[Poetry reading at the University at Buffalo, October 22, 1968] / Stuart Montgomery, Tom Pickard.

Recorded at the State University of New York at Buffalo on October 22, 1968 by Allen De Loach on a 7 inch Scotch reel-to-reel tape. The Poetry Collection acquired the recording from De Loach.

Stuart Montgomery opens the event by reading an early version of the long poem "Circe" (1969) and a selection of short poems. Tom Pickard reads short poems that come from High on the walls (1967) and The order of chance (1971). In addition to reading their own poetry, Montgomery and Pickard read several poems by Pete Brown, Spike Hawkins, and Basil Bunting.

Stuart Montgomery, Tom Pickard.

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1968

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Stuart Montgomery reading:Circe. --Tom Pickard reading:Mr. Mostpeople's message to me --Mr. Mostpeople's other message --unemployed --university observation --A dull song --Way out west (Pete Brown) --put britain back (Spike Hawkins --Poverty / sweet substitute (Brown) --Butterfly --The bodies are touching --first line of poem:[Walking through Percy Street] --High on the walls --first line of poem:[Sparrows sit on my chimney] --For Spike --Death is an owl --first line of poem:[A black jerkin] --To my unborn child --City council poem --first line of poem:[falling asleep] --A horse W.C.W. --first line of poem:[Why so sad?] --first line of poem:A prayer at bedtime (early version) --to puberty --Conny --first line of poem:[Have you ever said no to a twat?] --Sticking a tail on Catullus --The kind of animal I am --first line of poem:[His mouth is full of maggots and his eyeballs popping out] --first line of poem:[In a premature February warmth] --kids street song --Scrap --first line of poem:[I know a smoking policeman in blue] --Birthplace-bronchitis. --Stuart Montgomery reading:The confidences (Brown) --Gifts for them --bleeg (Spike Hawkins) --Deirdre of the sorrows --first line of poem:[Walking around Hampstead] --Advertisement --Vision --first line of poem:[Alone tired half drunk hopeful] --first line of poem:[The sand blows and blusters up from the warm undergrowth] --first line of poem:[Numb like a condom] --first line of poem:[Plop] --The fig --first line of poem:[I didn't tell you Jesus was my friend] --first line of poem:[The shape of a stone moves more slowly]. --Tom Pickard reading:The wedding --What the chairman told Tom (Basil Bunting).

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