▁ ▁He ▁published ▁his ▁first ▁volume ▁of ▁collected ▁po ems , ▁Po ems ▁ 1 9 5 7 - 1 9 6 7 ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 7 ▁after ▁being ▁named ▁a ▁poetry ▁consult ant ▁for ▁the ▁Library ▁of ▁Congress . ▁This ▁publishing ▁may ▁represent ▁Dic key ' s ▁best ▁work . ▁After ▁serving ▁as ▁a ▁visit ing ▁lect urer ▁at ▁several ▁institutions ▁from ▁ 1 9 6 3 ▁to ▁ 1 9 6 8 ▁( including ▁Re ed ▁College , ▁California ▁State ▁University , ▁North ridge , ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Wisconsin – Mad ison , ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Wisconsin – Mil w au kee , ▁Washington ▁University ▁in ▁St . ▁Louis ▁and ▁the ▁Georgia ▁Institute ▁of ▁Technology ), ▁Dic key ▁returned ▁to ▁academ ia ▁in ▁earnest ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 9 ▁as ▁a ▁professor ▁of ▁English ▁and ▁writer - in - res idence ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁South ▁Carolina , ▁a ▁position ▁he ▁held ▁for ▁the ▁remainder ▁of ▁his ▁life . ▁ ▁Dic key ▁wrote ▁the ▁poem ▁" The ▁Moon ▁Gr ound " ▁for ▁Life ▁magazine ▁in ▁celebr ation ▁of ▁the ▁Apol lo ▁ 1 1 ▁moon ▁landing . ▁ ▁His ▁reading ▁of ▁it ▁was ▁broadcast ▁on ▁ABC ▁television ▁on ▁July ▁ 2 0 , ▁ 1 9 6 9 . ▁ ▁His ▁popular ity ▁expl oded ▁after ▁the ▁film ▁version ▁of ▁his ▁novel ▁Del iver ance ▁was ▁released ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 2 . ▁Dic key ▁had ▁a ▁came o ▁in ▁the ▁film ▁as ▁a ▁sh er iff