Brock Edwin. The blocked heart

New York: New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1976 — 60 p. — ISBN 0-8112-0577-0.Edwin Brock (1927-1997) was a British poet. Brock published ten volumes of poetry from 1959 through his death in 1997. The Blocked Heart is the fourth collection by the British poet Edwin Brock to be published in the United States. Reading his most recent verse, one becomes increasingly aware that the
author’s pervasive wry melancholy is not so much a passive response to the stress of urban life as a compassionate, virile outburst against it.Death in November.
Five Ways To Kill A Battery Hen.
Paterfamilias.
In memory of B.S. Johnson.
Nearer, my God!
Sunday morning.
The Bonsai poem.
A fresh start.
Hurry up please its time.
All The World’s A Stage.
1. Rehearsal.
2. When the music stops.
3. Thy neighbour.
4. Or would you rather scream?
5. All the world’s a stage.
Formula for success.
The offering.
Market Opportunity.
An enquiry into the nature of things.
The genius of John Cannell.
Diagnosis.
Just before Christmas.
Beach Poems.
November.
Risen sparrow.
Pastoral.
Monkey Puzzle.
A late Valentine for Liz.
Three Positions.
1. The chair position.
2. The couch position.
3. The bird position.
Inheritance.
Vocations.
Nursery rhyme.
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