Selected Poems: Sheenagh Pugh [Paperback]

Sheenagh Pugh (Author)

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Last Words
On A Corpse
Dominus De Me Cogitat
Epitaph Of Mariana
A Likeness Of Our Life, After The Game Of Chess
The Misery Of Being Human
Epitaph Of A Drinking Man
Transience: A Conversation...
Bright Murderesses
On The Gift Of A Carnation
Poem In Praise Of The Most Amiable Of Womankind
A Secret Fire
147, Fr. Beware Falling Tortoises
After I Came Back From Iceland
'are You Saying People Got Above Themselves, Sir?
The Ballade Of Sexy Rexy
Because, Fr. Beware Falling Tortoises
Biology 1, Fr. Earth Studies And Other Voyages
Biology 2, Fr. Earth Studies And Other Voyages
Biology 3, Fr. Earth Studies And Other Voyages
Birmingham Navigation Graffiti
The Black Beach, Fr. What A Place To Grow Flowers
The Black Ram
Cameraman
The Capon Clerk, Fr. Earth Studies And Other Voyages
The Chester Zoo Marmot Movement
The Climate Of The Country
Coming Into Their Own, Fr. What A Place To Grow Flowers
The Craft I Left In Was Called Esau
Delayed Reactions, Fr. Crowded By Shadows
Detour, Fr. Crowded By Shadows
Dieppe: Sports Day, Fr. Beware Falling Tortoises
'do You Think We'll Ever Get To See Earth, Sir?
Earth Studies, Fr. Earth Studies And Other Voyages
Eirik The Red, Fr. What A Place To Grow Flowers
Eva And The Roofers, Fr. Beware Falling Tortoises
An Even Worse Way To Go, Fr. Beware Falling Tortoises
Filing The Queen Of Scots
The Flute-playing At Skalholt
Frankincense
The Frozen Field
Geography 2
Geography Was Peculiarly Taught
Going Back To Hlidarendi, Fr. What A Place To Grow Flowers
Grand Larceny, Fr. What A Place To Grow Flowers
Guys, Fr. Crowded By Shadows
The Haggard And The Falconer
Harbours, Fr. Earth Studies And Other Voyages
Hello
History 1, Fr. Earth Studies And Other Voyages
History 2, Fr. Earth Studies And Other Voyages
History 3, Fr. Earth Studies And Other Voyages
I Am Roerek, Fr. Beware Falling Tortoises
I Think Someone Might Write And Elegy
In Memory 1: In Morriston Crematorium
In Memory 2: A Matter Of Scale
In Memory 3: Reallocation
In Memory 4: Closing Up
In Memory Of Annie Christina
'industrial Landscape': L.s. Lowry, 1955
Ingthor The Chanter, Fr. What A Place To Grow Flowers
Inter City Lullaby
Inventory, Fr. Crowded By Shadows
John Howard, Fr. Crowded By Shadows
King Billy On The Walls, Fr. What A Place To Grow Flowers
King Sigurd And King Eyestein
Literature, Fr. Earth Studies And Other Voyages
Lost On Voyage, Fr. Earth Studies And Other Voyages
Love, Fr. What A Place To Grow Flowers
M. S. A
Magnolia, Fr. Beware Falling Tortoises
Man Getting Hammered: Between Frames
Mcgongall's Crucifixion, Fr. Earth Studies And Other Voyages
Men Growing Flowers: Hveragerdi
A Modest Request, Fr. Beware Falling Tortoises
Nothing Happened Here
Odin 1, Fr. Crowded By Shadows
Odin 4, Fr. Crowded By Shadows
Official Briefing For Ministers On The Recent Violence...
Old Widowers, Fr. Earth Studies And Other Voyages
Owl's Night Thoughts, Fr. What A Place To Grow Flowers
Paradise For The Children
The Partner, Fr. Crowded By Shadows
Quetzals Only Come One
The Railway Modeller, Fr. Beware Falling Tortoises
Railway Signals, Fr. Beware Falling Tortoises
Reaches Of Light
Religion 1, Fr. Earth Studies And Other Voyages
Religion 2, Fr. Earth Studies And Other Voyages
Sailors, Fr. Earth Studies And Other Voyages
Senesino/farinelli
She Was Nineteen, And She Was Bored
A Shipwrecked Inuit Learns Gaelic From A Hebridean
Shoni Onions
Snooker Exhibition
Sometimes, Fr. Beware Falling Tortoises
Spring '72
St Cuthbert And The Women
Sweet 18
Swords, Fr. What A Place To Grow Flowers
Torturers, Fr. Beware Falling Tortoises
Tree Of Pearls
Tulips, Fr. Beware Falling Tortoises
Uninhabited Island
What A Way To Go, Fr. Beware Falling Tortoises
What Christie Wrote When The Child Died
'what Do You Think About Heaven Then, Sir?
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Seren (December 1, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1854110292
• ISBN-13: 978-1854110299
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,166,676 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I was born in 1950. I live in Cardiff, Wales with my husband, son, daughter and two cats, and teach creative writing at the University of Glamorgan. I have published ten collections of poetry and translations, plus a Selected Poems and two novels. I also wrote "The Democratic Genre: fan fiction in a literary context" (Seren 2005), a study of fan fiction in the context of canon-based writing. I translate poems mainly from German but sometimes also from French and Ancient Greek. I read German and Russian at the University of Bristol.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Wide-ranging, joyful collection, October 25, 2004

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This review is from: Selected Poems: Sheenagh Pugh (Paperback)

There are all sorts of ways to discover new poets. I found Pugh on a "Poems on the Undergound" poster. "Sometimes" was a wonderful meditation on hope imbued with a bright sense of optimism, like a happy Larkin.

In this collection there are many other joys. I particulary liked "Intercity Lullaby", as the poet contemplates two football supporters sleeping on a train with something approaching maternal feeling.

Elsewhere snooker, zoos and gardening provide inspiration. Pugh is thoughtful and surprising in her unpredictability. There is scant repetition either as a literary device or in subject matter.

As the cover blurb says, "Poetry is such a rare event it is a surprise to find it bursting out all over".