The Inkjet Books
A series of pamphlets begun in 2002. Some contain portions of Collected Poems (2000) revised or rearranged; some, like the Comedies of Eros, contain poems appearing for the first time. Several are illustrated by the author.
Illustrata
Aliens
A
biblical sci-fi fairytale
Intimations
A
dreamtime sonata
The
Improvised Version,
Volume 1
Poems
about musicians, from Albert Ayler and the Beatles to the band in your
local pub
The
Improvised Version,
Volume 2
Poems
about musicians, from Lol Coxhill and Jimmie Rodgers to the buskers on
the corner
Septet
Seven
instruments speaking: alto, double bass, electric guitar, drums, piano,
tenor, trombone
FORTHCOMING
The
Entertainers, 2nd edition
Twelve
poems celebrating the sawdust and the boards, each accompanied by a linoprint.
FORTHCOMING
Not
Sleeping But Dreaming
A
cinema sequence of 13 poems and linoprints. A sequel to The Entertainers
Picture
Word Book
Two
sequences of visual poems, From The Picture Word Book and Quercy
Sonnets
Underscore
A
set of concrete sonnets
Makings
Makings
’77-’83
Earlier
poems recollected
Makings
’84-’88
Further
earlier poems recollected
Makings
’89-’91
Final
earlier poems recollected
A Wild Inhabitation
A
Wild Inhabitation
Down
from the hills of the far north into the city on the plain
Eye
City
A
sequence seen from EC1
Legacy
Twenty-one
approximately Petrarchan sonnets and three formal lyrics – “Unlet
passion / In the old fashion”
The Smell of Thyme
“…
fresh thyme / speaks of the future”
Bay
Ten
little word-tunes, small but true
Characters
You & I
Portraits
from life, of the living and the dead.
One
Life
A
sequence of moments, from the grave to the cradle and back
Ballads & Histories
Ballads,
One
Romance
takes a swan-dive, from Majorca to Swanage Bay
Three
Histories
“One
small stab for man, one giant sleep for mankind.”
Comprising: Blue
Lion, Originals, The Astronaut Adrift
Ballads,
Two
Tales
of the death-defying, from Icarus and Hector to Ernie Pyle
The Ghost Path
Church
of Thorns
Religious
poems and poems about religion
Becoming
Light
Weddings,
funerals, wars and christenings – poems from time to time
Pisces
Pieces
of water, including the Voyage of the Conger, and an elegy for a goldfish
called Elvis
Comedies of Eros
The
Promise
Act
One…
Pictures
of Birds
Seven
women: Wren, Heron, Swallow, Robin, Wild Goose, Tern and Sparrow
Four
Creatures
Hare,
Hind, Hedgehog & Vixen: magic, modesty, wisdom & courage
Further
Sonnets
And
so on…
Riverbus
FORTHCOMING
Sand
of the Thames
London
through the lens of its river
Falling
Down
Further
leaves from a city life
The
Gun Site
An
allotment pastoral, set in the forests of south London
And the last poem of Riverbus is London Bride (still unpublished). A section can be read (in pdf) here.
