Complete Poems: 1965-2020 by Michael Butterworth (Space Cowboy Books, February 3, 2023, 978-1-73282-576-5, £13.99, xvii+189pp, tp, co, cover by Jean-Paul L. Garnier & Misen) [edited by Jean-Paul L. Garnier]
A hardcover edition (-577-2, £18.99) was announced but not seen.
- ix · Introduction · Jim Burns · in
- xi · Author’s Preface · Michael Butterworth · pr
- 1 · 1965-1968
- 3 · untitled (“You’re moving through life”) · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 3 · Author in His Room at Night · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 3 · The Nose · Michael Butterworth · pm Emanations ed. Carter Kaplan, International Authors, 2011
- 4 · untitled (“The deep warm”) · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 4 · untitled (“Unfinished/flashes of cloudscape”) · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 5 · Over a Neon City · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 5 · Brass Life · Michael Butterworth · pm Emanations ed. Carter Kaplan, International Authors, 2011
- 6 · The Legacy (Spoken by King Trash in 2030) · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 7 · After Galactic War—From a Road on Earth · Michael Butterworth · pm New Worlds #177, November 1967
- 8 · In Willian Fields · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 9 · Paula · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 10 · Hoover & Writer · Michael Butterworth · pm Cipher #5, 1981
- 11 · Girl Hitchhiker (for C) · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 11 · My Bed Is Too Short · Michael Butterworth · pm Emanations ed. Carter Kaplan, International Authors, 2011, as “Long Legs”
- 12 · Useless Black and White Sex Over Manchester · Michael Butterworth · pm Manchester Independent March 7 1967
- 15 · Circularisation of Condensed Conventional Straight-Line Word-Image Structures · Michael Butterworth · ms New Worlds #192, July 1969
- 22 · untitled (“the dawn of man”) · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 23 · Sergeant Pepper’s Postatomic Skull · Michael Butterworth · ss Ambit #36, 1968
- 29 · An Ode to Collage Artists · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 30 · The Importance of Me · Michael Butterworth · pm Breakthru #39, March 1968
- 30 · untitled (“one day/a man opened”) · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 31 · Girl in Bath · Michael Butterworth · pm Emanations ed. Carter Kaplan, International Authors, 2011
- 31 · The Likeness · Michael Butterworth · pm Speculative Fictions #1, 2014
- 33 · Farness · Michael Butterworth · pm Lyric #1, March 1968
- 34 · Icicle the Tricycle and the Letter Box · Michael Butterworth · pm Breakthru #41, July 1968
- 35 · Concentrate 3 · Michael Butterworth · vi New Worlds #197, January 1970
- 37 · untitled (“a million light years from here”) · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 37 · Highlights of a Ten Minute Conversation Between Two Girls · Michael Butterworth · pm The Quill #36, 1968
- 38 · Under the Influence of Bush · Michael Butterworth · pm Ludd’s Mill #18, 1981
- 39 · Two Poems · gp
- _39 · untitled (“stamen protruding stick”) · Michael Butterworth · pm Ludd’s Mill #16/17, Winter 1980
- _39 · untitled (“there’s no blood”) · Michael Butterworth · pm Zimri #6, May 1974
- 41 · Three Poems · gp
- _41 · untitled (“death feels”) · Michael Butterworth · pm Platform #6, 1974
- _41 · untitled (“tiny whorl”) · Michael Butterworth · pm Platform #6, 1974
- _42 · untitled (“against my will”) · Michael Butterworth · pm Platform #6, 1974
- 44 · Misophonia · Michael Butterworth · pm Necrophiliac #1, 1967/68, as “Tryclops”; slightly revised.
- 47 · 1968-1975
- 49 · For Gina · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 50 · The Builders of the Transpennine Motorway · Michael Butterworth · pm Emanations: Second Sight ed. Carter Kaplan, International Authors, 2012
- 52 · Four Poems · Michael Butterworth · gp
- _52 · untitled (“One/wife/stays out at”) · Michael Butterworth · pm
- _53 · untitled (“I’m not/spending/the rest of/my life”) · Michael Butterworth · pm
- _55 · untitled (“This is just to confirm”) · Michael Butterworth · pm Emanations: Second Sight ed. Carter Kaplan, International Authors, 2012, as “Breakdown 3”
- _56 · untitled (“The phone rings”) · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 58 · The Builders of the Transpennine Motorway: Part 2 · Michael Butterworth · pm Emanations: Second Sight ed. Carter Kaplan, International Authors, 2012
- 60 · Waste Paper · Michael Butterworth · vi Emanations: Foray Into Forever ed. Carter Kaplan, International Authors, 2014
- 60 · untitled (“this new life”) · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 60 · untitled (“On Broken Hill”) · Michael Butterworth · pm Emanations ed. Carter Kaplan, International Authors, 2011
- 60 · Illusion · Michael Butterworth · pm Emanations ed. Carter Kaplan, International Authors, 2011
- 61 · untitled (“When I walk, I bounce”) · Michael Butterworth · pm Emanations ed. Carter Kaplan, International Authors, 2011
- 62 · untitled (“The buildings are very low round here”) · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 62 · untitled (“Here comes the train”) · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 63 · untitled (“My Gina”) · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 64 · untitled (“After all the words, nothing”) · Michael Butterworth · pm Skylight #1, Spring 1971, as “Sun Flower”
- 65 · Daffodil · Michael Butterworth · vi Curtains December 1971, as “Plant”
- 65 · untitled (“Wounded in the flesh”) · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 66 · For G · Michael Butterworth · pm Zimri #8, March 1976
- 68 · Premature · Michael Butterworth · pm Emanations: Second Sight ed. Carter Kaplan, International Authors, 2012
- 70 · Poem Written as a Series of Statements · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 73 · untitled (“OK, So I’ve been put on this planet”) · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 73 · Breaking New Ground · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 74 · Along the Beach · Michael Butterworth · pm Zimri #6, May 1974
- 75 · Until Now · Michael Butterworth · pm Emanations: Third Eye ed. Carter Kaplan, International Authors, 2013
- 80 · Autumn Poem · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 81 · untitled (“In the morning’s All Clear”) · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 83 · 1975-1979
- 85 · untitled (“All things must have an eye”) · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 85 · untitled (“my being radiates longing”) · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 86 · The Mad Girl · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 90 · The Sitting Ducks · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 91 · The New Man · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 92 · untitled (“you in your smart clothes”) · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 92 · Love Poem for V · Michael Butterworth · pm Sepia #1, July 1977
- 93 · The Cracks in the Neighbourhood · Michael Butterworth · pm Emanations ed. Carter Kaplan, International Authors, 2011
- 94 · Ghosts · Michael Butterworth · pm Emanations ed. Carter Kaplan, International Authors, 2011, as “The Bomb Explodes”
an earlier form appeared as part of “The Hurricane in a Night Jar” (Savoy Dreams ed. Michael Butterworth & David Britton, Savoy, 1984) as “The Ghosts”.
- 104 · In the Modern World · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 105 · untitled (“the/clock/ticking”) · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 105 · The Union · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 106 · untitled (“I can remember/when she gave me”) · Michael Butterworth · pm Emanations: Foray Into Forever ed. Carter Kaplan, International Authors, 2014
- 113 · The Chemical Genesis of the Known Universe · Michael Butterworth · pm Emanations: Second Sight ed. Carter Kaplan, International Authors, 2012
- 114 · untitled (“Unscalable rock faces”) · Michael Butterworth · pm Emanations ed. Carter Kaplan, International Authors, 2011
- 115 · 1979-1989
- 117 · The 1980s—Part One · Michael Butterworth · pm Savoy Dreams ed. Michael Butterworth & David Britton, Savoy, 1984
- 118 · The 1980s—Part Two · Michael Butterworth · pm Savoy Dreams ed. Michael Butterworth & David Britton, Savoy, 1984
- 119 · untitled (“I lie in bed”) · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 120 · untitled (“From time to time the world reminds”) · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 120 · untitled (“Me a society visitor”) · Michael Butterworth · pm Emanations ed. Carter Kaplan, International Authors, 2011
- 121 · Juxtapositions · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 123 · The 1980s—Part Three · Michael Butterworth · pm Savoy Dreams ed. Michael Butterworth & David Britton, Savoy, 1984
- 125 · Three Poems · Michael Butterworth · gp
- _125 · untitled (“Silent black forms”) · Michael Butterworth · pm
- _125 · untitled (“I sit in endless”) · Michael Butterworth · pm
- _126 · untitled (“There is no escape”) · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 126 · Wanker · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 127 · History Lesson · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 127 · untitled (“When I was asked by Mary Lou”) · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 128 · The Ogi Men · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 130 · Space Radio · Michael Butterworth · pm Emanations: Second Sight ed. Carter Kaplan, International Authors, 2012
- 132 · The Snammer-Man · Michael Butterworth · pm Emanations ed. Carter Kaplan, International Authors, 2011
- 133 · In Dunham Park · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 133 · untitled (“The end will arrive”) · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 133 · untitled (“When all the charging about’s been done”) · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 133 · untitled (“This voice, recognisable”) · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 134 · A Weight of Fog, Please · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 134 · Bus Stop · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 134 · Feelin’ Kind’a Blue · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 135 · untitled (“Dark world”) · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 135 · untitled (“Moral of the dark night—”) · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 136 · Slow, Soulful Jazz Song · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 138 · I’m Clinging to the Rock Face · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 139 · 1989-2001
- 141 · untitled (“These strange things called trees”) · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 141 · Mouselow · Michael Butterworth · pm Emanations ed. Carter Kaplan, International Authors, 2011
- 141 · At Pant-yr-Esgair · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 142 · For Sophie and Lianne · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 142 · untitled (“The punctual face of the blind ripper”) · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 143 · Two Poems · gp
- _143 · untitled (“I have decided to wear”) · Michael Butterworth · pm Emanations: Chorus Pleiades ed. Carter Kaplan, International Authors, 2018
- _143 · untitled (“I shall wind down”) · Michael Butterworth · pm Emanations: Chorus Pleiades ed. Carter Kaplan, International Authors, 2018
- 144 · For Charlotte · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 145 · For Martin · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 146 · Zazen at Bookchain · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 146 · Ode to No One in Particular · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 146 · For Natalia · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 146 · For Lucy · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 147 · For S · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 147 · The Storehouse of Life · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 149 · 2001-2020
- 151 · Love Poem for S · Michael Butterworth · pm Octo-Emanations ed. Carter Kaplan, International Authors, 2020
- 152 · For Richard Kostelanetz · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 153 · At Ladybarn · Michael Butterworth · pm Octo-Emanations ed. Carter Kaplan, International Authors, 2020
- 154 · Off to the Riots! · Michael Butterworth · pm Octo-Emanations ed. Carter Kaplan, International Authors, 2020
- 155 · Where Am I? Here I Am! · Michael Butterworth · pm Emanations: I Am Not a Number ed. Carter Kaplan, International Authors, 2017, as “Summer Poems”
- 162 · Buddhafield · Michael Butterworth · pm Emanations: I Am Not a Number ed. Carter Kaplan, International Authors, 2017; previously published in a reduced form in Speculative Fictions #2, 2015.
- 168 · Buddhafield Again · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 170 · Travelling to Meet S · Michael Butterworth · pm Octo-Emanations ed. Carter Kaplan, International Authors, 2020
- 170 · untitled (“Gallant?/For fighting?”) · Michael Butterworth · pm Emanations: 2+2=5 ed. Carter Kaplan, International Authors, 2015
- 171 · Much Drinking and Little Thinking · Michael Butterworth · pm Octo-Emanations ed. Carter Kaplan, International Authors, 2020, as “Little Thinking”
- 171 · untitled (“If/Nothing new”) · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 171 · untitled (“I’m here/I’m still here”) · Michael Butterworth · pm Octo-Emanations ed. Carter Kaplan, International Authors, 2020
- 172 · Reading the Dermot Healey Obit · Michael Butterworth · pm Octo-Emanations ed. Carter Kaplan, International Authors, 2020, as “Dermot Healey”
- 172 · untitled (“While our parents live”) · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 172 · untitled (“Plug-in with Sony”) · Michael Butterworth · pm Octo-Emanations ed. Carter Kaplan, International Authors, 2020
- 172 · 1958 · Michael Butterworth · pm Octo-Emanations ed. Carter Kaplan, International Authors, 2020
- 173 · untitled (“Adam was/made/From Eve”) · Michael Butterworth · pm Emanations: 2+2=5 ed. Carter Kaplan, International Authors, 2015
- 173 · On the Closing of a Local Haunt · Michael Butterworth · pm Octo-Emanations ed. Carter Kaplan, International Authors, 2020, as “Drip”
- 173 · From a Train Window · Michael Butterworth · pm Speculative Fictions #2, 2015, as “Fields”
- 174 · They Shoot People, Don’t They? · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 174 · After the Election · Michael Butterworth · pm Speculative Fictions #2, 2015, as “Rout”
- 174 · Pain · Michael Butterworth · pm Octo-Emanations ed. Carter Kaplan, International Authors, 2020
- 175 · untitled (“He remembered”) · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 175 · untitled (“Absorbed in work, I forget”) · Michael Butterworth · pm Speculative Fictions #3, 2016, as “Forget”
- 176 · Emptiness · Michael Butterworth · pm Speculative Fictions #6, 2019
- 177 · Beech Croft Farm · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 178 · untitled (“The lowering sun”) · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 178 · untitled (“My heart/And head”) · Michael Butterworth · pm Octo-Emanations ed. Carter Kaplan, International Authors, 2020
- 178 · untitled (“Your eyes wide”) · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 178 · untitled (“I did/The 3-D”) · Michael Butterworth · pm Octo-Emanations ed. Carter Kaplan, International Authors, 2020
- 178 · Early Blackbird at Ty Mawr · Michael Butterworth · pm Octo-Emanations ed. Carter Kaplan, International Authors, 2020
- 179 · Death of a Great Mammal · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 179 · Shell Island (Looking Out to Bardsey) · Michael Butterworth · pm Octo-Emanations ed. Carter Kaplan, International Authors, 2020
- 179 · Beware Perfidious Albion · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 180 · Room · Michael Butterworth · pm Octo-Emanations ed. Carter Kaplan, International Authors, 2020, as “untitled (“Traffic swells/And ebbs”)”
- 181 · untitled (“Here I am”) · Michael Butterworth · pm Octo-Emanations ed. Carter Kaplan, International Authors, 2020, as “At Seventy”
- 182 · Three Connected Poems · gp
- _182 · untitled (“Noting the appearance”) · Michael Butterworth · pm Emanations: Chorus Pleiades ed. Carter Kaplan, International Authors, 2018
- _182 · untitled (“I used to think”) · Michael Butterworth · pm Emanations: Chorus Pleiades ed. Carter Kaplan, International Authors, 2018
- _182 · untitled (“Signs may”) · Michael Butterworth · pm Emanations: Chorus Pleiades ed. Carter Kaplan, International Authors, 2018
- 183 · The Playground · Michael Butterworth · pm Octo-Emanations ed. Carter Kaplan, International Authors, 2020
- 183 · untitled (“The fastest/Spreading thing”) · Michael Butterworth · pm Octo-Emanations ed. Carter Kaplan, International Authors, 2020
- 183 · The Racist English · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 183 · untitled (“You can have me. But”) · Michael Butterworth · pm Octo-Emanations ed. Carter Kaplan, International Authors, 2020
- 183 · Cooperation · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 184 · Two Poems · gp
- 184 · untitled (“Memories/Join together”) · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 184 · untitled (“Now they arrive”) · Michael Butterworth · pm Octo-Emanations ed. Carter Kaplan, International Authors, 2020
- 185 · Mit Senoj, at the Manchester Contemporary · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 185 · “Woodland Near Otley”, Phill Hopkins · Michael Butterworth · pm Octo-Emanations ed. Carter Kaplan, International Authors, 2020, as “Shall I Go”
- 186 · untitled (“Like an old husk”) · Michael Butterworth · pm
revised from “Like We Arrived” (Octo-Emanations ed. Carter Kaplan, International Authors, 2020).
- 186 · untitled (“Laden arms”) · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 186 · Daydream · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 187 · Birthday Poem for M · Michael Butterworth · pm
- 189 · Publication History · [uncredited] · bi
- 191 · About the Author · [uncredited] · bg
- 193 · About Jim Burns · [uncredited] · bg
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