Auguries of Innocence (poetry collection)

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Auguries of Innocence
Auguries of Innocence - Patti Smith.jpg
Author Patti Smith
Cover artistPatti Smith
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre Poetry
Publisher Ecco Press
Publication date
October 11, 2005
Media type Hardcover, Paperback
Pages80
ISBN 978-0-06-083266-7
OCLC 60375652
811/.54 22
LC Class PS3569.M53787 A94 2005

Auguries of Innocence is a poetry collection by Patti Smith, published in 2005. [1]

Contents

Contents

  1. "The Lovecrafter"
  2. "Worthly The Lamb Slain For Us"
  3. "Sleep Of The Dodo"
  4. "The Long Road"
  5. "A Phytagorean Traveler"
  6. "Desert Chorus"
  7. "Written By A Lake"
  8. "The Oracle"
  9. "The Setting And The Stone"
  10. "The Mast Is Down"
  11. "The Blue Doll"
  12. "Eve Of All Saints"
  13. "She Lay In The Stream Dreaming Of August Sander"
  14. "Fourteen"
  15. "Birds Of Iraq"
  16. "Marigold"
  17. "Tara"
  18. "To His Daughter"
  19. "The Pride Moves Slowly"
  20. "The Leaves Are Late Falling"
  21. "Wilderness"
  22. "The Geometry Blinked Ruin Unimaginable"
  23. "Fenomenico"
  24. "Three Windows"
  25. "Our Jargon Muffies The Drum
  26. "Death Of A Tramp"
  27. "Mummer Love"
  28. "The Writer's Song"

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References

  1. "Auguries of Innocence by Patti Smith". LibraryThing. Retrieved 2008-03-19.