The following conversations about poems-in-progress are organized chronologically by letter under each poem title. Each link leads to a letter in which Hall and McNair critique and discuss potential improvements and edits to the poem in question.
Stone Walls
September 3, 1977
April 11, 1978
6 October 1980
April 26, 1980
May 1, 1980
Epithalamion
April 26, 1980
Poultry
April 26, 1980
The Glass
April 26, 1980
May 1, 1980
Fires for Tending
April 26, 1980
May 1, 1980
Whip Poor Will
April 26, 1980
The Day I Was Older
March 3, 1984
March 13, 1984
April 2, 1984
April 11, 1984
May 9, 1984
May 31, 1984
Six Naps in One Day
March 3, 1984
Acorns
March 3, 1984
March 13, 1984
New Animals
March 3, 1984
March 13, 1984
The Granite State
March 3, 1984
March 13, 1984
Another Elegy
March 3, 1984
March 13, 1984
April 2, 1984
The Man in the Dead Machine
May 9, 1984
May 13, 1984
May 17, 1984
May 21, 1984
The Baseball Players
August 3, 1984
Sums
August 14, 1984
The Ragpicker’s Horse
August 14, 1984
August 16, 1984
August 18, 1984
August 21, 1984
A Walk in the West Country
August 14, 1984
Waking the Next Morning
August 14, 1984
August 16, 1984
August 18, 1984
Phototropism
August 14, 1984
August 16, 1984
My Friend Felix
August 14, 1984
August 16, 1984
August 18, 1984
August 21, 1984
August 24, 1984
August 28, 1984
August 30, 1984
Visiting Richard
August 14, 1984
August 16, 1984
August 18, 1984
August 21, 1984