Francis Bennion - Poetry - Poemotions

	Title	Poemotions
	Subtitle	Bennion Undraped
	ISBN	0 9542855 1 4
	Type of book	Hardback (includes a CD of Francis Bennion reading 31 of his poems)
	Number of Volumes	1
	Number of Pages	331
	Name of Publisher	Lester Publishing
	Address of Publisher	29 Pegasus Road, Oxford OX4 6DS
	Date of publication	2003
	Reprinted	No
	Current edition	First edition
	Previous editions	None
	Supplements	None
	Current availability	Out of print. Secondhand copies may be available from booksellers on the Internet

Parts of book

Introduction

Part One. So This Is Poetry

Part Two. Humanity.

Part Three. Sexual Life.

Part Four. Aspects of Public Life.

Part Five. Youth.

Part Six. Sexiness.

Part Seven. Heterosexual Love.

Part Eight. Parenthood.

Part Nine. The Nature of Boys.

Part Ten. A Man's Desire for a Boy.

Part Eleven. Homosexual Love.

Part Twelve. Nonsense and Fantasy.

Part Thirteen. Up and Away in the Universe.

Part Fourteen. The Fell Sergeant Death.

Part Fifteen. Afterthought: Our Dumb Friends.

Contents

Note In addition to printed material, the book also includes a CD of Francis Bennion reading 31 of the poems printed in the book.

Numbers shown after the poem titles are the page numbers in the book.

Introduction 13

Part One. So This Is Poetry	Part Eight. Parenthood
Prologue One 17	Prologue Eight 186
The Poetry Mafia 19	By the Father of Daughters 187
Poetic Companion 20	Family Influences 188
Rock of Ages 21	Daughter’s Cry 189
Not Caring About Poems 22	Why Are You Wearing Your Sister’s Knickers? 190
Advice to a Nature Poet 23	Funfair Baby 191
Ballade of a Hungry Poet 24
Guidance from an Established Poet 25	Part Nine. The Nature of Boys
Parkin’ Larkin 26	Prologue Nine 193
Feather-headed Verse 28	Derek 194
	Rory 195
Part Two. Humanity	Patrick 196
Prologue Two 30	Bad Plan 197
My Drink 32	Now Is 198
The Innocents 33	Man Climbing out of Child 199
An Impressionable Child of the 1930s 34	Glory Killed 200
If It’s Human 35	A Boy of Fifteen from all Angles 201
Time’s Egotist 36	A Song of Reproduction 203
Get It Together 37	Face and Disgrace 204
Have Not...38	Vicious Boy 205
Life is a Whole not Fragments 39	The Doubtful Charm of Pubescent Boys 206
How to Catch Up with your Past 41	Redeem the Past 208
Within My Skin 44
Love Unmarketed 45	Part Ten. A Man’s Desire for a Boy
Stellar Consignments 46	Prologue Ten 210
Born Drunk 49
Silver Ring and Don McLean 51	Seeking a boy
Our Dustman 52	Little Bobby Greenaway 213
Job Application 53	A Date With a Boy From the Agency 214
First Day at Work 54
Genetic Engineering 55	The nature of the desire
Squire Theobald at Michaelmas 67	Arnold, Riffi and Dan 216
End of an Old Song 69	Body’s Work and Body’s Waste 218
	Men In Their Thousands 220
Part Three. Social Life	Bum Fluff 222
Prologue Three 71	A Song of Pu- Pu- Puberty 223
Blame-worthy 72	A Male Mystery 225
Skid Row 73	No I Won’t Do That 227
The Long Intoxicant 74	A Busy Prison Visitor 229
In the Greyhound 76	Eton Gloating Song 232
Cosseted Disabled 77
Christmas Music 79	How the boy sees it
Christmas of a Lonesome Ex 80	Dear, Kind Uncle 233
Any Old Railway Line 81	Reproach from the Young One 235
The Albion 82	Rough Trade 236
Coffee-coloured World 84
Crime Resisters 85	How the man sees it
The Cemetery at Bassan, in the Languedoc 86	Sea Urchin 238
	Generation Gap 239
Part Four. Aspects of Public Life	This Nearboy 240
Prologue Four 89	The Wrong Thing 242
Inclusiveness 91	Why not Stay Fifteen For Ever? 243
Doug 93	Loving Capacity 244
Ballad of Guildford 1974 95	Those Important Things 246
Peace in a Fair Land 96	Silent Worship 247
Polco Song 98	Receiver and Response 248
I’m Multiculturally Confused 100	Obstacle 249
The Public Man 101	Self Taut 250
To a Royal Academician from his Subject 102
Rights of the English 103	Society’s response
Inventing New English Words 105	Plea in Mitigation 251
In 2002 I am Dismayed 108	Poor Boys 254
Song of the Horrible, Horrible Racist 109	How Father Peter Succumbed to the Mystery of Evil 255
Differences in Attitudes 111
Dead Queen Mum 113	Part Eleven. Homosexual Love
Kindly Get Out of My Country 117	Prologue Eleven 257
The Prime Minister 119	Uncle Stout 258
The Democratic Deficit 120	Liberace 260
	Platform 16, Victoria 261
Part Five. Youth	White Cheek 262
Prologue Five 122	Wake Up Boy – It’s Time 263
Loom and Bloom 123	Goodbye Black Lover 266
Visuals Are Out of Key 124	I Could Have Dried Your Back! 267
On Seeing Max Wall in 1975 125	Gide and I 269
Our Certainties Lack Rock 127
Haven’t You Noticed How Super I Am? I Have 129	Part Twelve. Nonsense and Fantasy
I Knew You Once 131	Prologue Twelve 271
Free Bohemia 133	Mrs Flue 272
A Song of Dear Old Public School 134	Bubble Bubble 273
	Falling through the Flaw 274
Part Six. Sexiness	For Real 275
Prologue Six 138	Love Bubble 276
If You Find Me Sexy 140	The Awful Woofle 277
Riddle of Childish Sexuality 141	The College of Honny-Hon-Hon 278
Ruling a Youthful Empire 142	The School for Inappropriate Desire 282
Do Please Control Your Desire 144	Uncle’s Ankle 288
Genitalia 145
Impudent Creator 146	Part Thirteen. Up and Away in the Universe
Jesus Sex-hater 147	Prologue Thirteen 290
Pointed, Disappointed Males 148	On Burying a Nugget 291
Skinny Bits 149	Determinist’s Cry 292
Still Stuck with Lust 150	Nothing I Do Can Be Wrong 293
Sexy Men 151	That Great Landlord in the Sky 294
Wicked Song of the Child Molester 153	A Sceptic in Westminster Cathedral 296
Twitches (or Tingles) 155	This is your God Speaking 298
Euphemia’s Complaint 157	Spring 302
	Geneticals 303
Part Seven. Heterosexual Love
Prologue Seven 159	Part Fourteen. The Fell Sergeant Death
	Prologue Fourteen 306
Courtship	Juggler Vain 307
Signals 160	I Thought I Recognised Them 308
Can You Stand the Truth? 161	The Conscious Embryo to his Aborting Mother 309
Proposal 162	Suicide’s Lament 310
	The Days of History 311
Reality	The End that Counts 312
Her Kisses 163	Thanatos 313
May She Be Cherished 164	Heaven or Hell – or Nowhere 314
Night Pulse 165
Under the Stars 166	Part Fifteen. Afterthought: Our Dumb Friends
Lonely Ones 167	Prologue Fifteen 316
Unearthbound 168	Cat’s Head 317
A Lady’s Invincible Repugnance 169	Don’t Ask About Tom 318
Wedlocked 170	My Vole 321

Doubt	Index of Titles 322
Truth Taker...171
My Airy Flute 172	Index of First Lines 327
On Two Girl Hill 173
Al, Kingers and Pepys 174

Dismissal
Congé 176
Dead Love 177
Faithful Lover 178
Images of You 179
Solitary Diner 180

Severance
Dick is Divorced 181
A Bill of Divorcement 182

Aftermath
Do Come and Sit Over Here 183
Reply to a Small Ad 184