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Winter Stars - typewritten drafts

VCU M 426 b7 f 4 Winter Stars typed draft Armando Vargas_Prokofieff variant rsz.jpg

Untitled Poem [Winter Stars, typed with revisions]

M 426 B7 f4

 

This item includes two pages. (Click to view both pages.)

How do these pages differ from any pages you've already examined and from the final published poem? What, if anything, does the combination of typewriting and handwriting suggest?

Do you see anything noteworthy about the line breaks in these pages?

VCU M426 b7 f4 California_Winter Stars with notes and corrections signed p1 rsz.jpg

California/Winter Stars [signed draft with revisions]

M 426 B7 f4

 

This item includes two pages.

A title and the poet's signature appear on this version. 

VCU M 426 b7 f 4 Winter Stars single page_signed_daughter varient rsz.jpg

Winter Stars [signed, typed draft with revisions]

M 426 B7 f4

This item includes two pages. 

Several names and lines differ from the final published poem. 

VCU M 426 b7 f 4_Winter Stars partial draft w revisions typed rsz.jpg

Untitled Draft [Winter Stars, typed with revisions]

M 426 B7 f4

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