The Carpentered Hen
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The Carpentered Hen is the first poetry
Poetry
Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...

 collection by John Updike
John Updike
John Hoyer Updike was an American novelist, poet, short story writer, art critic, and literary critic....

. Interestingly, this collection was also Updike's first published book.

This volume and its follow-up, Telephone Polls, was republished in a single-volume edition titled Verses.
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