Extended Family

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ISBN: 9781857548679 | 1857548671
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 6/30/2006

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Subtle interactions between nuclear family members are at the core of this light-hearted and witty collection of poems in which poignant observations are made about love, death, and human nature. The energies and cadences of speech are beautifully echoed in these revealing poems about passion, anger, tenderness, and gratitude.

Independence	p. 3
The handover	p. 4
Grand Central Station, 1947	p. 5
The Long Island School (for Dore Ashton)	p. 6
The Long Island School (for Lilian Ruben)	p. 7
Copley Pond	p. 8
Catching for America	p. 10
The geography of goodbyes	p. 11
Launching from Brooklyn	p. 12
Night light	p. 13
The last sane thing	p. 14
Flights from China	p. 15
Death in the family	p. 16
Flower market with my son	p. 17
3lb 6oz	p. 18
Extended family	p. 19
Against a backdrop of fireworks	p. 20
Tuning your cello	p. 21
The things you bring	p. 22
Telling you	p. 23
Death notice	p. 24
Do you think the snow will stick?	p. 25
A short history of restraint	p. 26
Dead lock	p. 28
Havoc	p. 29
The weeping house	p. 30
Two a day	p. 31
Water's way	p. 32
Disarmed	p. 33
Cheetham Hill to Crumpsall	p. 34
Home life	p. 35
Keeping the boys home	p. 36
Paces	p. 37
Cellar dance	p. 38
Sharing	p. 39
Premature	p. 40
Nice	p. 41
Morning goodbye	p. 42
Afternoon goodbye	p. 42
Evening goodbye	p. 43
Confidence	p. 44
Scene shift	p. 45
One of them	p. 46
Judo mad	p. 47
'It's only time'	p. 48
The young Taoist transcends his body	p. 49
Passing	p. 50
White china bowl	p. 50
Consultant	p. 51
The widow puts off grief	p. 52
Limits	p. 53
Soup course	p. 54
Immaculate mother	p. 55
An amusing little breakfast	p. 56
Pre-op	p. 57
Verse vampire	p. 58
The good sister and the good brother	p. 59
Beach story	p. 60
The giveaway	p. 61
Upgraded	p. 61
Mentor	p. 62
My last lover	p. 63
Still things left	p. 64
Younger men have birthdays too	p. 67
Love watch	p. 68
Gamble	p. 69
Loving parents	p. 70
Purification	p. 71
Secret	p. 72
Restaurant	p. 73
Urgency	p. 74
Cooking for you	p. 75
Journeys with my phantom lover	p. 76
Flying to Spain	p. 77
Tuscany	p. 78
The same as what?	p. 79
Red wings	p. 80
My brave pink	p. 81
Ourselves	p. 82
The radio next door is far too loud	p. 83
You have a daughter	p. 84
Carrot wheels	p. 85
Sex talk at the gum clinic	p. 86
Prescribed non-restrictions	p. 86
Wish you were here	p. 87
The ticking son	p. 88
Passing the parcel	p. 89
The afternoon after	p. 90
The badly-done-by finish	p. 91
The tin dragon fights back	p. 92
My friend who works	p. 93
Scuffing	p. 94
Out of the loop	p. 95
Single was swell	p. 96
Poetic licence	p. 97
Early train south	p. 98
Graffiti	p. 99
Here again	p. 100
Last logging on	p. 101
Hacker	p. 102
Dreaming knows	p. 103
Slow pink	p. 104
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