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Frank Bidart

Frank Bidart
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Frank Bidart

Born: 27 May 1939

Frank Bidart was born in Bakersfield, California, on May 27, 1939. Bidart’s early books are collected in In the Western Night: Collected Poems 1965–90 (Farrar, Straus and Giroux). His recent volumes include Half-light: Collected Poems 1965–2016 (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), Metaphysical Dog: Poems (Farrar, Straus and Giroux); Watching the Spring Festival: Poems (Farrar, Straus and Giroux); Star Dust (Farrar, Straus and Giroux); Music Like Dirt (Sarabande Books); and Desire (Farrar, Straus & Giroux). He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts and is currently Andrew W. Mellon Professor Emeritus in the Humanities and English. (Source)

Poems by Frank Bidart

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Half-Light by Frank Bidart

September 19, 2025
“There was no place in nature we could meet.” — Frank Bidart
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For an Unwritten Opera by Frank Bidart

February 16, 2010
"For us poor / mortals: private accommodations. Magpie beauty." — Frank Bidart