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Icarus Shmicarus -- Zapping The Cong -- Any Complaints -- When Dreams Collide -- Stimulating Song -- Make And Break -- Moon Over Minnesota -- Self-congratulating, Self-deprecating, Auto-destructive Blues -- To You -- Birthday Song For Spike Hawkins, The Unholy Ghost -- Lullaby For William Blake -- Thank You Dick Gregory -- Sometimes I Feel Like A Childless Mother -- Official Announcement -- This Friend -- Poem On The Occasion Of The Return Of Her Majesty The Queen From Canada -- For Rachel: Christmas 1965 -- Nothingmas Day -- As I Write This There Is A Procession Passing My Window -- Ballade Of Beans -- The Liberal Christ Gives An Interview -- Celia Celia -- A Machine That Makes Love And Poems And Mistakes -- Talk Stalk Between Teeth / Pull Stalk From Blossom... -- The Prince Of Wales -- Briefing -- The Sun Likes Me -- Love For Tony -- From Rich, Uneasy America To My Friend Christopher Logue -- I Tried, I Really Tried -- It's A Clean Machine -- Norman Morrison -- The Angels In Our Heads -- Birthdays -- The Only Electrical Crystal Ball I Ever Saw Flickering Behind A Bar -- Life On The Overkill Escalator -- To The Statues In Poet's Corner, Westminster Abbey -- Banana -- Whitman On Wheels -- To Nye Bevan Despite His Change Of Heart -- John Keats Eats His Porridge -- Sunday Poem -- All Night Long -- C'mon Everybody -- You Get Used To It -- For David Mercer -- I Am Boj -- U-s-s-r Spells Happy -- Hear The Voice Of The Critic -- Midnight Mary From Llandudno -- Leaflets -- Adrian Mitchell's Famous Weak Bladder Blues -- To Whom It May Concern -- A Good Idea -- Peace Is Milk
This collection of verse captures the friction between personal intimacy and the turbulent political landscape of the mid-1960s. Mitchell navigates the role of the poet as a public witness, balancing sharp social critique with vulnerable, private reflections. The narrative voice shifts between biting satire and tender observation, creating a rhythmic tension that mirrors the instability of the era. Through a variety of forms, the poems examine the intersection of individual identity and the overwhelming pressures of global conflict and state authority.
This collection is widely regarded as a definitive example of the protest poetry movement in Britain during the 1960s. Critics often highlight Mitchell's ability to maintain a conversational tone while addressing heavy themes of war and social injustice. The work is noted for its refusal to separate the poet's private life from his public political commitments. Readers frequently respond to the blend of humor and melancholy that permeates the verses, marking it as a significant contribution to the era's counter-cultural literature.
Page Count:
85
Publication Date:
1968-01-01
Publisher:
Cape Goliard
ISBN-10:
0206613873
ISBN-13:
9780206613877
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