Or where a young penguin lies screaming : poems / by Gavin Ewart
1977, 1st edition. London : Gollancz. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, and clean. Item #398241
ISBN: 0575023422
Physical description; 95 pages ; 22 cm. Contents; Gentle sex (1974) -- Shakespeare -- "The lion griefs" -- Home truths -- True love -- Daisy from bunny -- "Brilliant spy and totally inadequate man" -- September cricket, 1975 -- Price of things -- Passionate woman -- To the dead -- Gods of the copybook headings -- What it is -- On the tercentenary of Milton's death -- Lady left behind -- How tragedy is impossible -- Oh, darling! -- Ella Wheeler Wilcox woo -- Perchance a jealous foe -- Thirties love lyric -- Reviewing of poetry -- Wee sang for St. Andrew's Day -- Noble English traveller contemplates Turkish Delight -- Good mouse -- Leaving Leeds -- Immense advantage -- Pastoral -- Tree of knowledge -- Hereward the weak -- It's hard to dislike Ewart -- Variations and excerpts -- Four variations -- Mater's whistle-stop beauty -- Pros -- Semantic limerick according to the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (1933) -- Semantic limerick according to Dr. Johnson's Dictionary (Edition of 1765) -- Sonnet : Daffodils -- Sonnet : Brief encounter -- Sonnet : At the Villa Madeira -- Sonnet : Wise Sir Bowgentle -- Sonnet : How life too is sentimental -- Sonnet : Gulls -- Sonnet : The womansmell of sex -- Sonnet : Shakespeare's universality -- Sonnet : Afterwards. Subjects; English poetry. Poésie anglaise. English poetry 20th century. Poetry in English 1900-1945 Texts.
Price: €25.00