Isbn: 9780856463648 - Dancers in Daylight (14 results)

Paperback. Condition: New. In the title poem, set in Rome, a chance meeting with the dying Rudolf Nureyev strikes the poet, himself a dancer, as hallucinatory. Along with the poems prompted by his mother's death, it is one of several unsettling poems in this collection. Yet a celebratory strain runs through the book, providing a counter-balance: there are poems which celebrate active life, vigorous sexuality, and the subtle steps of the tango. The result is a characteristically robust and varied collection which continues the vein of subtle dandyism for which Howell is renowned.…

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Paperback. Condition: New. In the title poem, set in Rome, a chance meeting with the dying Rudolf Nureyev strikes the poet, himself a dancer, as hallucinatory. Along with the poems prompted by his mother's death, it is one of several unsettling poems in this collection. Yet a celebratory strain runs through the book, providing a counter-balance: there are poems which celebrate active life, vigorous sexuality, and the subtle steps of the tango. The result is a characteristically robust and varied collection which continues the vein of subtle dandyism for which Howell is renowned.…

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Condition: New. Includes poems which celebrate active life, vigorous sexuality, and the subtle steps of the tango. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 11. Weight in Grams: 207. . 2003. Paperback. . . . .

Condition: New. Includes poems which celebrate active life, vigorous sexuality, and the subtle steps of the tango. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 11. Weight in Grams: 207. . 2003. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 144 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.50 inches. In Stock.

First Edition. Signed and inscribed by the author to Peter Porter. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 143 pages ; 22 cm. Contents; Friesians -- Durdle Door -- Queens West -- Batrachians -- Rigsby -- Border Country -- October -- Not Getting on -- Nowhere -- Rag of Many Colours -- Men -- Later -- Feeble Fable -- Two Portraits -- Grumus Merdae -- From a Wilderness -- The Happy Mice -- Olive's Oil -- The Pleasure of your Company -- From a Father -- Waiting for Rescue -- Due Date -- Nil by Mouth -- Hermitage -- Plenty -- MacAlpine -- Moonlight Semester -- Lost Children -- Memories of the Old Days in Adamsdown -- The Cool Sisters -- Battersea -- Mobility -- Wetness -- The Garden of Eden -- Bin -- Snookered -- Rossiana -- Andante Moderato -- Sigmunda -- Tease -- Venusberg -- At Anchor -- Knickers -- Two Polaroids -- The Observant Skyscraper -- April on Long Island -- Anatomy of Liberty -- The World Outside -- Venetians -- Phone -- Ground Crew -- Beautonia -- Aroma of Life -- Progress -- 1944 -- Running for Tito -- Dancers in Daylight -- View of a Road -- Cancelled Flights -- Bridge -- Plaint -- From Queribus -- Cathar Country -- The Holiday -- Lorna's Mistakes -- Melusine -- Muted Colours -- Summer's End -- Stephanie -- Headlands -- The Pine -- Rising from the Pines -- La Rentree -- Tintinnabulum -- Mask -- Hera -- The Diver -- Chewing her Nape -- The Old Age of the Faun -- Ursula -- Honorary Vampire -- At La Viruta -- Argentina -- Beverley at Iguazu -- Interruptions -- Dancing Empanadas -- Mirrors in the Zoo -- Amiably. Subjects; Dancers ; Poetry. Dancers. Poetry collection. 21st century poetry. English poetry. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Signed and inscribed by the author to Peter Porter. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 143 pages ; 22 cm. Contents; Friesians -- Durdle Door -- Queens West -- Batrachians -- Rigsby -- Border Country -- October -- Not Getting on -- Nowhere -- Rag of Many Colours -- Men -- Later -- Feeble Fable -- Two Portraits -- Grumus Merdae -- From a Wilderness -- The Happy Mice -- Olive's Oil -- The Pleasure of your Company -- From a Father -- Waiting for Rescue -- Due Date -- Nil by Mouth -- Hermitage -- Plenty -- MacAlpine -- Moonlight Semester -- Lost Children -- Memories of the Old Days in Adamsdown -- The Cool Sisters -- Battersea -- Mobility -- Wetness -- The Garden of Eden -- Bin -- Snookered -- Rossiana -- Andante Moderato -- Sigmunda -- Tease -- Venusberg -- At Anchor -- Knickers -- Two Polaroids -- The Observant Skyscraper -- April on Long Island -- Anatomy of Liberty -- The World Outside -- Venetians -- Phone -- Ground Crew -- Beautonia -- Aroma of Life -- Progress -- 1944 -- Running for Tito -- Dancers in Daylight -- View of a Road -- Cancelled Flights -- Bridge -- Plaint -- From Queribus -- Cathar Country -- The Holiday -- Lorna's Mistakes -- Melusine -- Muted Colours -- Summer's End -- Stephanie -- Headlands -- The Pine -- Rising from the Pines -- La Rentree -- Tintinnabulum -- Mask -- Hera -- The Diver -- Chewing her Nape -- The Old Age of the Faun -- Ursula -- Honorary Vampire -- At La Viruta -- Argentina -- Beverley at Iguazu -- Interruptions -- Dancing Empanadas -- Mirrors in the Zoo -- Amiably. Subjects; Dancers ; Poetry. Dancers. Poetry collection. 21st century poetry. English poetry. 1 Kg. …

Paperback. Condition: New. In the title poem, set in Rome, a chance meeting with the dying Rudolf Nureyev strikes the poet, himself a dancer, as hallucinatory. Along with the poems prompted by his mother's death, it is one of several unsettling poems in this collection. Yet a celebratory strain runs through the book, providing a counter-balance: there are poems which celebrate active life, vigorous sexuality, and the subtle steps of the tango. The result is a characteristically robust and varied collection which continues the vein of subtle dandyism for which Howell is renowned.…

Paperback. Condition: New. In the title poem, set in Rome, a chance meeting with the dying Rudolf Nureyev strikes the poet, himself a dancer, as hallucinatory. Along with the poems prompted by his mother's death, it is one of several unsettling poems in this collection. Yet a celebratory strain runs through the book, providing a counter-balance: there are poems which celebrate active life, vigorous sexuality, and the subtle steps of the tango. The result is a characteristically robust and varied collection which continues the vein of subtle dandyism for which Howell is renowned.…