Title: Minsk : poems /
Authors: Greenlaw, Lavinia, 1962-; Woodberry Poetry Room (Harvard College Library).
Publisher: Harcourt,
Year: 2005
Subjects: English poetry.; Poetry.
Abstract: "From the London Zoo to an Essex village and the Arctic Circle, Lavinia Greenlaw explores questions of place - the childhood landscapes we leave behind, those we travel toward, and those that we believe to be missing from our lives."--Jacket.
Contents: The spirit of the staircase -- The falling city -- The dissection room -- The parachute -- Lupins -- The long day closes -- Blackwater -- Essex rag -- Clownfish -- Foxtrot -- Zombies -- Battersea dojo -- Bunk -- Spin -- Hush -- Hiss -- Scat -- Flit -- Stomp -- Faith -- Mephisto -- Lachesis -- A damsel in distress -- Camel hair -- The sun sessions -- The partial truth -- Lord Yarborough's defence -- The flight of Geryon -- High summer weir -- Ergot -- Against rhetoric -- Hush ... -- Minsk -- The last postcard -- Bright earth -- 'What makes for the fullness and perfection of life' -- Kaamos -- Steam -- Blue field -- Sisu -- Edda -- Ibsen -- Vaerøy -- Silica -- Bird walk -- Heliotropical -- The boat back into the dark.