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porters\n\nPleasures of the Flesh,Gavin Ewart's last book,had the double honour of being 'banned'byW.H:Smith and listed by the Sunday Times asone of the outstanding books of verse pub-lished in 1966.This new collection containsnot only experiments in form but attempts tofashion new kinds of poetic ianguage—in muchthe same way that James Joyce experimentedwith the language of prose.  \nThe best test of an original poem is to askoneself the question:Could this have beenwritten by anybody else?In the case of GavinEwart,the answer is almost always 'No'.Thisis a distinctive voice,using wit and humour tocomment sharply on English life in the  \nSixties.In company with the great entertainersof the past Ewart believes that the worst thing apoem can be is dull.  \nLondon Magazine edition18  \n1000  \nThe deceptive grin of the gravel porterspoems by Gavin Ewart  \nLondon Magazine editions 1968  \nfor Peter Porter  \nThe Black Box  \nAs well as these poor poems  \nI am writing some wonderful ones.They are all being filed separately,nobody sees them.  \nWhen I die they will be buriedin a big black tin box.In fifty years'timethey must be dug up,for so my will provides.  \nThis is to confound the criticsand teach everybodya valuable lesson.  \n100000  \nContents  \n1.THE LIFE  \nGentlemen v.Players 11Anniversary 12Eternal Triangle 13A Bad Moment 14Notes on the Way 15June 196616  \nThe Garden of the Clitorides 17  \nThe Decomposition of Management 18Venus in Furs 19A Cup Too Low 20Nameless 21The Muse 22Beginnings 23  \nPrisoner of Love 24So Far 25  \nIn a Block of Flats 26Businesslike 27A Mystery?28Daddyo 29  \nThe Real and Unreal 30  \nSome Second Ghest to Entertaine?31The Deceptive Grin of the Gravel Porters 32  \n2.THE CRYPTICSLines 35Lifelines 35The Great Lines36Hands37Hymn 38Falls 39Objects 40  \nClassical Disasters 41Lines of History 42Gnomes 43  \nCouples 44  \nFifteen Days in a Banana Skin 45Existences 46  \nThe Statements 47The Headlines 48The Eight Suits49  \nThe 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