The Hat

by Hill, Selima

• ISBN13: 9781852248062
• ISBN10: 1852248068
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-09-15
• Publisher: Bloodaxe Books Ltd

Summary

This series of short poems is a disturbing portrayal of a woman's struggle to regain her identity.

Table of Contents

The Day the Cows Got Out	p. 9
Tortoise	p. 10
Gentle Pressure on the Sides of Piglets	p. 11
Peonies	p. 12
Goose	p. 13
How Sweet the Voices	p. 14
Heaven	p. 15
Sugar	p. 16
Being Warm Is Nice	p. 17
Corsetry	p. 18
Lily and Beef	p. 19
Stories About Horses	p. 20
The Darkness of Her Meekness	p. 21
Turpentine	p. 22
King of Trout	p. 23
The Sort of Neck People Want to Strangle	p. 24
Her Wheezy Mother	p. 25
Pain	p. 26
Gold Snails	p. 27
Bicycle	p. 28
The Holy Brains of Snails	p. 29
Aeroplanes	p. 30
Penetrative Sex and Housewifery	p. 31
Footwear	p. 32
Articulate Serrations	p. 33
A Noisy Horse	p. 34
Snow	p. 35
Semolina	p. 36
Glass	p. 37
Inside Her Hat	p. 38
Suitcases	p. 39
Going Shopping	p. 40
Happiness	p. 41
What She Really Wants	p. 42
Goosefeathers	p. 43
Violence	p. 44
Love Ah Love	p. 45
The Sun Is Beating Down	p. 46
The Tiny Room	p. 47
The Cloudless Skies of Texas	p. 48
Tomato Dreamer	p. 49
When God Is on His Horse	p. 50
Love Falls Like Snow	p. 51
Out Beyond the Sandy Pines	p. 52
Paradise Is Leather	p. 53
Gold Cup	p. 54
It Was the Size of a Pea	p. 55
Rock	p. 56
Women Without Men	p. 57
Necklaces and Chains	p. 58
Think of It As Mooing	p. 59
The River	p. 60
God Has Found His Way into Each Duck	p. 61
Hands of Mercy, Hands of Caramel	p. 62
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