Poems: First Published 1973

Reprint of Tom's Leonard's first published book. Many 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. Contents 11 The Other Side of the Ticket 12 Dream 13 Summer 14 Another Sunday-poem 15 Sweetheart 16 Patron of the Arts 17 Epitaph on an Introvert Wit 18 Television Advertisement 19 Little Jenny's Complaint (1) 20 Little Jenny's Complaint (2) 21 The Romantic 22 Hill Street 23 The Inner Melancholy of the Poet 24 Phallflower 25 The Psychopath 26 The Remark 27 similie please / say cheese 29-36 A Priest Came On At Merkland Street 38 She sells sea-shells 39 Psychiatrist 40 Words, for E. 41 This Island Now 42 Soft and Strong 43 The Voyeur 44 Honest 45 Landscape 47-50 The Performance 52 Perpetual Stasis 53 The Image 54 The Poetry Reading 55 Pyrrhic Victory 56 The Main Feature 57 Keep Right On 58 As Luck Would Have It 59 23rd Story 60 The Virgins 61 Storm Damage 62 I said 63 Full-frontal Astronauts 64 At the Employment Exchange 65 The Appetite 67-75 Six Glasgow Poems 76-79 Three Pollock Posters Below is the description that been on back of the original book Tom 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). It 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. A 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.

• | Author: Tom Leonard
• | Publisher: Independently published
• | Publication Date: October 21, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 80 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1701156717
• | ISBN-13: 9781701156715