Collected Poems 1943-2004

<strong>One of the most honored poets of 20th-century American verse Richard Wilbur won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for his poetry. </strong><br/><br/>With a distinguished career spanning more than sixty years Richard Wilbur stands as one of America's preeminent men of letters. <em>Collected Poems 1943-2004</em> is the comprehensive collection of Wilbur's astonishing timeless work. It will serve as the most referenced trove of this beloved poet's best verses for many years to come.<br/><br/><strong>In Trackless Woods</strong><br/>In trackless woods it puzzled me to find<br/>Four great rock maples seemingly aligned <br/>As if they had been set out in a row<br/>Before some house a century ago <br/>To edge the property and lend some shade.<br/>I looked to see if ancient wheels had made<br/>Old ruts to which the trees ran parallel <br/>But there were none so far as I could tell-<br/>There'd been no roadway. Nor could I find the square<br/>Depression of a cellar anywhere <br/>And so I tramped on further to survey<br/>Amazing patterns in a hornbeam spray<br/>Or spirals in a pine cone under trees<br/>Not subject to our stiff geometries.