NMLP P-030529 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Hawk in the Rain

Ted Hughes · Faber and Faber · 1957

The Faber edition (1957) is the true first; the Harper & Brothers edition (1957) is the first American (the contest was American, but Faber published first).

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-030529 for "The Hawk in the Rain" by Ted Hughes (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-030529, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).