Presents all the poems written by the American physician and author during the forties.

"The poems of the section 'The rose' were omitted from the first printing of 'The collected later poems'." Includes index.

The wedge -- The clouds -- Ballad of faith -- All that is perfect in woman -- The rat -- Choral: the pink church -- Incognito -- The birth of Venus -- 14 new poems (1950) -- Two pendants: for the ears -- The rose -- The lost poems.