New Selected Poems of Stevie Smith - Hardcover

Smith, Stevie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0811210677 ISBN 13: 9780811210676

Publisher: New Directions, 1988

Synopsis

Poems deal with parents, love, marriage, politics, suicide, nature, history, friendship, enemies, and animals

About this title

About the Author:

Stevie Smith (1902-1971) was the author of three novels and nine poetry volumes and lived almost her whole life in northern London. She was officially recognized with the Cholmondeley Award for Poetry in 1966 and the Queen’s Gold Medal for poetry in 1969.

Review:

Admire Cranmer!
Advice To Young Children
The After-thought
The Airy Christ
All Things Pass
The Ambassador
Angel Boley
Animula, Vagula, Blandula
Archie And Tina
Autumn
Away, Melancholy
Black March
Bog-face
The Bottle Of Aspirins
The Broken Heart
But Murderous
Cat Asks Mouse Out
The Celts
Childe Rolandine
Cock-a-doo
Come, Death (2)
Company
The Conventionalist
Conviction (1)
Conviction (2)
Conviction (3)
Conviction (4)
Dear Karl
Dear Muse
Death Bereaves Our Common Mother Nature Grieves ...
Deeply Morbid
The Deserter
Dirge
Distractions And The Human Crowd
Do Not!
Do Take Muriel Out
A Dream Of Comparison
Drugs Made Pauline Vague
Edmonton, Thy Cemetery
Egocentric
Emily Writes Such A Good Letter
Eng.
The Engine Drain
The English
Exeat
The Face
Forgive Me, Forgive Me
Forgot!
Freddy
Friends Of The River Trent
The Frog Prince
From The Greek
The Galloping Cat
God And Man
God Speaks
God The Eater
The Governess
Happiness
A House Of Mercy
How Cruel Is The Story Of Eve
How Do You See?
Hymn To The Seal
I Am
'i Could Let Tom Go - But What About The Children?'
I Do Not Speak
I Had A Dream
I Like To Play With Him
If I Lie Down
In My Dreams
In Protocreation
In The Night
Infant
Infelice
Jumbo
The Jungle Husband
The Lads Of The Village
Lady 'rogue' Singleton
Le Singe Qui Swing
Little Boy Sick
The Little Daughters Of America
Loin De L'etre
Longing For Death Because Of Feebleness
Lord Barrenstock
Lord Say-and-seal
Lot's Wife
Magna Est Veritas
Major Macroo
Mother
A Mother's Hearse
Mrs Arbuthnot
The Murderer
My Cat Major
My Cats
My Hat
My Muse
My Soul
Nature And Free Animals
Never Again
The New Age
Nodding
Not Waving But Drowning
Not We Of Her To Him
Nourish Me On An Egg
Numbers
O Pug!
Oh Christianity, Christianity
Oh Grateful Colours, Bright Looks!
On The Death Of A German Philosopher
The Orphan Reformed
Our Bog Is Dood
Our Office Cat
Pad, Pad
Papa Love Baby
Parrot
The Past
The Poets Are Silent
Poor Soul, Poor Girl!
Pretty
Progression
The Reason
Recognition Not Enough
Reversionary
The River God
Satin-clad
The Sea-widow
She Said
Silence And Tears
A Soldier Dear To Us
Some Are Born
Songe D'athalie
Souvenir De Monsieur Poop
Spanish School
Study To Deserve Death
The Suburban Classes
Sunt Leones
Tender Only To One
Tenuous And Precarious
This Englishwoman
This Is Disgraceful And Abominable
Thought Is Superior
Thoughts About The Person From Porlock
To An American Publisher
To Carry The Child
To Dean Inge Lecturing On Origen
To School!
Torquemada
The True Tyrant Or The Spirit Of Duty Rebuked
Unpopular, Lonely And Loving
Up And Down
Valuable (after Reading Two Paragraphs In A Newspaper)
Villains
Voice From The Tomb (1)
Voice From The Tomb (2)
Voice From The Tomb (3)
Voice From The Tomb (4)
Voice From The Tomb (5)
Voices Against England In The Night
The Wanderer
Was He Married?
Why Are The Clergy ... ?
The Wild Dog
The Word
Wretched Woman
Yes, I Know
The Zoo
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®

About this edition

• Publisher: New Directions
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0811210677
• ISBN 13: 9780811210676
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 151