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Grave Gossip
Brian Patten poetry from 1979, touching on & further developing themes first touched on in 'Note to the hurrying man' A highly individual voice, always deeply moving and alert to the nuances of the changes in culture around us.
- GenresPoetry
56 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1979
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December 20, 2021
I've never read any poetry collection more satisfying than this one. Every poem a vivid film.
February 21, 2012
Book #21 for 2012: I liked the poems The Wrong Number and Drunk.
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A voice crackling with despair answered. / I recognized my own voice and had nothing to say to it. -from the poem The Wrong Number
Drunk, I've navigated my way home by the blurry stars, / I've been drunk on the future's possibilities / and drunk on its certainties, / and on all its improbabilities I've been so drunk / that logic finally surrendered. -from the poem Drunk
Favorite Quotes / Lines:
A voice crackling with despair answered. / I recognized my own voice and had nothing to say to it. -from the poem The Wrong Number
Drunk, I've navigated my way home by the blurry stars, / I've been drunk on the future's possibilities / and drunk on its certainties, / and on all its improbabilities I've been so drunk / that logic finally surrendered. -from the poem Drunk
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