Research Catalog

Title

Guff : a poem / Brendan Kennelly.

Author

Kennelly, Brendan

Publication

Tarset, Northumberland : Bloodaxe Books, 2013.

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Details

Description

159 pages; 22 cm

Summary

'Guff' is both mouthpiece and mouthed off, Devil's advocate and self critic, everyman and every writer consumed by self-doubt and self-questioning. It is about the words writing the man. Words drive him into the cave of himself where he questions everything including words that seem to constitute answers and answers that question both questions and answers.

Uniform Title

Poems. Selections

Alternative Title

Poems.

Subject

• 2000-2099
• English poetry > Irish authors > 21st century

Genre/Form

Poetry

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Speech -- Take care -- Prison of Joy -- About -- Post-Christmas cough -- The Guff principle -- meetings -- Hanging on -- Second Line -- Sad -- Knowledge -- Trying -- Old-fashioned -- Not born yet -- Realm of gold -- bells -- picture -- Road -- one line -- bad blood -- Recovery -- how -- It is -- left of logic -- Hobbling -- rainy day -- A letter -- he felt he was -- There. There. -- Guffprayer -- late -- Tides -- Work and fun -- Corners -- Smells -- hard to know -- A whole weekend -- noble -- Teeshirt -- notes -- a strange cruelty -- Swallow -- before he became -- Neighbour -- A truly peaceful spot -- Story -- shedding a question -- Knowledge -- The extent -- the colours of heaven -- a vibrant time -- Guff at coffee -- bullets -- the grey old badger's head -- puzzled as ever -- Flash -- The path of totality -- At this moment -- walls of silence -- flesh -- pet -- At some point -- Nothing says -- conviction -- a certain yearning -- Sauntering -- Guff hopes -- He loves them both --^
• Guff asked himself -- now and then -- green graffiti -- Gazebo -- Calm -- For the moment -- shadow kingdom -- The Belfast Train -- Corncrake -- Such a creature -- Youth itself -- black eyes black -- clown -- the trick -- A fly -- maybe, maybe -- A crucial part -- He knew -- The killing silence -- rough draft -- A conference of birds -- Guff the collector -- the mere mention -- Meals -- Guff stumped forever -- All he will say -- Again, true -- Wet -- Questions -- And she laughed -- Once, there was a photograph -- The way -- Paradise -- Final page -- Sorry -- Guff to the women -- Stories -- Rescue -- Born -- Let Guff come coughing -- to talk -- An honest man -- A return -- fisheye -- Newsflash -- a wave -- A respected citizen -- Confirmation -- sandwich -- happy enough -- Don't argue -- The snakesentence -- a clean page -- I know -- The Wild Streak -- Guff has seen faces -- Trap -- Guff the reader -- Safety -- A gossip -- a small part -- She's gone -- Where? -- Sleeping --^
• Who'll ever know? -- almost -- One November night -- The woman -- the kind of laugh -- Only for -- On the shelf -- mat -- Snakes -- Different -- Job -- Survivors -- Pick -- Merciless -- The green moment -- Bug -- You think -- Climbing -- Can't stop -- better get lost -- Name -- If words -- small sound -- pass on -- branches -- Papercut -- In vain -- how bad the world -- a muffled room -- only once -- Zip your lip -- Guff to his maker -- His maker to Guff -- Paradise Sussed -- it was clear -- chuckling -- Pretend -- grey -- looking -- Designing Friday -- Guff got it wrong -- awake -- Ann uni cation -- A summoning music -- A Battle of Poets -- People before poetry -- No cheap houses -- All the action -- Never again -- strange courage -- Waking -- Around five o'clock -- getting on -- He told himself -- sadness and sodium -- Oldest friend -- One step at a time -- Not the star -- learning, listening -- Let -- Test -- becoming -- could be -- At Mass -- The Faces -- Style -- Laurel

ISBN

• 9781852249830
• 1852249838

LCCN

^^2013432060

OCLC

• 856200887
• SCSB-12732802

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library