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    First of the Last Chances
    First of the Last Chances
    First of the Last Chances
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    First of the Last Chances

    By Sophie Hannah

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    Touching and uplifting, this collection of the poems of Sophie Hannah follows traditional rhyming schemes using language that is always realistic and postmodern. Focusing on love and loss, these poems chronicle the different ways that people, for better or for worse, can be significant to one another.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCarcanet Press Ltd.
    Release dateApr 1, 2003
    ISBN9781847778734
    First of the Last Chances
    Author

    Sophie Hannah

    SOPHIE HANNAH is the New York Times bestselling author of numerous psychological thrillers, which have been published in 51 countries and adapted for television, as well as The Monogram Murders, the first Hercule Poirot novel authorized by the estate of Agatha Christie, and its sequels Closed Casket, The Mystery of Three Quarters, and The Killings at Kingfisher Hill. Sophie is also the author of a self-help book, How to Hold a Grudge, and hosts the podcast of the same name. She lives in Cambridge, UK.

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      First of the Last Chances - Sophie Hannah

      SOPHIE HANNAH

      First of the Last Chances

      For Phoebe with love

      Acknowledgements

      Some of these poems have previously appeared in the following publications: The Times Literary Supplement, Critical Quarterly, The New Delta Review, The Hudson Review, Mslexia, PN Review, Poetry Review, The Gift: New Writing for the NHS (Stride), Earth Has Not Anything to Shew More Fair (Shakespeare’s Globe and the Wordsworth Trust), Last Words: New Poetry for the New Century (Picador).

      ‘Brief Encounter’ was commissioned by First NorthWestern Trains, ‘Where to Look’ was commissioned by Acoustiguide for the reopening of Manchester City Art Gallery, and ‘Seasonal Dilemma’ was commissioned by the British Council for their 2001 Christmas card.

      The eight poems of ‘A Woman’s Life and Loves’ were commissioned by Ann Martin-Davis for a music touring project called ‘Cycles’. ‘Cycles’ was sponsored by ClearBlue and produced with funds from the RVW Trust, the Britten–Pears Foundation, the Performing Right Society Foundation for New Music, Southern and South East Arts, and the Arts Council of England.

      Contents

      Title Page

      Dedication

      Acknowledgements

      Long for This World

      You Won’t Find a Bath in Leeds

      Out of This World

      Wells-Next-the-Sea

      Six of One

      Seasonal Dilemma

      Second-hand Advice for a Friend

      Dark Mechanic Mills

      Martins Heron Heart

      Tide to Land

      The Shadow Tree

      He is Now a Country Member

      Silk Librarian

      God’s Eleventh Rule

      Where to Look

      Brief Encounter

      The Cycle

      Black River

      The Cancellation

      The Guest Speaker

      Everyone in the Changing Room

      Your Funeral

      Away-day

      Mother-to-be

      Now and Then

      Healing Powers

      Homeopathy

      Your Turn Next

      To a Certain Person

      0208

      Leave

      Ante-Natal

      On Westminster Bridge

      Ballade of the Rift

      Wedding Poem

      Royal Wedding Poem

      GODISNOWHERE (Now Read Again)

      Metaphysical Villanelle

      Squirrel’s the Word

      First of the Last Chances

      A Woman’s Life and Loves

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      Equals

      Postcard

      Match

      Bridesmaid

      Test

      Charge

      Favourite

      About the Author

      Also by Sophie Hannah

      Copyright

      Long for This World

      I settle for less than snow,

      try to go gracefully as seasons go

      which will regain their ground –

      ditch, hill and field – when a new year comes round.

      Now I know everything:

      how winter leaves without resenting spring,

      lives in a safe time frame,

      gives up so much but knows he can reclaim

      all titles that are his,

      fall out for months and still be what he is.

      I settle for less than snow:

      high only once, then no way up from low,

      then to be swept from drives.

      Ten words I throw into your changing lives

      fly like ten snowballs hurled:

      I hope to be, and will, long for this world.

      You Won’t Find a Bath in Leeds

      From the River Cam and the A14

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