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US US-kylobm TMC-RG1-B-166-#01
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1968-08-19, TLS to Merton, 'Thank you very much for your nice letter, and I am excited about my poems'
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- 1968 August 19 (Creation)
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1 page(s); Typed signed letter.
Name of creator
(1942-2022)
Biographical history
Bobby Byrd was a poet writing from Memphis, Tennessee. Some of his poems appear in «Monks Pond». At the time of writing, he was an out of work teacher. He spent over 40 years later in life in El Paso, Texas.
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First lines: "Thank you very much for your nice letter, and I am excited about my poems appearing in MONKS POND."... Contents index: Byrd spent time with Keith Wilson in the summer / submits contributor's notes / «Tolar Creek Syndicate».
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- English
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to Thomas Merton from: Byrd, Bobby