Choosing to Be a Swan

by Bensley, Connie

• ISBN13: 9781852243142
• ISBN10: 1852243147
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-02-01
• Publisher: Bloodaxe Books Ltd

Summary

Bensley is one of Britain's wittiest poets. Her poems are sharply satirical, often poking fun at social pretensions. They are a comedy of manners in which her characters are bounced between love, death, And The local supermarket. "An intelligent, per

Table of Contents

Molluscular Romance	p. 9
Choosing To Be a Swan	p. 10
Cars	p. 11
Wheel Fever	p. 12
Surprised on a Train	p. 15
Checkout	p. 16
Personal Column	p. 17
The Covetous Cat	p. 18
Jump	p. 19
Politeness	p. 20
In the Conservatory	p. 21
Prey	p. 22
A Brief Marriage	p. 23
Chemistry	p. 24
Egged on by Passion	p. 25
Angela on My Mind	p. 26
Shopper	p. 27
Soothsayer	p. 28
Things	p. 29
Adaptability	p. 30
The Idea	p. 31
Death Mask	p. 32
Bad Timing	p. 33
A Cure for Love	p. 34
Psycho-Cricket	p. 35
Taking Mrs E. to Casualty	p. 36
Prognosis	p. 37
Distance	p. 38
Single Parent	p. 39
Our Life in Cars	p. 40
Immortality	p. 41
Blackheath	p. 42
Old Tom	p. 44
Psycho	p. 45
Just Until	p. 46
The Agent	p. 47
Thin Ice	p. 48
Thresholds	p. 49
Choir Practice	p. 50
Mr and Mrs R and the Christmas Card List	p. 51
Hoi	p. 52
Incubus	p. 53
Mrs Scipio's Umbrella	p. 54
The Night He Had Thirty-Two Pints	p. 55
The Optimist	p. 56
Harriet	p. 57
Pastoral	p. 58
Sunday Lunchtime	p. 59
The Star and the Birds	p. 60
Rust	p. 61
Here Today	p. 62
Tabula Rasa	p. 63
Last Haiku	p. 64
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