Seeing stars
Subtitle: poems
By: Simon Armitage
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf; Knopf
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 77
ISBN-13: 9780307594839
Description: The christening -- An accommodation -- The cuckoo -- Back in the early days of the twenty-first century -- Michael -- I'll be there to love and comfort you -- The English astronaut -- Hop in, Dennis -- Upon opening the chest freezer -- Seeing stars -- Last words -- My difference -- The accident -- Aviators -- 15:30 by the elephant house -- An obituary -- Knowing what we know now -- The experience -- Collaborators -- Ricky Wilson couldn't sleep -- The knack -- The practical way to heaven -- To the bridge -- Beyond Huddersfield -- Cheeses of Nazareth -- Show and tell -- Upon unloading the dishwasher -- Poodles -- The personal touch -- The last panda -- Sold to the lady in the sunglasses and green shoes -- The war of the roses -- A nativity -- The delegates -- The overtones -- The sighting of the century -- The crunch -- Bringing it all back home -- Last day on planet Earth.
Notes: "This is a Borzoi book"--T.p. verso.