“New Year’s Eve,” Nine progressive typescript drafts, heavily corrected, 1986

Early poems span 1971-1986 and are arranged alphabetically. Many were originally housed in two black binders. The first binder contents are in folders 1-51 and were from Cisneros’ time at The University of Iowa. The second binder is in folder 53 and contains early poems, many later published in My Wicked Wicked Ways. Additional early poems not originally housed in one of the two binders are listed alphabetically and include high school poems. Also included are titles with numerous progressive drafts such as “New Year’s Eve,” and [untitled] “Christ! Don’t act as if you don’t know.”