Partly typewritten, partly autograph poetry drafts for the poems 'Musk Ox', 'Arctic Fox' and 'Mooses'. Part of a contents list for the collection is also included.
Partly printed, partly typewritten and autograph. What is the Truth? consists of a series of untitled poems connected by a narrative. Material includes three printed proofs with autograph annotations and revisions of the content and layout of the poetry and prose. The proofs are dated 12th July 1...
Partly typewritten and printed, partly autograph. Includes poetry drafts, some of which differ from the published versions and two annotated printed proofs, one of which is bound. A copy of ‘Climbing into Heptonstall’, which was published in the London Review of Books on 19th June 1986 and an unp...
Partly printed and typewritten, partly autograph drafts of poetry published as part of other publications as follows - 'A Solstice' published by The Sceptre Press (1978), 'Selling the cows at Bridgetown Farm, Iddesleigh' from 'This is Our Land. Aspects of Agriculture in English Art' (ed. Demelza ...
Some of these poems were included in anthologies or published in pamphlet form. The majority were posthumously published with Hughes' poetry collections in Ted Hughes Collected Poems in 2003.
Typewritten poetry drafts with some autograph annotations. The following poems are included - 'Snails', 'Shells', 'Gulls' (1957-1959); 'Gibraltar', 'The Last Migration', 'The Road to Easington', 'Lines to a Newborn Baby' 'The Burning of the Brothel', 'O White Ford Lotus', 'Folklore', 'Plum Bloss...
Partly typewritten and partly autograph poetry drafts with some autograph annotation. The following poems are included - 'The Space-Egg was Sailing', part of ['The New World'], '¶' (entitled 'Crow Goes Out to Play'), 'An Alchemy' (1971-1973); 'The Lamentable History of The Human Calf' (1974-1975)...
Partly typewritten, partly autograph poetry drafts with some autograph annotation. The following poems are included - 'Unfinished Mystery', 'Lilly', 'Do not Pick up the Telephone', 'Fort', 'Fishing the Estuary', 'Sky-Furnace' (entitled 'Wild Goose' in this draft) (1980-1981); part of 'Remembering...
Partly typewritten, partly autograph poetry drafts with some autograph annotation. The following poems are included - 'Waste', 'Conscripts', 'Grouse Butts', 'Disarmament', 'Rights' (one copy of this is included in a photocopy of a press cutting featuring the poem), 'Edith', 'Mayday', 'The Best Wo...