Manuscripts of "In Amazement" and "Minotaur"
Select an image to view and enlarge text. The manuscripts are in the order Merrill placed them in before sending to Special Collections, Washington University.
1) IN AMAZEMENT. "24 ix 94."
1 Verso) IN AMAZEMENT. Text crossed out.
2) IN AMAZEMENT. Bond paper.
3) IN AMAZEMENT. Two revisions in pencil. Bond paper.
4) IN AMAZEMENT. "25 ix 94. 9 - 10:30 a.m." Title crossed out. Revisions in pencil. Bond paper.
4 Verso) IN AMAZEMENT. Text crossed out.
5) IN AMAZEMENT. Revisions in pencil. Note at bottom: "Feelings 'returned' - feelings rejected? The vital thing is to have the experience." Bond paper.
5 Verso) "Some drafts of 'Minotaur' 22 -25. ix. 94." Pencil.
6) IN AMAZEMENT. Revisions and note in pencil. Bond paper.
7) "The young Minotaur." Revisions in ink.
8) "The young Minotaur. 22 - 23 ix 94." Revisons in pencil. Note at bottom in red ink: "The creature is <young god may be> expected to feed on all we are Minds meat & hearts blood All that we've seen & felt (known) Let me become his body Be what he knows, each prays.
8 Verso) "Colors of Crete." Revisions in pencil and ink.
9) "The young Minotaur." Note at bottom: "Sept 22 middle of night." See a transcription at the Transcription link in left margin.
9 Verso) THE PYROXENES. Text and notes crossed out. List of poems in pencil: Chinese Poem, In the Pink, In Amazement, To Wake [Days of 1994], The Poem as Crutch, Drowning, Storm, The Missing Person.
10) MINOTAUR. One revision in pencil. Bond paper.
11) MINOTAUR. One revision in pencil in left and right margins. Bond paper.
12) MINOTAUR. Bond paper.
13) MINOTAUR. "25. ix. 94." Inscribed to Jerl Surratt.