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Robert E. Howard: Selected Poems

Robert E. Howard

First published 2009
Series Robert E. Howard - Poetry Collections
Publisher Frank Coffman
Format Hardcover
Type Collection
Pages xxix+527
Price $37.00


Edited by Frank Coffman.
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The same poem is published twice in this publication. "Destiny ('What is there real, my girl. . .'") appears on pages 62 and 232. Because of ISFDB software limitations, the same work cannot be displayed in the visible record as appearing more than once in the same publication.

Page Title Author(s) Type
1 Proem Robert E. Howard Poem
2 Adventures Call & Wanderlust uncredited Essay
3 Adventure ("I am the spur that rides men's souls...") Robert E. Howard Poem
3 Adventure, I Have Followed Your Beck Robert E. Howard Poem
4 The Adventurer's Mistress ("The scarlet standards of the sun...") Robert E. Howard Poem
6 The Call of the Sea Robert E. Howard Poem
7 The Day That I Die Robert E. Howard Poem
9 Roads Robert E. Howard Poem
9 To the Contented Robert E. Howard Poem
10 Barbarism Ascendant uncredited Essay
11 Astarte's Idol Stands Alone Robert E. Howard Poem
12 Black Chant Imperial Robert E. Howard Poem
13 The Dust Dance [Version 2] ("For I, with the shape...") Robert E. Howard Poem
16 The Flood Robert E. Howard Poem
17 Untamed Avatars Robert E. Howard Poem
18 A Warning ("You have built a world of paper and wood ... ") Robert E. Howard Poem
19 A Word from the Outer Dark Robert E. Howard Poem
20 Celtic Connections, Heritage, Ancestry, and the "Northern Thing" uncredited Essay
21 Alien Robert E. Howard Poem
21 Black Harps in the Hills Robert E. Howard Poem
24 "Feach Air Muir Lionadhi Gaelach Buidhe Mar Or" Robert E. Howard Poem
25 Heritage [Version 1] ("My people came from Munster and rugged Nevis-side...") Robert E. Howard Poem
27 Marching Song of Connacht Robert E. Howard Poem
28 One Blood Strain Robert E. Howard Poem
29 Retribution Robert E. Howard Poem
31 Song Before Clontarf Robert E. Howard Poem
32 The Last Words He Heard Robert E. Howard Poem
32 The Song of the Last Briton Robert E. Howard Poem
33 To Harry the Oliad Men Robert E. Howard Poem
34 Cosmic Visions uncredited Essay
35 An Open Window Robert E. Howard Poem
35 Hymn of Hatred Robert E. Howard Poem
36 Serpent Robert E. Howard Poem
37 The Wheel of Destiny Robert E. Howard Poem
38 Howard's World uncredited Essay
39 An American Robert E. Howard Poem
40 A Dawn in Flanders Robert E. Howard Poem
40 The Campus at Midnight Robert E. Howard Poem
41 The Drum Robert E. Howard Poem
42 Hate's Dawn Robert E. Howard Poem
43 Little Brown Man of Nippon (Second Version) Robert E. Howard Poem
46 Match a Toad with a Far-Winged Hawk [Bob and Clyde] Robert E. Howard Poem
48 Night Mood Robert E. Howard Poem
48 Nights to Both of Us Known Robert E. Howard Poem
49 No Man's Land Robert E. Howard Poem
51 Parody Robert E. Howard Poem
52 Private Magrath of the A. E. F. Robert E. Howard Poem
53 Shall We Remember, Friend of the Morning Robert E. Howard Poem
54 A Son of Spartacus Robert E. Howard Poem
55 A Stirring of Green Leaves Robert E. Howard Poem
56 Symbols Robert E. Howard Poem
56 There Were Three Lads Robert E. Howard Poem
58 The Viking of the Sky Robert E. Howard Poem
61 Human Baseness & Natural Depravity uncredited Essay
62 Destiny? ("What is there real, my girl... ") Robert E. Howard Poem
62 The Chant Demoniac Robert E. Howard Poem
63 A Hairy Chested Idealist Sings Robert E. Howard Poem
63 Love Robert E. Howard Poem
65 Mark of the Beast Robert E. Howard Poem
66 The Men That Walk with Satan Robert E. Howard Poem
67 Never Beyond the Beast Robert E. Howard Poem
69 An American Epic Robert E. Howard Poem
69 Ancient English Balladel Robert E. Howard Poem
71 A Ballad of Beer Robert E. Howard Poem
72 The Bar by the Side of the Road Robert E. Howard Poem
73 The Kissing of Sal Snooboo Robert E. Howard Poem
74 The Maiden of Kercheezer Robert E. Howard Poem
75 Nectar Robert E. Howard Poem
76 The Passionate Typist Robert E. Howard Poem
77 A Poet's Skull Robert E. Howard Poem
79 A Sappe Ther Wos and That a Crumbe Manne Robert E. Howard Poem
80 Love, Lust, & Sensuality uncredited Essay
81 And So His Boyhood Wandered Into Youth Robert E. Howard Poem
83 The Bride of Cuchulain Robert E. Howard Poem
84 A Challenge to Bast Robert E. Howard Poem
85 The Day Breaks Over Simla Robert E. Howard Poem
86 Desire Robert E. Howard Poem
86 Egypt Robert E. Howard Poem
87 Flaming Marble ("I carved a woman out of marble when...") Robert E. Howard Poem
88 The Gladiator and the Lady Robert E. Howard Poem
89 The Heart of the Sea's Desire Robert E. Howard Poem
90 Keresa, Keresita Robert E. Howard Poem
91 Lesbia Robert E. Howard Poem
94 Love's Young Dream Robert E. Howard Poem
95 The Myth Robert E. Howard Poem
96 Repentance Robert E. Howard Poem
97 The Robes of the Righteous Robert E. Howard Poem
98 A Roman Lady Robert E. Howard Poem
99 Scarlet and Gold Are the Stars Tonight Robert E. Howard Poem
100 The Sea Girl Robert E. Howard Poem
101 Thus in My Mood I Love You Robert E. Howard Poem
102 To a Nameless Woman Robert E. Howard Poem
103 Nililism, Futility, & Disillusionment uncredited Essay
104 After the Trumps Are Sounded Robert E. Howard Poem
104 Always Comes Evening Robert E. Howard Poem
105 And So I Sang Robert E. Howard Poem
106 A Beggar, Singing Without Robert E. Howard Poem
107 I Praise My Nativity Robert E. Howard Poem
108 Life [Version 1] ("About me rise the primal mists...") Robert E. Howard Poem
109 A Man Robert E. Howard Poem
109 Longfellow Revised Robert E. Howard Poem
110 Men Are Toys on a Godlings String Robert E. Howard Poem
110 Monarchs Robert E. Howard Poem
110 Rebel Souls from the Falling Dark Robert E. Howard Poem
111 Poems on Poetry Itself, Poets, Inspiration, & the Imagination uncredited Essay
112 The Adventurer Robert E. Howard Poem
113 Age Comes to Rabelais Robert E. Howard Poem
114 Another Hymn of Hate Robert E. Howard Poem
115 Autumn Robert E. Howard Poem
115 Echoes from an Anvil Robert E. Howard Poem
117 A Fable for Critics Robert E. Howard Poem
120 Man Am I Robert E. Howard Poem
121 Moonlight on a Skull Robert E. Howard Poem
121 Musings ("The little poets sing of little things ...") Robert E. Howard Poem
122 The Poets Robert E. Howard Poem
123 Recompense Robert E. Howard Poem
125 Romance ("I am king of all the Ages...") Robert E. Howard Poem
126 Stay Not from Me Robert E. Howard Poem
127 Slumber Robert E. Howard Poem
128 A Sonnet of Good Cheer Robert E. Howard Poem
128 The Times, the Times Stride on Apace and Fast Robert E. Howard Poem
129 To All Sophisticates Robert E. Howard Poem
131 To Lyle Saxon Robert E. Howard Poem
132 To Moderns Robert E. Howard Poem
133 To the Stylists Robert E. Howard Poem
134 Which Will Scarcely Be Understood Robert E. Howard Poem
136 People Poems: Vignettes of Humanity uncredited Essay
137 The Actor Robert E. Howard Poem
137 The Builders [Version 1] ("We reared up Babel's towers...") Robert E. Howard Poem
138 Castaway Robert E. Howard Poem
138 The Builders [Version 3] ("The towers stand recorders...") Robert E. Howard Poem
140 Cowboy Robert E. Howard Poem
140 Dreamer Robert E. Howard Poem
140 Nun Robert E. Howard Poem
140 The Choir Girl Robert E. Howard Poem
141 Emancipation [The Tramp] Robert E. Howard Poem
142 The Follower Robert E. Howard Poem
143 A Great Man Speaks Robert E. Howard Poem
143 Girl Robert E. Howard Poem
144 Harvest Robert E. Howard Poem
144 Libertine Robert E. Howard Poem
144 Prude Robert E. Howard Poem
144 The Peasant on the Euphrates Robert E. Howard Poem
145 Sailor Robert E. Howard Poem
145 Toper Robert E. Howard Poem
146 The Realms of Gold: Exotic Places Real and Imagined uncredited Essay
147 The Cats of Anubis Robert E. Howard Poem
148 Crete Robert E. Howard Poem
148 Deeps Robert E. Howard Poem
149 Desert Dawn Robert E. Howard Poem
150 Easter Island Robert E. Howard Poem
151 A Far Country Robert E. Howard Poem
152 The Gods of Easter Island Robert E. Howard Poem
153 The Gods of the Jungle Drums Robert E. Howard Poem
154 Hills of the North! Lavender Hills Robert E. Howard Poem
154 The High Blue Halls Robert E. Howard Poem
155 The Isle of Hy-Brasil Robert E. Howard Poem
158 Nocturne Robert E. Howard Poem
159 Ocean-Thoughts Robert E. Howard Poem
160 Rebellion Robert E. Howard Poem
161 Ships Robert E. Howard Poem
162 Twilight on Stonehenge Robert E. Howard Poem
163 Twilight Striding O'er the Mountain Robert E. Howard Poem
164 Ju-Ju Doom Robert E. Howard Poem
164 Relections & Introspections uncredited Essay
165 On with the Play Robert E. Howard Poem
165 Red Thunder Robert E. Howard Poem
167 The Skull in the Clouds [Reuben's Birthright] Robert E. Howard Poem
168 A Riding Song Robert E. Howard Poem
169 Universe Robert E. Howard Poem
169 Visions Robert E. Howard Poem
170 Reincarnation uncredited Essay
171 The Guise of Youth Robert E. Howard Poem
172 Memories ("I rose in the path of a hurtling dawn...") Robert E. Howard Poem
174 Memories of Alfred Robert E. Howard Poem
174 Remembrance Robert E. Howard Poem
175 Shadows from Yesterday Robert E. Howard Poem
177 To a Friend Robert E. Howard Poem
177 When Death Drops Her Veil Robert E. Howard Poem
179 White Thunder Robert E. Howard Poem
181 The Road to Yesterday: Poems Based upon History uncredited Essay
182 Attila Rides No More Robert E. Howard Poem
183 Babylon Robert E. Howard Poem
184 Babylon Has Fallen Robert E. Howard Poem
185 The Cells of the Coliseum Robert E. Howard Poem
186 Crusade Robert E. Howard Poem
187 The Cry Everlasting Robert E. Howard Poem
188 Dreaming on Downs Robert E. Howard Poem
189 A Dungeon Opens Robert E. Howard Poem
190 An Echo from the Iron Harp [The Gold and the Grey] Robert E. Howard Poem
193 The Gates of Babylon Robert E. Howard Poem
194 Hadrian's Wall Robert E. Howard Poem
195 The Harp of Alfred Robert E. Howard Poem
196 The Hills of Kandahar Robert E. Howard Poem
197 An Incident of the Muscovy-Turkish War Robert E. Howard Poem
198 The Master-Drum Robert E. Howard Poem
199 Nisapur Robert E. Howard Poem
200 The Riders of Babylon Robert E. Howard Poem
201 The Road to Bliss Robert E. Howard Poem
203 The Road to Yesterday Robert E. Howard Poem
204 Shadows on the Road Robert E. Howard Poem
205 A Song of the Don Cossacks Robert E. Howard Poem
207 A Song of the Legions Robert E. Howard Poem
209 Short Measures of Joy & The Awesome Beauty of Nature uncredited Essay
210 The Ages Stride on Golden Feet Robert E. Howard Poem
210 The Call of Pan Robert E. Howard Poem
211 Earthborn Robert E. Howard Poem
212 Hope Empty of Meaning Robert E. Howard Poem
212 The Gods I Worshipped Robert E. Howard Poem
213 Illusion Robert E. Howard Poem
214 A Moment Robert E. Howard Poem
215 This Is a Young World Robert E. Howard Poem
216 The Soothing Dust: Poems on Suicide and the Subject of Death uncredited Essay
217 Ambition Robert E. Howard Poem
217 The Dance with Death Robert E. Howard Poem
221 Lines Written in the Realization That I Must Die Robert E. Howard Poem
222 An Outworn Story Robert E. Howard Poem
222 Mingle My Dust with the Burning Brand Robert E. Howard Poem
223 Romany Road Robert E. Howard Poem
224 The Sands of Time Robert E. Howard Poem
225 Surrender [Version 2] ("Open the window...") Robert E. Howard Poem
226 The Tempter Robert E. Howard Poem
228 The Years Are As a Knife Robert E. Howard Poem
230 Transience, Mutability, "Carpe Diem" & "Ubi Sunt" uncredited Essay
231 Age Robert E. Howard Poem
232 Ballade Robert E. Howard Poem
233 Dreams of Ninevah Robert E. Howard Poem
234 Empire's Destiny Robert E. Howard Poem
235 For What Is a Maid to the Shout of Kings? Robert E. Howard Poem
236 Futility ("Time races on and none can stay the tread...") Robert E. Howard Poem
237 The Gates of Nineveh Robert E. Howard Poem
237 The Mountains of California Robert E. Howard Poem
238 The Night Winds Robert E. Howard Poem
239 O Babylon, Lost Babylon Robert E. Howard Poem
240 Only a Shadow on the Grass Robert E. Howard Poem
240 The Path of the Strange Wanderers Robert E. Howard Poem
241 Roar, Silver Trumpets Robert E. Howard Poem
241 Timur-Lang Robert E. Howard Poem
242 Where Are Your Knights, Donn Othna? Robert E. Howard Poem
244 Ballads & Other Narratives uncredited Essay
245 The Affair at the Tavern Robert E. Howard Poem
247 —And Bill, He Looked at Me and Said Robert E. Howard Poem
248 A Legend of Faring Town Robert E. Howard Poem
249 Miser's Gold Robert E. Howard Poem
250 The Open Window Robert E. Howard Poem
251 The Outcast Robert E. Howard Poem
252 Rebel Robert E. Howard Poem
256 The Baron and the Wench Robert E. Howard Poem
257 Swamp Murder Robert E. Howard Poem
258 Swords Glimmered Up the Pass Robert E. Howard Poem
261 The Witch Robert E. Howard Poem
262 Poems from Biblical and Hebrew Sources uncredited Essay
263 Flight Robert E. Howard Poem
265 Lilith Robert E. Howard Poem
266 Skulls Over Judah Robert E. Howard Poem
267 Two Men Robert E. Howard Poem
269 Boxing Ballads: Poems about Pugilism uncredited Essay
270 All the Crowd Robert E. Howard Poem
270 And Dempsey Climbed Into the Ring and the Crowd Sneered Robert E. Howard Poem
271 Aw, Come on and Fight Robert E. Howard Poem
272 The Champ Robert E. Howard Poem
273 The Cooling of Spike McRue Robert E. Howard Poem
275 Fables for Little Folks Robert E. Howard Poem
276 In the Ring Robert E. Howard Poem
278 Jack Dempsey Robert E. Howard Poem
279 John L. Sullivan Robert E. Howard Poem
281 Kid Lavigne Is Dead Robert E. Howard Poem
282 They Matched Me Up That Night Robert E. Howard Poem
283 Time, the Victor Robert E. Howard Poem
284 A Tribute to the Sportsmanship of the Fans Robert E. Howard Poem
285 We Are the Duckers of Crosses Robert E. Howard Poem
286 When You Were a Set-Up and I Was a Ham Robert E. Howard Poem
288 The Dark Continent uncredited Essay
289 Victory Robert E. Howard Poem
291 When the Gods Were Kings Robert E. Howard Poem
292 The Zulu Lord Robert E. Howard Poem
294 Zululand Robert E. Howard Poem
296 Dark Fantasy & Horror uncredited Essay
297 Against the Blood Red Moon a Tower Stands Robert E. Howard Poem
297 All Hallows Eve Robert E. Howard Poem
298 Arkham Robert E. Howard Poem
298 At the Bazaar Robert E. Howard Poem
299 Black Seas Robert E. Howard Poem
299 Dead Man's Hate Robert E. Howard Poem
301 The Dead Slaver's Tale Robert E. Howard Poem
302 Destination Robert E. Howard Poem
303 Devon Oak Robert E. Howard Poem
304 A Dull Sound as of Knocking Robert E. Howard Poem
304 Drowned Robert E. Howard Poem
305 The Dweller in Dark Valley Robert E. Howard Poem
307 Far in the Gloomy Northland Robert E. Howard Poem
308 The Fear That Follows Robert E. Howard Poem
309 Forbidden Magic Robert E. Howard Poem
310 The Ghost Kings Robert E. Howard Poem
311 The Ghost Ocean Robert E. Howard Poem
313 The Lost Galley Robert E. Howard Poem
314 Moon Mockery Robert E. Howard Poem
315 The Moor Ghost Robert E. Howard Poem
316 One Who Comes at Eventide Robert E. Howard Poem
316 The Phantoms Gather Robert E. Howard Poem
317 The Rhyme of the Three Slavers Robert E. Howard Poem
319 The Ride of Falume Robert E. Howard Poem
321 The Sea-Woman Robert E. Howard Poem
322 Shadow Thing Robert E. Howard Poem
323 Shadows ("Grey ghost, dim ghost...") Robert E. Howard Poem
323 Shadows of Dreams Robert E. Howard Poem
327 The Song of the Mad Minstrel Robert E. Howard Poem
329 A Song of the Werewolf Folk Robert E. Howard Poem
330 The Stranger Robert E. Howard Poem
331 The Symbol Robert E. Howard Poem
332 The Tavern Robert E. Howard Poem
333 Thus Spake Sven the Fool Robert E. Howard Poem
333 To a Woman ("Though fathoms deep you sink me in the mold...") Robert E. Howard Poem
334 Up, John Kane! Robert E. Howard Poem
335 The Grim Land: Tales of Texas and the West uncredited Essay
336 The Alamo Robert E. Howard Poem
336 The Ballad of Buckshot Roberts Robert E. Howard Poem
339 But the Hills Were Ancient Then Robert E. Howard Poem
340 Ghost Dancers Robert E. Howard Poem
340 The Feud Robert E. Howard Poem
342 The Grim Land Robert E. Howard Poem
343 John Ringold Robert E. Howard Poem
343 The Kiowa's Tale Robert E. Howard Poem
345 The Lost San Saba Mine Robert E. Howard Poem
347 Modest Bill Robert E. Howard Poem
352 Old Faro Bill Was a Man of Might Robert E. Howard Poem
353 San Jacinto [Version 1] ("Flowers bloom on San Jacinto...") Robert E. Howard Poem
354 San Jacinto [Version 2] ("Red field of glory...") Robert E. Howard Poem
355 The Sand-Hills' Crest Robert E. Howard Poem
357 Sonora to Del Rio Robert E. Howard Poem
358 Longer Narratives: Howard and Epic Song uncredited Essay
359 The Ballad of King Geraint Robert E. Howard Poem
389 Eric of Norway Robert E. Howard Poem
402 Pirate Tales uncredited Essay
403 A Buccaneer Speaks Robert E. Howard Poem
404 Buccaneer Treasure Robert E. Howard Poem
412 Drake Sings of Yesterday Robert E. Howard Poem
414 A Dying Pirate Speaks of Treasure Robert E. Howard Poem
415 Flint's Passing Robert E. Howard Poem
417 A Pirate Remembers Robert E. Howard Poem
418 A Song of the Anchor Chain Robert E. Howard Poem
420 Poems Relevant to Prose Fiction uncredited Essay
421 Am-Ra the Ta-An Robert E. Howard Poem
423 The Bell of Morni Robert E. Howard Poem
424 The Black Stone Robert E. Howard Poem
424 The Blood of Belshazzar Robert E. Howard Poem
425 Cimmeria Robert E. Howard Poem
426 The Drums of Pictdom Robert E. Howard Poem
426 The Grey God Passes Robert E. Howard Poem
427 Kelly the Conjure-Man Robert E. Howard Poem
427 Kings of the Night Robert E. Howard Poem
427 The Hour of the Dragon Robert E. Howard Poem
428 The King and the Oak Robert E. Howard Poem
429 The Lion of Tiberias Robert E. Howard Poem
430 Men of the Shadows Robert E. Howard Poem
431 The One Black Stain Robert E. Howard Poem
434 The Phoenix on the Sword Robert E. Howard Poem
435 Queen of the Black Coast Robert E. Howard Poem
435 The Pool of the Black One Robert E. Howard Poem
436 Red Blades of Black Cathay Robert E. Howard Poem
437 The Return of Sir Richard Grenville Robert E. Howard Poem
438 Rune of the Ancient One Robert E. Howard Poem
438 The Road of Azrael Robert E. Howard Poem
440 The Scarlet Citadel Robert E. Howard Poem
441 Solomon Kane's Homecoming Robert E. Howard Poem
444 Something About Eve Robert E. Howard Poem
444 Song of the Pict Robert E. Howard Poem
445 A Song of the Race Robert E. Howard Poem
447 The Sowers of the Thunder Robert E. Howard Poem
447 The Thing on the Roof Robert E. Howard Poem
448 The Tower of Zukala Robert E. Howard Poem
450 Zukala's Hour Robert E. Howard Poem
452 Zukala's Jest Robert E. Howard Poem
453 Zukala's Love Song Robert E. Howard Poem
456 Viking Tales uncredited Essay
457 The Outgoing of Sigurd the Jerusalem-Farer Robert E. Howard Poem
458 The Return of the Sea-Farer Robert E. Howard Poem
460 The Rhyme of the Viking Path Robert E. Howard Poem
462 Singing Hemp Robert E. Howard Poem
463 The Song of Horsa's Galley Robert E. Howard Poem
464 Viking's Trail Robert E. Howard Poem
465 Viking's Vision Robert E. Howard Poem
468 Poetic Sequences uncredited Essay
469 Shadows ("A black moon nailed against a sullen dawn...") Robert E. Howard Poem
470 Clouds Robert E. Howard Poem
471 Shrines Robert E. Howard Poem
472 The Iron Harp ("They sell brown men for gold in Zanzibar...") Robert E. Howard Poem
474 The Soul-Eater Robert E. Howard Poem
475 The Last Hour Robert E. Howard Poem
475 The Singer in the Mist Robert E. Howard Poem
476 Haunting Columns Robert E. Howard Poem
476 The Dream and the Shadow Robert E. Howard Poem
477 Out of the Deep Robert E. Howard Poem
478 Babel Robert E. Howard Poem
479 Laughter in the Gulfs Robert E. Howard Poem
480 Moon Shame Robert E. Howard Poem
481 A Crown for a King Robert E. Howard Poem
483 Invocation Robert E. Howard Poem
483 Prose Poems uncredited Essay
484 Flaming Marble ("This is a dream that comes to me often ...") Robert E. Howard Poem
487 Skulls and Orchids Robert E. Howard Poem
492 Medallions in the Moon Robert E. Howard Poem
493 The Gods That Men Forget Robert E. Howard Poem
496 Bloodstones and Ebony Robert E. Howard Poem
499 Index of Titles uncredited Essay
508 Index of First Lines uncredited Essay
518 Form-Finder Index uncredited Essay
xv Introduction - Robert E. Howard: The Flame and the Shadow Frank Coffman Essay
xxix Select Bibliography uncredited Essay
xxv Notes on the Introduction (Robert E. Howard: Selected Poems) uncredited Essay
xxvii Some Notes on Editorial Choices and Format (Robert E. Howard: Selected Poems) uncredited Essay

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Robert E. Howard: Selected Poems Cover 2009 Frank Coffman Trade Paperback Collection xxix+527