May I Say Nothing

May I Say Nothing is a collection of homo-erotic verse on both personal and broader social themes. The book is in three parts. The first opens with formal poems about key figures in past gay culture, whom Woods implicitly connects with aspects of contemporary life. The second part consists of twelve-line poems on themes progressing from desire, through consummation, to loss and the renewal of desire. The third part contains mainly longer, narrative poems in a variety of forms, exploring themes of masculinity and power, love and hatred, youth and ageing. May I Say Nothing integrates his celebrations of male physicality into a context of repression and violence. The victory is in the fact that the beauty of the male body survives the questionable causes it is expected to serve.

Orpheus to the Men of Thrace	p. 11
Warlord	p. 12
Favourite	p. 13
Maker	p. 14
Rimbaud in Harar	p. 15
Domestic	p. 16
Nothing	p. 17
Another Wonder	p. 18
Think, Feel	p. 20
Neil	p. 21
Moment of Concentration	p. 22
Chambered	p. 24
A Bed	p. 25
Coming True	p. 26
His Expressions	p. 27
Familiarity	p. 28
A Sign	p. 29
Solstice	p. 30
Consent	p. 31
Henry James to John	p. 35
Reading in bed he	p. 35
A bed like this, adorned	p. 36
Crestfallen he folds	p. 36
Tented together	p. 37
A little soldier	p. 37
Gracious in his credit	p. 38
Imagine a ship	p. 38
Idyll	p. 39
Who would have expected	p. 40
Offer him a drink	p. 40
When he stands over	p. 41
You can tell he wants	p. 41
There is a moment	p. 42
He undresses before	p. 42
He comes to the window	p. 43
The last time he shook	p. 43
Watching your lover's	p. 44
The drip-feed takes the	p. 44
His old school photos	p. 45
He really believes	p. 45
He's melting into his	p. 46
Inscription	p. 47
Seeing him again	p. 48
Not a lover but	p. 48
Your bicycle against	p. 49
The pony express could have	p. 49
I this afternoon	p. 50
Not in two glossy	p. 50
Imaginary	p. 51
Post Mortem	p. 55
Reagan at Bitburg	p. 56
Retreat	p. 58
This Bird, That	p. 60
The Fire Raiser	p. 64
Distraction	p. 66
Going Somewhere	p. 69
Skin	p. 72
Esprit de Corps	p. 75
At the End	p. 78
My Lover Loves	p. 82
Landfall	p. 84
A Blind Man Looks at a Boy	p. 85
Like a Shark's	p. 86
Reconciliation	p. 87
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