제1부 향수
鄕愁 ·······················3
옛 마을 ······················4
故土 ·······················5
새벽 點景 ·····················6
맨드라미 ·····················7
메뚜기 ······················8
메물밭 ······················9
빈집 ······················10
허수아비 ····················11
철둑 ······················12
소 ·······················13
가을 아침 ····················14
넌추리 ·····················15
荒城의 가을 ···················17
愁鄕 ······················19
南海의 記憶 ···················22
그리움 ·····················23
村길 ······················24
고개 넘어 ····················25

제2부 방랑의 노래
暮昏 ······················29
放浪의 노래 ···················30
半月山城 二 ···················32
安州 城跡 ····················33
바닷가 ·····················35
항구의 밤 ····················36
沿海船 ·····················37
村 停車場 ····················39
기다림 ·····················43
焦燥 ······················45
어느 날 저녁 ···················46
씀바귀 ·····················48
꽃이거든 ····················51
麥苗 ······················52
땅을 깊이 ····················54
樵夫의 아내 ···················55
弔悼曲 ·····················58
絶望의 노래 ···················60
遼東 들의 새벽 ··················62
松花江上의 哀愁 ·················63
安東 茶寮 ····················67
북원 ······················68

제3부 어둠아 가거라
새 아침 ·····················73
눈 나리는 밤 ···················75
地熱 ······················77
靈車는 가다 ···················80
골목은 ·····················82
鏡 ·······················85
悲憤의 行列 ···················87
市街 ······················89
暗夜 ······················91
저기압아 오너라 ·················93
굴속! 굴속! 굴속 같구나! ··············95
墓標의 건설 ···················97
妄想 ······················100
봄 ·······················103
차라리 나는 ···················106
어둠아 가거라 ··················111
三月이 오네 ···················113
찾아온 동무 ···················114
家史 ······················117
낯설은 청년 ···················124
晩秋의 哀傷 ··················126
환희의 날 ····················128

제4부 고향 생각
곽산에서 ····················133
가는 정 오는 넋이 ················135
한 感景 ·····················136
압록의 기슭에서 ·················137
별 하나 ·····················139
친선 저수지 ···················140
분계선 (Ⅰ) ···················142
불ㅅ길 ·····················144
고요한 밤에 ···················146
追想 ······················148
초원의 아침 ···················151
고향 생각 ····················153
서운한 종점 ···················155

해설 ······················159
지은이에 대해 ··················178
엮은이에 대해 ··················179

인류의 유산으로 남을 만한 작품만을 선정한 「지식을만드는지식 시선집」 시리즈 『조벽암 시선』. 1931년 23세 때 소설 《건식의 길》을 조선일보에 발표하면서 문단에 나온 후 '구인회'의 멤버로도 1년간 활동한 조벽암의 시집 '향수', '지열', 그리고 '벽암 시선'을 저본으로 삼았다. 월북한 후 1985년 78세 때 사망한 분단 시대의 대표적 매몰시인인 조벽암에 대해 오랜 시간 연구한 전문가가 정확한 번역, 전문적 해설, 친절한 주석, 그리고 풍부한 작가 소개를 맡았다. '초판본 한국 근현대시선'의 일환이다.