Title

Peace, love and potatoes / John Hegley ; with drawings largely by the author.

Author

Hegley, John.

Publication

London : Serpent's Tail, 2012.

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Details

Description

148 p. : ill.; 20 cm.

Subjects

• Poets, English
• Poetry, Modern > 21st century
• English poetry > 21st century

Contents

• Machine generated contents note: An alien address -- Defoe and de friendly Finnish -- Bob a job -- Many happy returns -- At a reading in Rotherham library -- An ending of the re-offending -- Dear Earwig -- Art appreciation -- Pablo and Georges squaring up -- Paris 1904 -- Let us play -- I have at home... -- Paris 1922 -- Being is believing -- Steam shipped -- Rothko -- 1930 on the tram, New York -- Seaside fun, 1931 -- Down to work -- Sister -- Verse inspired by Dad's painting of La Rue de la Providence -- Mike's Muse, Luton versus Preston -- Whipps Cross Hospital, 3rd January '45 -- Donor poem -- An anatomy of injury -- Dear Sis -- XXX -- Quackers -- The last Skimpot Flyer -- Extravagance -- Taking out the ìn it' and putting ìnnit' in it -- On the 9.30 to Newcastle -- A show for my sister -- Postage stamps -- My dear grandchild -- More Angie Boo -- French Grandma visits English bungalow -- Mental -- My dearest grandchild --
• Contents note continued: Sooty, or the bird that reminded me of my French Grandma -- My dear grandchild -- At the pictures -- Sent -- Osmosis - no -- Another one for Eve to mark out of 10 on a Post-it note -- A. J. Curtis and the fish -- Dear Glad -- Borrowing the brother-in-law's wheelbarrow -- Straightening a record -- Keeping Mummy -- Dear grandchild -- Dear Grandma -- Aurangzeb and his dad -- Alternatives to losing your temper -- Delighting the Daleks -- Out on the buses -- Dad bus chat 1973 -- Dear Dad -- The bus is more us with a crew -- Medusa the loser -- Woolly snake -- The woollen horse of Halifax -- Morris -- At a public reading by an English hero -- The steps of the British Library -- A chat not far from Stamford Hill -- Keep your receipts, Mister Keats -- To Mr John Keats -- Dear John Keats -- Kilburn, April 2012 -- Tupuna -- Worries and beauties -- Art in Melbourne -- 10 December 2007 -- A letter from Giacometti to the subject of his narrow sculpture --
• Contents note continued: Mister Giacometti's... -- Dear Mum and Dad -- A plane-speaking man, my brother -- Riddles -- Keeping Mum and Dad -- Peace, love and potatoes.

Call Number

JFD 12-6533

ISBN

• 9781846688980 (hbk)
• 1846688981 (pbk)

OCLC

820516563

Author

Hegley, John.

Title

Peace, love and potatoes / John Hegley ; with drawings largely by the author.

Imprint

London : Serpent's Tail, 2012.

Summary

This all-new volume by the inimitable poet, comedian and performer John Hegley brings together poetry, prose and drawings on the themes closest to his heart. Contemplating subjects from painting, France and family to Daleks and of course potatoes, these pieces are by turns funny, moving, thought-provoking - and always brilliantly original.

Research Call Number

JFD 12-6533