{"id":13190,"date":"2015-04-24T09:53:24","date_gmt":"2015-04-24T13:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pierrejoris.com\/blog\/?p=13190"},"modified":"2015-04-24T09:53:24","modified_gmt":"2015-04-24T13:53:24","slug":"tom-raworths-as-when-a-selection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pierrejoris.com\/blog\/tom-raworths-as-when-a-selection\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Raworth’s “As When: A Selection”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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THE MOON UPOON THE WATERS
\nby Tom Raworth<\/span><\/p>\n

for Gordon Brotherston<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

the green of days : the chimneys<\/span><\/p>\n

alone : the green of days and the women<\/span><\/p>\n

the whistle : the green of days : the feel of my nails<\/span><\/p>\n

the whistle of me entering the poem through the chimneys<\/span><\/p>\n

plural : i flow from the (each) fireplaces<\/span><\/p>\n

the green of days : i barely reach the sill<\/span><\/p>\n

the women\u2019s flecked nails : the definite article<\/span><\/p>\n

i remove i and a colon from two lines above<\/span><\/p>\n

the green of days barely reach the sill<\/span><\/p>\n

i remove es from ices keep another i put the c here<\/span><\/p>\n

the green of days barely reaches the sill<\/span><\/p>\n

the beachball : dreaming \u2018the\u2019 dream<\/span><\/p>\n

the dreamball we dance on the beach<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

gentlemen i am not doing my best<\/span><\/p>\n

cold fingers pass over my eye (salt)<\/span><\/p>\n

i flow under the beachball as green waves<\/span><\/p>\n

which if it were vaves would contain<\/span><\/p>\n

the picture (v) and the name (aves)<\/span><\/p>\n

of knots : the beachball : the green sea<\/span><\/p>\n

through the fireplaces spurting through the chimneys<\/span><\/p>\n

the waves : the whales : the beachball on a seal<\/span><\/p>\n

still : the green of days : the exit<\/span><\/p>\n

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From As When: A Selection<\/i>\u00a0by Tom Raworth published this month by Carcanet<\/strong> and available to order here<\/b><\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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\u00a0<\/span>As When<\/i> spans the range of Tom Raworth\u2019s poetry to date, and includes work omitted from his Collected Poems (2003) as well as poems previously only issued as fugitive cards and broadsides. This edition of Tom Raworth\u2019s poems is beautifully arranged, with an introduction to his life and work long overdue. <\/span><\/p>\n

As When is the selection I have waited for-the whole spread of a great poet\u2019s work<\/i>.- Fanny Howe<\/span><\/p>\n

Click<\/b>\u00a0 here<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0to order As When<\/i> by Tom Raworth\u00a0with 10% discount and free UK P&P from <\/b>www.carcanet.co.uk<\/b><\/span><\/a> <\/b><\/span>.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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