Title

New & selected potatoes / John Hegley ; edited by Andy Ching.

Author

Hegley, John, 1953-

Publication

Tarset : Bloodaxe Books, 2013.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Ching, Andy
• Ching, Andy (Martial artist)

Description

160 pages; 22 cm

Alternative Title

New and selected potatoes

Subject

English poetry

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Key Poem -- Say It Now -- The Snowman's Dog -- The Art of Advertising -- An Introduction to Folk -- From Beyond Our Kennel (1998) -- An Aeroplane Journey -- The Beatles in Our Luton Bungalow -- College Days -- Alien in Rouen -- Nineteen Blessings -- Getting Away for Easter -- A Declaration of Need -- Some Resolutions -- From Love Cuts (1995) -- Skip -- My Father Shows His Teeth -- The Dog Smoggler -- Pop and Me -- The Halo and the Dozy Dozen -- From These Were Your Father's (1994) -- A Few Words about Poetry -- Holy Orders -- Brother Trevor -- The Cub Scout Diary -- Money Well Spent -- Friendship -- Deep in Shallow Waters -- Res Romanae (Roman Things) -- On Hadrian's Wall -- Wheelchairs in Ancient Rome -- No Credit -- Hospital Art -- My Father's Pullover -- The Weekender -- Bus Conduct -- The Lord's Dog -- A Trip to the Theatre -- The Weekender continued -- From Five Sugars Please (1993) -- Glasses Good, Contact Lenses Bad
• The Difference between Truth and Adequacy -- The Difference between Dogs and Sheds -- French Letters -- English Words -- A Short Address at the Comedy College -- Greed -- From Can I Come Down Now, Dad? (1991) -- Forever Roman -- Sat on the Pillar of Hercules -- The Pillars of the Gods -- Digging for It -- These National Health Glasses -- Pat -- On Hampstead Heath -- The Stand-up Comedian Sits Down -- From The Brother-In-Law and Other Animals (1986) -- His Heart's in the Wrong Place, It Should Be in the Glove Compartment -- I Wouldn't Say My Brother-in-Law Was Fat, Because He Is Quite Thin -- His Heart's in the Wrong Place, It Should Be in the Dustbin -- Christmas with the Brother-in-Law (Oh what fun) -- Sister -- The Imagination -- A Dog and a Pigeon -- In a Boat in Plymouth Harbour -- From Visions of The Bone Idol (1984) -- Max -- Grandad's Glasses.

ISBN

• 9781852249786 (pbk.)
• 1852249781 (pbk.)

OCLC

853507371

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library