The Captain's Tower Seventy Poets Celebrate Bob Dylan at Seventy

by Bowen, Phil; Furniss, Damian; Wolley, David; Wood, Ronnie

• ISBN13: 9781854115607
• ISBN10: 185411560X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-05-01
• Publisher: Seren

Summary

An anthology of poems concerned with Bob Dylan's life, work, and cultural impact, this collection features the work of those who were inspired by the legend. Considered one of the most distinguished lyricists of the postwar period, Dylan has entertained millions with the imagery, wit, and technique of his writing, be it in songs of love, protest, or faith. With contributions by a myriad of poetsPeter Finch, Mark Ford, Allen Ginsberg, Sophie Hannah, Paul Henry, and Hugo Williams to name a fewthis book is a response to Dylan's creativity and enormous capacity to influence a generation.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 9
Editorial	p. 10
Happy Seventieth Birthday Blues	p. 11
Eidolon	p. 12
Minnesota Harmonica Man	p. 13
Bob and Buddy at the Armory	p. 14
Images from Peter Blake and Claes Oldenburg (1962) / The Mandrax Variations	p. 15
How Dylan Became Someone Else	p. 17
Near Craster	p. 19
A Stranger Leaning	p. 20
Girl from the North	p. 21
Suck Your Glasses	p. 23
Hard Rain	p. 24
Bob Dylan and the Blue Angel	p. 26
Killing Time #2	p. 28
Aisle Sixteen (Revisited)	p. 30
Rolling a Cigarette With Dylan	p. 32
A Postcard of a Hanging	p. 33
Two Stories	p. 34
Backbay	p. 36
Blonde on Blonde	p. 38
Leaving It All Behind	p. 40
Sad Eyed Lady	p. 41
Low Lands	p. 42
The Nightingale's Code	p. 43
Nightwatchman	p. 44
A Wurlizer in Annagary	p. 45
Two Poems for Bob Dylan's Seventieth Birthday	p. 46
Clothes Line	p. 48
Let Me Follow You Down	p. 49
Blue Gossip	p. 50
Ode	p. 53
Jack of Hearts	p. 54
Legacy	p. 58
Tangled Up in Blue	p. 59
Plutarch	p. 60
If You See Her	p. 61
Midwinter Armistice	p. 62
Acquiesence	p. 63
American Clip	p. 64
From the Book of Praises	p. 65
Before the Road Show	p. 66
The Last Waltz	p. 69
At Earls Court and Elsewhere	p. 70
Aerodrome	p. 71
The San Diego Cross	p. 72
Digesting Crab Claws	p. 73
Younger Than that Now	p. 74
From the Hill of Muses	p. 76
Eloquence	p. 77
The Bootleg Series	p. 80
40th Birthday with Cassette Deck and Questions	p. 82
Fancy Man	p. 83
Dylannelle	p. 84
Fine by Me	p. 85
Shooting Star	p. 86
Don't Think Twice	p. 87
Bob Dylan At Princeton, November 2000	p. 89
The Voice	p. 90
Dylan, Bob and Me	p. 91
Song for Bob Dylan	p. 92
Four Versions of a Relationship	p. 93
Talking about Bob Dylan to Iwan Llwyd	p. 96
Coming Back with JT and Bob Dylan	p. 97
No Direction Home	p. 98
On Blue Water and Bird View	p. 99
Seeing Bob Dylan With My Father	p. 100
Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine	p. 101
Hangman's Sonnet	p. 105
Pinnacles	p. 106
Like the Living End	p. 107
Changed My Way of Thinking	p. 113
If your parents liked Dylan they were cool	p. 115
Everywhere's Nowhere	p. 116
Seventy Cakes Around a Candle	p. 118
How Like	p. 122
His	p. 123
Acknowledgements	p. 124
Notes on Contributors	p. 126
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