Various entries, including an account of Paul Evans's fatal climbing accident (28 January 1991) and the Coroner's Inquest (27 February). Newspaper cutting from the Daily Telegraph reporting the Inquest is loosely inserted.
Notebook, largely unused, including draft poetry beginning with the first three stanzas of 'There is no second chance' (from 'Gifts Received'), dated March 2005. After noting the line 'From the highest window of her chronology' (from Anne Stevenson, used in 'Gifts Received'), the notebook then c...
The notebook includes the following material in draft: ['Winter Journey']. 'Sandy Berrigan on the Downs' ['Sandy Berrigan in Sussex']. 'In the Mountains'. ['On the Ledge']. ['For Paul / Coming Out of Winter'] ['Cwm Uchaf']. 'Shostakovitch - 8th String Quartet' ('the pace of 1st movement I want i...
Poems in draft, including material on sheets losely inserted, some typed. Dated material from 22 September 1996 to February 1999. Among the poems included are: 'Thaw Conditions'; 'Vessel'; 'An Horatian Ode'; 'West Sussex Spell'; 'Tonight'; 'Silk Veil'; 'The History of Science' 'Salt Water' 'A Da...
Lee Harwood: Notebook ('Paros 2', June-November 1972)
Scope & Content:
Notes relating to Harwood's reading and teaching on the island of Paros whilst Writer in Residence, Aegean School of Fine Arts. The notes refer particularly to Ezra Pound and to Charles Olson. Also, there are notes relating to the I Ching, and to 'The Long Black Veil' (Book 6, Stendhal, Gide). Mo...
Lee Harwood: Notebook ('Paros 1', January-June 1972)
Scope & Content:
The first of Harwood's notebooks written on the Greek Island of Paros (as Writer in Residence, Aegean School of Fine Arts). The entries comprise notes on various writers, particularly American poets, a note of the books that Harwood took to Paros, notes relating to his teaching, and some poetry ...
Lee Harwood: Notebook ('Paros 3 etc.', September-November 1972)
Scope & Content:
In the main, brief entries made September-October 1972 (lists of books, things to do, and readings) following Harwood's return from Paros to the UK. Includes a list of poems considered for inclusion in a new book to follow The Sinking Colony (Fulcrum, 1970), incorporating 'The Long Black Veil'. M...
Notebook of poetry in draft, sometimes typed as fair copy and loosely inserted, including the following poems: 'Fragment of an Indecipherable Inscription' (April 1997). 'Cwm Nantcol' (February 1998). 'A woman who could charm foxes' 'There is no second chance' (from 'Gifts Received'). 'Sparked by...
The notebook (which is supplemented by a considerable amount of material loosely inserted) contains a number of poems in draft, including: 'Portraits From My Life' (August 1976), including two related 'postcard' reproductions of paintings interleaved: Balthus, 'Figure in Front of a Mantel'; Ingr...