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1927 (9)

To Robert W. Gordon, January 2, 1927, Upon seeing a request of yours in a late . . .

To Robert W. Gordon, March 17, 1927, This time I have an excuse for not having . . .

To Weird Tales, ca. April 1927, Your last three issues . . .

To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. mid-September 1927, Salaam: / Having just got your letter I’ll write now . . .
     Contains "The Road to Hell" (early version, only lines 1-4, 24-28) (poem); "Flight" (early version, incomplete) (poem); and
     Untitled ("The Baron of Fenland . . .") (poem).


To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. mid to late-September 1927, Salaam: / Seeking cognizance of things looked after . . .
     Contains "The Fastidious Fooey Mancucu;" "Lilith" (poem); "The Gods Remember" (1) (poem); "The Dreams of Men" (poem);
     "The Builders" (2) (poem); "The Road to Babel" (poem); "Memories" (2) (poem); and Untitled ("Tell me not in coocoo numbers").

To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. October 1927, ARE YOU THE YOUNG MAN TO WHOM . . .
     Contains "Revenge"; "Legend"; "Where Strange Gods Squall (part 1)"; Untitled ("Take some honey from a cat") (
poem);
     "The Mottoes of the Boy Scouts" (
poem); Untitled ("Against the blood red moon . . .") (poem); and Untitled (“Toast to the British! . . .”) (poem).

To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. Fall 1927, Salaam: / Then the little boy said to Goofus Gorilla . . .
     Contains "Where Strange Gods Squall (part 2)" Untitled ("What's become of Waring?") (poem);
     "The Robes of the Righteous" (poem); and Untitled ("After the trumps are sounded") (poem)
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To Harold Preece, December 22, 1927, With Best Wishes . . .

To Unknown Recipient, undated (ca. late 1927), unsent, Salaam; / Seems that you owe me a letter . . .
    Contains "The Road to Hell" (lines 1-4 only) (poem); "Long Ago" (2, poem); "The Men That Walk With Satan" (poem); 
     "Flight" (poem
, lines 1-16, 29-32, 45-48); "A Negro Girl" (poem); "The Dust Dance" (2, poem, lines 1-80 only);
     "Destiny" (1, poem); "The Song of Horsa’s Galley" (poem, variant version with the lines rearranged); 
"The Gods I Worshipped" (poem).



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