. John Berryman reads from the Dream Songs (1968) 3_6
  88. Dreamsong 4
  89. Dreamsong 1
  90. 4 [Filling her compact & delicious body]

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