The sea of affliction
Publisher: Rowan Tree
Published: 1987
Language: eng
Format: Unknown Binding
Number of pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9781870267106
Subjects: Eco-Literature
Genres: Poetry
Description: CONTENTS

The Virgin Thinks on Icarus				11
Exploding the Myth of the Gorgon			13
The Zoo and the Sea					14
“How Many Strawberries grow in the Salt Sea”?	16
The Mermaid						18
Wrack						            19 
The Raft						 20
Scavengers						 22
Up the Creek						 23
Nereid							 27
Sea Shanty						 28
Rumours on Landing					 29
The Sea Horse						 31
Harbour Lights					 32
For the Emigrant					 33
The Ship of State					 35
Flotsam						 36
The Girdle of Venus					 37
The Hold					             38
The Ice Country					 40   					             											II

The Unremembered Tree			            43
The Main                                                                    44  
Dead Man’s Fingers				            45                                                                  				                         								

Scratched on a Sea- Shell			           46
The Thrust						47
Bridewell						48
Wreck							49
The Pearl						50
Her Tale						51
The Shame						52
Bondage						53
The Reef						54
The Loss						55
The Sad Trophy					56
The Mariner’s Wife’s Tale				57
Bad Faith						58
Fair Weather						59
The Argosy						60
The Sea Change					61
The Matter						62
The Inheritance					63
The Stages of Life					64
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