• Publication: Dark Verses and LightPublication Record # 257434
• Author: Tom Disch
• Date: 1991-05-00
• ISBN: 0-8018-4192-5 [978-0-8018-4192-7]
• Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
• Price:
  $12.95^?$: US dollar
• Pages: 124
• Format:
  tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
• Type: COLLECTION
• Cover: Dark Verses and Light by Martha Farlow
• Notes:

  • Collection of poems and one novelette
  • Contents from The Locus Index added 2022-02-16
  • The WorldCat entry is for both hc and tp
• External IDs:
  • OCLC/WorldCat: 22662612

Contents (view Concise Listing)

• 3 • The Snake in the Manger: A Christmas Legend • poem by Thomas M. Disch [as by Tom Disch]
• 13 • The Eightfold Way: A Masque in Five Tableaux • poem by Thomas M. Disch [as by Tom Disch]
• 35 • Back Here • poem by Thomas M. Disch [as by Tom Disch]
• 36 • Garage Sale • poem by Thomas M. Disch [as by Tom Disch]
• 37 • A Questionnaire • (1971) • poem by Thomas M. Disch [as by Tom Disch]
• 38 • On Depositing the Check for a Legacy • poem by Thomas M. Disch [as by Tom Disch]
• 39 • To an Elder Brother, Aborted • poem by Thomas M. Disch [as by Tom Disch]
• 40 • The Friends of Long Ago • poem by Thomas M. Disch [as by Tom Disch]
• 41 • Old Friends • poem by Thomas M. Disch [as by Tom Disch]
• 42 • My Willoughby Personality Schedule • poem by Thomas M. Disch [as by Tom Disch]
• 43 • The Self As Product • poem by Thomas M. Disch [as by Tom Disch]
• 44 • How to Identify Yourself in a Crowd • poem by Thomas M. Disch [as by Tom Disch]
• 45 • A Call to Lost Members • poem by Thomas M. Disch [as by Tom Disch]
• 46 • To Fame • poem by Thomas M. Disch [as by Tom Disch]
• 47 • Sunday at Home • poem by Thomas M. Disch [as by Tom Disch]
• 48 • So Grows the Tree • (1986) • poem by Thomas M. Disch [as by Tom Disch]
• 49 • What's Left Unsaid, or The Dodo's Joy • poem by Thomas M. Disch [as by Tom Disch]
• 50 • A Tree in the Dark • poem by Thomas M. Disch [as by Tom Disch]
• 52 • Why This Tie, Why That • poem by Thomas M. Disch [as by Tom Disch]
• 57 • The Joycelin Shrager Story • (1975) • novelette by Thomas M. Disch [as by Tom Disch]
• 77 • The Joycelin Shrager Poems • essay by Thomas M. Disch [as by Tom Disch]
• 80 • Contents • [The Joycelin Shrager Poems] • poem by Thomas M. Disch [as by Tom Disch]
• 81 • i am just a plain poet • [The Joycelin Shrager Poems] • poem by Thomas M. Disch [as by Tom Disch]
• 83 • something people don't realize • [The Joycelin Shrager Poems] • poem by Thomas M. Disch [as by Tom Disch]
• 84 • i who have gone through the whole gamut • [The Joycelin Shrager Poems] • poem by Thomas M. Disch [as by Tom Disch]
• 85 • minor poets are human too • [The Joycelin Shrager Poems] • poem by Thomas M. Disch [as by Tom Disch]
• 86 • today i was almost put in jail • [The Joycelin Shrager Poems] • poem by Thomas M. Disch [as by Tom Disch]
• 87 • hey everyone look at what's here • [The Joycelin Shrager Poems] • poem by Thomas M. Disch [as by Tom Disch]
• 90 • bowling has been the great spirit • [The Joycelin Shrager Poems] • poem by Thomas M. Disch [as by Tom Disch]
• 91 • when i am sick science fiction • [The Joycelin Shrager Poems] • poem by Thomas M. Disch [as by Tom Disch]
• 93 • excuse the language • [The Joycelin Shrager Poems] • poem by Thomas M. Disch [as by Tom Disch]
• 95 • my assignment this week is a sonnet • [The Joycelin Shrager Poems] • poem by Thomas M. Disch [as by Tom Disch]
• 96 • gotta get my act together • [The Joycelin Shrager Poems] • poem by Thomas M. Disch [as by Tom Disch]
• 97 • if you know what i mean • [The Joycelin Shrager Poems] • poem by Thomas M. Disch [as by Tom Disch]
• 99 • have you ever gone up to the roof • [The Joycelin Shrager Poems] • poem by Thomas M. Disch [as by Tom Disch]
• 103 • Close Your Eyes Now • poem by Thomas M. Disch [as by Tom Disch]
• 105 • Selected Quirks • poem by Thomas M. Disch [as by Tom Disch]
• 106 • Poem from the Pen • poem by Thomas M. Disch [as by Tom Disch]
• 107 • The Mad Governess • poem by Thomas M. Disch [as by Tom Disch]
• 109 • Psalms of a Tax Accountant • poem by Thomas M. Disch [as by Tom Disch]
• 113 • The Bride of Baron Death • (1985) • poem by Thomas M. Disch [as by Tom Disch]
• 114 • Fool's Mate • poem by Thomas M. Disch (variant of Fools Mate 1987) [as by Tom Disch]
• 115 • Love and Clover: A White Paper • (1981) • poem by Thomas M. Disch [as by Tom Disch]
• 116 • Orientating Mr. Blank • poem by Thomas M. Disch [as by Tom Disch]
• 118 • In the News • (1987) • poem by Thomas M. Disch [as by Tom Disch]
• 119 • La Venganza de los Muertos Vivientes • poem by Thomas M. Disch [as by Tom Disch]
• 120 • Lives of Great Men All Remind Us • poem by Thomas M. Disch [as by Tom Disch]
• 121 • Ancient Hero • poem by Thomas M. Disch [as by Tom Disch]
• 123 • Events of the Day • poem by Thomas M. Disch [as by Tom Disch]
• 124 • There Is an Index by First Lines • (1983) • poem by Thomas M. Disch [as by Tom Disch]