NMLP P-031101 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Lost Son and Other Poems

Theodore Roethke · Doubleday (New York) · 1948

The US Doubleday edition of 1948 is the true first; the John Lehmann UK edition (London, 1949, 62 pages) follows and does not precede.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-031101 for "The Lost Son and Other Poems" by Theodore Roethke (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-031101, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).