FB's poetry

Poetry

Introduction to FB’s poems

POEMOTIONS

Publishing details

Contents

Selections from reviews

Index of titles

Index of first lines

Text 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.

FB's writings on poetry

Introduction

Francis Bennion has been writing poetry throughout his adult life. Some of his poems have been published (under the pen name John Quainton) in little magazines or occasional booklets. Until recently he has not bothered much about publication, concentrating instead on the process of composition. However in October 2003 a collection of 189 of his poems was published in book form under the title POEMOTIONS - BENNION UNDRAPED. This includes a CD of him reading 31 of the poems with musical accompaniment.

Kim Atrosh, a fan from Florida, reading FB's book POEMOTIONS