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    Unfollow: 80 Poems

    By edbarry

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    In his first full collection, Instagram poet edbarry explores that elusive Venn diagram, where the sacred and profane, the spiritual and erotic overlap. With severe economy, edbarry probes the possibility of sainthood in the suburbs with concision and a fresh directness that springboards poetry from the dusty shelves of academia into your home. His is the poetry of tattoos and public spaces.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris UK
    Release dateFeb 9, 2018
    ISBN9781543488883
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      Unfollow - edbarry

      Copyright © 2018 by E.D.Barry.

      ISBN:                  Softcover                      978-1-5434-8889-0

                                  eBook                            978-1-5434-8888-3

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Getty Images are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Getty Images.

      Rev. date: 02/07/2018

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      Dedicated to Mandy-Lou for all the peaks, troughs and inbetweens.

      CONTENTS

      Coventry Cathedral

      Outside Tate Modern

      Ayler

      Wonderland

      Bodmin Wetherspoons

      Frost In Lopen

      Frinton Morning

      Alcohol

      23

      Art

      Walking

      Flatland Truth

      Estuary

      Cy Twombly’s Seasons

      Dawlish Station Postcard

      Spirit

      Alexey And Olya

      Funeral

      End / Beginning

      February

      Urge

      New Advice

      Protest Singer

      The Dusk Principle

      St. John The Baptist, Cirencester

      Margaret Roding

      Silverdale

      Love In A Caravan Park

      August Blue

      Uplands

      Van Gogh

      Advice To Teenagers

      Speaking Tongue

      Hutches

      Dylan Thomas (As An Old Man) Preaches At Glastonbury

      Reservoir

      Who Are The Dark Scouts?

      The Execution Of John Lowes, Vicar

      Virgin At The Driving Range

      Cactus Ashtray

      He Changed

      Talent Show

      Racism

      Torso

      The Bear, Wiveliscombe

      Beatitude

      Ballet

      The Wall

      Voyeur

      Outside

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