The gentleness of the very tall / Linda France.

Author
France, Linda, 1958- [Browse]
Format
Book
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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    "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.
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    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)
    ISBN
    • 1852242876
    • 9781852242879
    LCCN
    95165941
    OCLC
    31717426
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