Full Poem Text Available at https://www.google.com/books/edition/John_Ciardi_a_Biography_p/_HWNsvwhRWUC?q=ciardi+%22I+WISH+I+COULD+TEACH+YOU+HOW+UGLY%22&gbpv=1#f=false | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE COLORED BAND by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR EPIGRAM by DECIMUS MAGNUS AUSONIUS SONG FOR DECORATION DAY by HELEN C. BACON TO A FATHER, ON THE DEATH OF HIS ONLY CHILD by BERNARD BARTON FRAGMENT by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN HOW GREY THE WORLD WAS by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT SEPTEMBER, 1939 by VERA MARY BRITTAIN |