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Both heartening and heartbreaking, this collection of poems tells the stories of life of all sizes--from microscopic parasitic worms to the lives of massive planets. Full of characters facing the guilt and terror of life, this examination embraces literary influences from all over the world, learning from the cultural difficulties and legacies left behind. Revealing the far-reaching effects of everyday occurrences, this remarkable compilation follows people as they go about their lives and find themselves caught up in astounding public and private events.

ISBN	1903039959	Pages	80
ISBN13	9781903039953 (What's this?)	Volumes	1
Publisher	Carcanet Press Ltd	Weight (grammes)	91
Imprint	OxfordPoets	Published in	Manchester
Format	Paperback	Height (mm)	216
Publication date	28 Sep 2009	Width (mm)	135
DEWEY	821.92	Spine width (mm)	8
DEWEY edition	DC22	Academic level	General

		Bugged		9
		Flea Circus		10
		Kitchen Sink Drama		11
		Antimony Cup		12
		Why Did the Chicken		13
		We apologise for the delay		14
		Us All		16
		Please		18
		Berlin Zoo		19
		Lisdoonvarna		20
		Ladybird		21
		First Kiss		22
		Maria		23
		Ants		24
		New Year Instant Poem		25
		Skinny Dipping		26
		Limequat		27
		Lepidopterist		28
		Flight		29
		Testing One Two		30
		Platform Announcements		31
		Cold		32
		Unsaid		33
		Saguaro		34
		Nettle Bed		35
		Green		36
		Love Poetry		37
		Hungarian Blessing		38
		Three Dartmoor Ponies		39
		Tarn How		40
		Red		41
		Mayfly Sums Up		42
		Peace on Earth		43
		Eyeglass		44
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"an alert, intelligent book... poems which, Brodsky-like, take the reader somewhere new, jinking round the corners of places we think we know into imagined elsewheres... there's much to admire Poetry Wales"

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