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DANCE MACABRE
Alternate title: Untitled ("I saw the grass on the hillside bend")

A DANCE WITH DEATH
Alternate titles: THE DANCE WITH DEATH; THE ADVENTURER’S MISTRESS (2)

THE DANCE WITH DEATH
Alternate titles: THE ADVENTURER’S MISTRESS (2, "The fogs of night"); A DANCE WITH DEATH
From an undated, enclosed separate document sent with a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, titled "The Adventurer’s Mistress" in the original typescript.
There is also a title included on a Kline agency list of REH poems it possessed after REH’s death, that included "A Dance with Death," as well as another one titled "The Adventurer's Mistress."

DANCER
From a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, June 23, 1926 ("Salaam: / I’m trying to write again ...")

THE DANCER
From a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, April 14, 1926 ("Salaam; / Being in an (un)poetical mood ...")

DANCING AT GOLDSTEIN'S
 Alternate titles: OUT IN FRONT OF GOLDSTEIN’S, OVER BY THE LOOP; Untitled ("Out in front of Goldestein’s, over by the Loop")
For appearances of this poem, refer to the main verse listing under Untitled ("Out in front of Goldestein’s, over by the Loop") which is the title where the poem was first published.

DARK ARE YOUR EYES
Alternate title: Untitled ("Dark are your eyes")
For appearances of this poem, refer to the main verse listing under Untitled ("Dark are your eyes") which is the title where the poem was first published.

DARK DESIRES
Alternate titles: KEEP WOMEN, THRONES AND KINGLY LANDS; Untitled ("Keep women, thrones and kingly lands")
For appearances of this poem, refer to the main verse listing under Untitled ("Keep women, thrones and kingly lands") which is the title where the poem was first published.

DAUGHTER OF EVIL
Alternate title: Untitled ("They cast her out of the ...")
From a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. early September 1930 ("Well, Fear Finn: / I hope you’ll …")

A DAWN IN FLANDERS
Alternate title: Untitled ("I can recall a quiet sky ...")

THE DAY BREAKS OVER SIMLA
A titled version is included in a list of REH poems that Kline possessed.

THE DAY THAT I DIE

DAYS OF GLORY
Alternate title: Untitled ("Ah, those were glittering, jeweled days")

DE OLE RIVER OX

DEAD MAN’S HATE

THE DEAD SLAVER’S TALE
Alternate title: THE TALE THE DEAD SLAVER TOLD
Included in a Kline agency list of REH poems it possessed after REH’s death, as "The Tale the Dead Slaver Told."
This poem has two versions which are nearly identical.
Both versions contain 22 lines. Differences are in Lines 3, 4, 7, 9, 10, 15, and 22.

DEATH’S BLACK RIDERS (verse heading, appearances apart from the story)

THE DEED BEYOND THE DEED
From a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. December 1928 ("Salaam: / Out in front of Goldstein’s ...")

DEEPS
From a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, June 23, 1926 ("Salaam; / I’m trying to write again ...");
A titled version is included in a list of REH poems that Kline possessed.

DEL RIO ROAD
A poem title that is included in a Kline agency list of REH poems it possessed after REH’s death, but no copy exists today.

DEMID & AYUB
A poem title that is included in a Kline agency list of REH poems it possessed after REH’s death, but no copy exists today.

THE DESERT
Alternate title: Untitled ("Wide and free ranging ...")

DESERT DAWN

THE DESERT HAWK

DESIRE
Alternate title: Untitled ("‘Turn out the light.’ I raised a willing hand")

DESTINATION

DESTINY (1, "I think I was born ...")

DESTINY (2, "What is there ...")
From a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, April 14, 1926 ("Salaam; / Being in an (un)poetical mood ...")

DESTINY (3, "I am a white trail ...")
From a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, June 23, 1926 ("Salaam; / I’m trying to write again …")

DEVON OAK
Alternate title: Untitled ("I am a Devon oak")

DHERRAN DHOUN
A poem title that is included in a Kline agency list of REH poems it possessed after REH’s death, but no copy exists today.

DOC HOLLIDAY
A poem title that is included in a Kline agency list of REH poems it possessed after REH’s death, but no copy exists today.

DOOM
Alternate title: THE WHEEL OF DESTINY

THE DOOM CHANT OF THAN-KUL

DOWN THE AGES
Alternate title: Untitled ("Forever down the ages")
Unfinished

DRAKE SINGS OF YESTERDAY
A titled version is included in a list of REH poems that Kline possessed.

DRAWERS THAT A GIRL STRIPS DOWN HER THIGHS
Alternate titles: BAD CHOICES; Untitled ("Drawers that a girl strips down her thighs")
For appearances of this poem, refer to the main verse listing under Untitled ("Drawers that a girl strips down her thighs") which is the title where the poem was first published. 

A DREAM
A poem title that is included in a Kline agency list of REH poems it possessed after REH’s death, but no copy exists today.

THE DREAM AND THE SHADOW
One of the "Sonnets Out of Bedlam"
An earlier untitled untitled draft also exists for this poem.
Both versions contain 14 lines with differences in lines 2, 4, 5, 10, 11, and 12.
Line 2 of the draft version begins 'From out of the shadows ...'

A DREAM OF AUTUMN
Alternate titles: AUTUMN; THE AUTUMN OF THE WORLD
For appearances of this poem, refer to the main verse listing under AUTUMN which is the title where the poem was first published.

THE DREAM ROAD
A poem title that is included in a Kline agency list of REH poems it possessed after REH’s death, but no copy exists today.

DREAMER
From a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, June 23, 1926 ("Salaam; / I’m trying to write again ...")

DREAMING
From a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, undated ("Salaam / Again glancing over your last letter ...")

DREAMING IN ISRAEL
From a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. August 1932 ("Fear Finn; / I don’t know when ...")

DREAMING ON DOWNS
Alternate title: KING ALFRED RIDES AGAIN
An earlier draft also exists for this poem.
The final version of the poem contains 20 lines.
The earlier draft contains 15 lines some of which have differences from the final version.

DREAMS

THE DREAMS OF MEN
From a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. October 1927 ("Salaam: / Seeking cognizance of things ...")

DREAMS OF NINEVEH
A titled version is included in a list of REH poems that Kline possessed.

THE DRILLER
A poem title that is included in a Kline agency list of REH poems it possessed after REH’s death, but no copy exists today.

DROWNED
A titled version is included in a list of REH poems that Kline possessed.
This poem has two versions which are nearly identical.
Both versions contain 14 lines. Differences are in Lines 11, 13 and 14.

THE DRUM
Alternate title: Untitled ("I heard the drum as I went ...")

A DRUM BEGINS TO THROB
Alternate titles: OUT OF THE DEEP; THE VOICES WAKEN MEMORY

DRUM GODS

DRUMMINGS ON AN EMPTY SKULL
From an undated letter to Tevis Clyde Smith ("Salaam:/ Skulls Against the Dawn")

DRUMS IN MY EARS
Alternate title: verse heading for Chapter 3 of "Sword Woman"

THE DRUMS OF PICTDOM
Alternate title: Untitled ("How can I wear the harness of toil")
Appears in the Author's Foreword of all these titles up to the Wandering Star edition.

THE DUCKERS OF CROSSES
Alternate titles: Untitled ("We are the duckers of crosses");  WE ARE THE DUCKERS OF CROSSES
For appearances of this poem, refer to the main verse listing under Untitled ("We are the duckers of crosses") which is the title where the poem was first published.

A DULL SOUND AS OF KNOCKING

A DUNGEON OPENS
From a letter to August Derleth, ca. August 1933 ("Yes, I certainly did ...")

THE DUST DANCE (1, "For I, with the ...")
Alternate title: Untitiled ("For I, with the …")
Consists of four parts, of 24, 12, 16, and 20 lines.
Lines 33-36 are virtually identical to lines 1-4 of "The Song of Horsa’s Galley."
Lines 69-72 are virtually identical to lines 1-4 of "The Road to Hell."
Originally untitled, portions were included in a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. March 1928 ("Salaam: / Glad you’re writing these days.").
According to Glenn Lord, this version came from a Lenore Preece letter in which she said she copied poems from early issues of THE JUNTO. That letter is now lost.
There is also a mention in a Booth Mooney letter that implies this poem was published in an issue of THE JUNTO prior to July 1928.

THE DUST DANCE (2, "The sin and jest of the times am I")
Very similar to the other poem of the same title.
Lines 9-12, 29-32, 45-48, 49-52, and 85-88 are identical to 1-4, 5-8, 13-16, 9-12, and 21-24, respectively, of the other version.
Portions are from a letter to Unknown Recipient, (ca. late 1927) ("Salaam: /Seems that you owe me a letter …").
Portions are from a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, March 1928 ("Salaam: / Glad you’re writing these days.").
 This version was found among the REH papers by Glenn Lord, that original typescript page now apparently lost.

THE DWELLER IN DARK VALLEY
A titled version is included in a list of REH poems that Kline possessed.

A DYING PIRATE SPEAKS OF TREASURE
A titled version is included in a list of REH poems that Kline possessed.


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