Richard Wonnacott - English Poet
Welcome to the web site for Richard Wonnacott, the UK’s most dramatic living poet. The site features a taste of Wonnacott’s work, five poems, some from his published books including Adam’s Apocrypha and Eeenie, Minnie, Molly, others having been published in poetry magazines including New Welsh Review. Each poem is read by a different English reader and can be viewed and heard by clicking on the links (titles) below. Enjoy!
| The Mafia in Sicily
There is a leaden oyster-coloured stone. It is a The giant holds the stone like a pearl balanced |
| Introducing Minnie, Spinster Lady
I am folded up a little buttercup in the yellowing leaves of a torn book's griefs |
| The Politics of Envy
Ah my uccellare, Vettori. You tell me of your typical day, its colour and its richness and envy is a stiletto in me. But ah, I have my uccellare Vettori. |
| Homulus Suburbus: A Sketch
Horny yet forspent we muddle through all at fours and at fives. |
| Not On
I want all done by the sharp end. I have to get off the team I hate the team. No. I don't want to be told care - to beam to cope. I want to yell: "Won't!" I want all on the sharp end. |
Publications - please visit www.amazon.co.uk to order
Adam's Apocrypha, £3 / $6 Spectacular Diseases, 83(b) London Road, Peterborough, Cambs, PE2 9BS, UK
ISBN 0 946904 75 8
Confused by Prayer, £3.50 / $7 Cloud, 2 Ivy Place, Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland, TD15 1LJ, UK
ISBN 1 899799 04 4
Eeeny, Minnie, Molly, £6 / $12 Sam Smith, 11 Heatherton Park, Bradford on Tone, Taunton, Somerset, TA4 1EU, UK
ISBN 0 9533591 3 1
All poems on this site are © Richard Wonnacott. All rights reserved.
site last updated August 2000