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Trouble came to the turnip / Caroline Bird.
- Title
- Trouble came to the turnip / Caroline Bird.
- Author
- Bird, Caroline.
- Publication
- Manchester : Carcanet, 2006.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | PR6102.I73 T76 2006 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 106 p.; 22 cm.
- Summary
- A collection of zesty, idiosyncratic and formally delightful poems, 'Trouble Came to the Turnip' explores fairy tale, fantasy and the bittersweet world of romance with humour and originality.
- Subject
- Contents
- Trouble came to the turnip -- Virgin -- The money -- The world is not made for frogs -- Our lollipop lady -- This time last week -- An opera in one act -- Put your earmuffs on your eyes -- Love has arrived -- Shiny bin -- The softness of the morning -- Relationship dolls -- Wednesday -- The leprechaun thinks it matters -- A gentlewoman's pornography -- Good Friday outside Barcelona Cathedral -- My love made me a hat -- Sugar pot shakedown -- Shortfall of water -- Pumpkins -- Board-rubber dust -- Let the people starve -- Banana milk -- My lovely legless acrobat -- Mermaids in my coffee -- Mono -- The Choirboy brothers -- The fairy is bored with her garden -- Sunday -- Chant and be happy -- Christmas poem.
- ISBN
- 1857548876 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- ^^2006494677
- OCLC
- 71165752
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library