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DTP,Rayleigh,Essex  \nPrintedand bound in Great Britain byCreative Print and Design (Wales),Ebbw Vale  \nCaution  \nAll rights in these poems are strictly reserved and application forperformances etc.should be made to:Peters,Fraser and DunlopLimited,Dury House,30-34 Russell Street,London WC2B 5HA.No performance may be given unless a licence has been obtained.  \nThis book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not,by way oftrade or otherwise,be lent,resold,hired out,or otherwise circulated inany form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published andwithout a similar condition,including this condition,being imposed onthe subsequent purchaser.  \nContents  \nMum and Dog1Mad Mum  \n8  \nAn Owner's Complaint9Dog's Dinner10Pear-shaped12The Absence of Dogs14The Reluctant15Usk16Gwent16Classic17Questions of Poetry18The Flat Cap's Secret19The Drop of the Hats20The Luton Riots Revisited21Dame23Game for the Pajamas23Rhyl24Toronto Haiku25The Death of the Potatoes26Je 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