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Title:

Lee Harwood: Fair copies ('Poems 261-314')

Scope & Content:

Continuing a numbered chronological sequence of fair copy poems retained in a springback binder. Nearly all poems are dated, and details of publication are recorded in pencil by Harwood where applicable.

Written on the inside front cover: 'Poems 261-314. Feb. 1975 - Jan. 1983'.

Numbered sequence of poems and other occasional prose with the following titles (or first lines):

(261). 'Poem for an Edinburgh Room : Sky'. 13 February - August 1975.
(262). 'Approaches to the Act of Writing (with special reference to collage and fragmentation, and contemporary British poetry)'. A revision of notes originally prepared (April 1975) for a forum presented with Eric Mottram at the Cambridge Poetry Festival (1975). Revised text, July 1977.
(262A). 'Green Summer Note-book'. Brighton, June 1975 - December 1976.
(263). 'Two pages from "Train Poems"' comprising: 'At the "New Departures" Reading 1975, not 65', and 'London to Brighton'. Dated, respectively, 28 June 1975 and 3 July 1975.
(263A). 'Train Poems - 3'. Brighton, 30 October 1975.
(264). Review for Poetry Information of two publications by Neil Oram, Past the Antique Pain and Words Re Arranged. Review dated August 1975.
(265). 'Old Bosham Bird Watch / for Jud'. Brighton, December 1975 - January 1976.
(266). Review for Poetry Information of Robert Vas Dias, Making Faces (Joe Dimaggio Press, 1975). Review dated 18-19 February 1976. Review followed by a letter (1 sheet, 23 February) from Vas Dias to Harwood, responding to the 'reservations' expressed by Harwood in his review (presumably sent to Vas Dias prior to publication): 'Perhaps you may think it appropriate to use the above with yr review, or to incorporate it, or whatever you think best.'
(267). 'Machines'. Brighton, March 1976 - June 1977.
(268). 'Charles de Gaulle Airport - Roissy / for Jud'. Paris, 26 April 1976 - Brighton, 31 August 1977.
(269). 'Portraits from My Life'. Brighton, August-December 1976.
(270). 'Second Thoughts on Paul Blackburn's "The Journals" as Edited by Robert Kelly. A Letter to the Reader of This Issue of Poetry Information.' Brighton, September 1976.
(271). 'Sea Journals'. Brighton, 25 April - 25 June 1977.
(272). 'A Siting and Sighting of Contemporary British Poetry: What's Happened After 60 Years?' Paper read at the Anglo-French Poetry Translation Conference, London, 20-21 October 1977. Brighton, July 1977.
(273). 'Text for an Engraving (by Roger Tomlin)'. Brighton, September 1977. Harwood's text is preceded by an engraving (retained in the binder).
(274). 'Plato, Dante, Pound & Co. give up but try / for Rafe'. Brighton, July-October 1977.
(275). 'Cosy'. Brighton, 29 September - 1 October 1977.
(276). 'Riddle' (1 and 2). October 1977.
(277). 'Afterwords to a poem by Jack Spicer (in memory of Bill Butler)'. Brighton, 23 October 1977.
(278). 'Postcards to a Friend [Wish You Were Here] / for Tony Lopez'. Brighton, October 1977 - March 1978.
(279). 'South Coast Postcard'. Brighton, October-November 1977.
(280). 'For a Collage by Allen Fisher'. Brighton, 16 December 1977 - 29 November 1978.
(281). 'To Be Read Very Slowly / for Harry Guest'. Brighton, 10 May - 10 July 1978.
(282). 'You Essai. You O.K / a collaboration / Postcards chosen by Robert Vas Dias with texts written by Lee Harwood.' Brighton, June 1978 - February 1979.
(282REV). 'You Essai. You O.K.' Brighton, revised December 1979 - January 1980.
(282A). 'Pikes Peak', Brighton, 1978. (Extracted from 282.)
(283). 'The Beginning of the Story'. Brighton, October 1978 - June 1979. Incorporating 283A (1 sheet, a revised first page).
(284). 'Contours of "Survival"'. A review for Atlantic Review of two publications by John Hall, Couch Grass (Great Works, 1978) and Malo-Lactic (Ferry Press, 1978). Review dated 14-15 December 1978.
(285). Wine Tales by Richard Caddel and Lee Harwood. Draft text, including photocopied wine labels, followed by a page of 'final revisions'.
(286). 'Just Friends'. Brighton, May-June 1979.
(287). 'Paralysis'. Brighton, July-August 1979.
(288). 'Bath-time'. Brighton, 21 August - 25 September 1979. 'For Ted Kavanagh & Barry MacSweeney'.
(289). 'Claret'. Brighton, September 1979.
(290). 'A Poem for Writers'. Brighton, November 1979 - May 1980. (Note: the final line of the poem is 'Hello Chris', and Harwood has recorded in pencil at the head of the page that a copy was 'sent to Chris Torrance').
(291-2). 'Text for Two Posters for Ian Brown'. Brighton, April 1980.
(293). 'The Fern Cabinet'. 1980.
(294). 'Metamorphosis'. Brighton, 1980.
(295). 'Faded Ribbons Around the Lost Bundle Now Being Devoured by Moths / Homage to William Strang'. 1980 - February 1982 ('mainly winter 81-82').
(296). Review for South East Arts Review of G. E. Murray, Repairs (University of Missouri Press, 1980). Review written October 1980.
(297). 'DADA / My heart belongs to Dada' (published South East Arts Review, Spring 1981). Essay written December 1980 - January 1981 (25 sheets, including bibliography).
(298). 'The Poetry of Elaine Randell'. Essay written February 1981, for Rock Drill.
(299). Review of John Ashbery, as we know (Carcanet New Press, 1981). Published in South East Arts Review (Winter 1981-82). Text dated by Harwood in pencil: 'June-Sept 81' (2 sheets).
(300). 'Monster Masks'. Brighton, June 1981 - February 1982.
(301). 'As evening draws in'. Brighton, June 1981 - April 1982.
(302). 'An introduction to John Ash's "The Bed & other poems"'. Introduction dated September 1981.
(303). 'For the photographer Kurt Hutton'. Brighton, December 1981 - March 1982.
(304). 'For Ian [Robinson] - An account of our visit to Rye and Winchelsea'. Late January 1982.
(305). Review for South East Arts Review of Michelene Wandor, Upbeat: Poems and Stories (1982) and Eric Mottram, A Book of Herne: 1975-1981 (1981). Review dated 11 May 1982.
(306). 'A Child's View of Railways / for Rowan Harwood'. Brighton, May-November 1982.
(307). 'Williamine / for Carlos de Llano'. Brighton June-August 1982.
(308). 'Cold-hearted Wife Leaps Iceberg'. Brighton, June-August 1982.
(309). Review for South East Arts Review of The Stories of John Cheever (Penguin, 1982). Review dated 7 July 1982.
(310). 'Sussex Downs'. Brighton, July-September 1982.
(311). 'St Michael's Place'. Brighton, August 1982.
(312). Review for South East Arts Review of John Ashbery, Shadow Train (Carcanet New Press, 1982). Review dated 7 September 1982.
[There is no text numbered 313.]
(314). 'Alpine Mastiffs Reanimating a Distressed Traveller'. March 1982 - January 1983.

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Add MS 88998 : The Papers of Lee Harwood
Add MS 88998/6 : Lee Harwood: Poetry and Occasional Prose (Fair Copies)

Add MS 88998/6/5 : Lee Harwood: Fair copies ('Poems 261-314')

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032-002354004[0007]/036-002891196[0005]/040-002891359

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1 file

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Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1975

End Date:

1983

Date Range:

1975-1983

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Loose sheets retained in spring back binder (black), 285 x 240 mm.

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