{"product_id":"poems-tom-leonard-9781701156715","title":"Poems: First Published 1973","description":"\u003cp\u003eReprint of Tom's Leonard's first published book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany of the poems appear in his later books. The intention has been to copy this as accurately as possible, including any typos the original had. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11 The Other Side of the Ticket\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12 Dream\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13 Summer \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14 Another Sunday-poem\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e15 Sweetheart\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e16 Patron of the Arts\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e17 Epitaph on an Introvert Wit\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e18 Television Advertisement\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e19 Little Jenny's Complaint (1)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e20 Little Jenny's Complaint (2)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e21 The Romantic\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e22 Hill Street\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e23 The Inner Melancholy of the Poet\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e24 Phallflower\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e25 The Psychopath\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e26 The Remark\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e27 similie please \/ say cheese\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e29-36 A Priest Came On At Merkland Street\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e38 She sells sea-shells\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e39 Psychiatrist\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e40 Words, for E.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e41 This Island Now\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e42 Soft and Strong\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e43 The Voyeur\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e44 Honest\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e45 Landscape\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e47-50 The Performance\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e52 Perpetual Stasis\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e53 The Image\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e54 The Poetry Reading\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e55 Pyrrhic Victory\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e56 The Main Feature\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e57 Keep Right On\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e58 As Luck Would Have It\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e59 23rd Story\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e60 The Virgins\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e61 Storm Damage\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e62 I said\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e63 Full-frontal Astronauts\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e64 At the Employment Exchange\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e65 The Appetite\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e67-75 Six Glasgow Poems\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e76-79 Three Pollock Posters\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBelow is the description that been on back of the original book\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTom Leonard was born in Glasgow in 1944. He worked as a Civil Servant then as a sales assistant in a bookshop before entering Glasgow University as a student in 1967. He left two years later without completing his degree: a variety of clerical jobs followed. He currently works for the Post Office in London. He is married (and has one son). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was during his term as a student at Glasgow University, when his poems appeared in university magazines, that his work began to draw some attention in Scotland. Poems subsequently appeared in established Scottish magazines, and samples of his work were broadcast several times on B.B.C. Radio. A local Glasgow publisher, Midnight Press, then published his \"Six Glasgow Poems\" and \"A Priest Came on at Merkland Street\", and both of these publications established the poet's reputation as one of the most talented and original young writers on the contemporary Scottish literary scene. After many readings in Glasgow and at successive Edinburgh Festivals, he was granted a literary award by the Scottish Arts Council in 1971.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA comprehensive selection of his work has been long overdue. This first \"slim volume\" will undoubtedly be welcome on many Scottish bookshelves; it will also, we are sure, further establish Tom Leonard's reputation beyond his native Scotland, and will provide a rewarding experience for all those throughout the British Isles who are interested in contemporary poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tom Leonard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1701156717\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781701156715\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/21\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.17d","brand":"Tom Leonard","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43983712551167,"sku":"9781701156715","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b105a8ab-c980-4a5f-a901-23f311ac20c3.jpg?v=1683268272","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/poems-tom-leonard-9781701156715","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}