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The gentleness of the very tall / Linda France.
Author
France, Linda, 1958-
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Format
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Language
English
Published/Created
Newcastle upon Tyne : Bloodaxe Books ; Chester Springs, PA : U.S. distributor, Dufour Editions, 1994.
Description
64 pages ; 22 cm
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PR6056.R2628 G46 1994
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English poetry
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20th century
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Summary note
"Linda France's poetry is both sensuous and sensitive, peeling back layers of language and meaning in pursuit of honesty. Carol Rumens has called her 'a clever, accessible new voice. Energetic, ranging, witty, candid, informal and excitingly individualistic'. The Gentleness of the Very Tall, her second collection, treads the tightrope between freedom and threat, violence and love. Evoking a world under pressure - personal and political - the poems strive for balance and transformation, with an uncompromising pragmatism."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes
Poems.
Contents
Little Dogs Laugh (starting p. 11)
Dressing Up (starting p. 12)
Caracole (starting p. 13)
Wisdom Teeth (starting p. 14)
Mother's Ruin (starting p. 15)
Her Father's Daughter (starting p. 16)
Something for the Weekend (starting p. 16)
First Flight (starting p. 17)
Some Like It Hot (starting p. 18)
Mae West on Furniture Polish (starting p. 19)
The Empress's New Clothes (starting p. 20)
Pandora Akimbo (starting p. 24)
A Little Thorn (starting p. 25)
Weighing the Heart (starting p. 26)
Spelling Home (starting p. 29)
Acknowledged Land (starting p. 30)
Sins of the Fathers (starting p. 36)
No Man's Land (starting p. 37)
Surfing on the S-Bahn (starting p. 38)
Protea Changes the Colours of the Duchy (starting p. 39)
Devorgilla's Sweet Heart (starting p. 40)
The Spur in the Dish (starting p. 41)
Everyman's Blues (starting p. 42)
Bruising the Sky (starting p. 43)
Airhead (starting p. 46)
The Eater of Wives (starting p. 47)
In the Waiting Room (starting p. 48)
Meteorology (starting p. 49)
Taking Me from Behind (starting p. 50)
Guilty as Sin (starting p. 51)
Doing It Right (starting p. 52)
The Gentleness of the Very Tall (starting p. 54)
Medicine Woman (starting p. 55)
Body Language (starting p. 56)
Striping the Sheep (starting p. 57)
Zoology Is Destiny (starting p. 58)
Clouded Leopard (starting p. 59)
Cowbound Lane (starting p. 60)
Antojito (starting p. 61)
Intoxicated with Firs (starting p. 62)
High Time (starting p. 63)
Raising the Roof (starting p. 64)
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ISBN
1852242876
9781852242879
LCCN
95165941
OCLC
31717426
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