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A collection of poems from a "tenderly observant" poet who writes about what all of us can understand. The title poem describes the poet's journey by train from Hull to London, using the tones and rhythms of ordinary speech and focusing on the urban landscape of the industrial north.
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Mr Bleaney
Nothing To Be Said
Love Songs in Age
Naturally the Foundation will Bear Your Expenses
Broadcast
Faith Healing
For Sidney Bechet
Home is so Sad
Toads Revisited
Water
The Whitsun Weddings
Self's the Man
Take One Home for the Kiddies
Days
MCMXIV
Talking in Bed
The Large Cool Store
A Study of Reading Habits
As Bad as a Mile
Ambulances
The Importance of Elsewhere
Sunny Prestatyn
First Sight
Dockery and Son
Ignorance
Reference Back
Wild Oats
Essential Beauty
Send No Money
Afternoons
An Arundel Tomb
Authors & Contributors edit
- Philip Larkin (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Date: 1964
ISBN: 9780571097104
Page Count: 46
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Date: 1964
ISBN: 9780571097104
Page Count: 46
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