Thomas and Beulah

Thomas and Beulah is a book of poems by American poet Rita Dove that tells the semi-fictionalized chronological story of her maternal grandparents, the focus being on her grandfather (Thomas, his name in the book as well as in real life) in the first half and her grandmother (named Beulah in the book, although her real name was Georgianna) in the second. It won the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for poetry.

I. Mandolin

 * The Event
 * Variation on Pain
 * Jiving
 * Straw Hat
 * Courtship
 * Refrain
 * Variation on Guilt
 * Nothing Down
 * The Zeppelin Factory
 * Under the Viaduct, 1932
 * Lightnin' Blues
 * Compendium
 * Definition in the Face of Unnamed Fury
 * Aircraft
 * Aurora Borealis
 * Variation on Gaining a Son
 * One Volume Missing
 * The Charm
 * Gospel
 * Roast Possum
 * The Stroke
 * The Satisfaction Coal Company
 * Thomas at the Wheel

II. Canary in Bloom

 * Taking in Wash
 * Magic
 * Courtship, Diligence
 * Promises
 * Dusting
 * A Hill of Beans
 * Weathering Out
 * Motherhood
 * Anniversary
 * The House on Bishop Street
 * Daystar
 * Obedience
 * The Great Palaces of Versailles
 * Pomade
 * Headdress
 * Sunday Greens
 * Recovery
 * Nightmare
 * Wingfoot Lake
 * Company
 * The Oriental Ballerina