Walking to Sleep

Name: Walking to Sleep
Author: Richard Wilbur

by Richard Wilbur

Poems balancing formal control with psychological exploration

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Richard Wilbur

American poet who was twice Poet Laureate and won two Pulitzer Prizes. His formally precise, witty verse upheld the values of craft against the confessional tide, and his translations of Moliere and Racine are also celebrated.

More by Richard Wilbur

The Beautiful ChangesEarly formal poems celebrating change and natural beauty
Things of This WorldElegant poems on language, perception, and concrete experience
The Mind-ReaderDramatic monologues and psychological poems exploring consciousness
New and Collected PoemsComprehensive retrospective of Wilbur's formal and accessible verse