Early Work

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Early Work
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Author Patti Smith
Cover artist Robert Mapplethorpe
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre Poetry
Publisher Norton & Company
Publication date
March 1994
Media type Hardcover, Paperback
Pages177
ISBN 978-0-393-03605-3
OCLC 28221961
811/.54 20
LC Class PS3569.M53787 A6 1994

Early Work is a poetry collection by Patti Smith, published in 1994. [1]

Contents

Contents

1970–1972

  1. "Prayer"
  2. "Ballad of a Bad Boy"
  3. "Oath"
  4. "Anna of the Harbor"
  5. "The Sheep Lady from Algiers"
  6. "Work Song"
  7. "Notebook"
  8. "Conversation with the Kid"
  9. "The Ballad of Hagen Walker"
  10. "Seventh Heaven"
  11. "Amelia Earhart"
  12. "k.o.d.a.k."
  13. "Dog Dream"
  14. "Jeanne d'Arc"
  15. "A Fire of Unknown Origin"
  16. "Death by Water"
  17. "The Amazing Tale of Skunkdog"

1973–1974

  1. "Notice"
  2. "Witt"
  3. "Piss Factory"
  4. "Balance"
  5. "Dream of Rimbaud"
  6. "Notice 2"
  7. "Judith Revisited"
  8. "Georgia O'Keeffe"
  9. "Picasso Laughing"
  10. "Rape"
  11. "Gibralto"
  12. "Ha! Ha! Houdini!"
  13. "Schinden"
  14. "16 February"
  15. "Jet Flakes"
  16. "Translators"
  17. "Easter"

1975–1976

  1. "Neo Boy"
  2. "Sohl"
  3. "Land"
  4. "Suite"
  5. "Grant"
  6. "December"
  7. "Doctor Love"
  8. "AFTER/WORDS"
  9. "ps/alm 23 revisited"
  10. "Rimbaud Dead"
  11. "Thermos"
  12. "The Ballad of Isabelle Eberhardt"
  13. "Corps de Plane"
  14. "Babelfield"
  15. "Babelogue"

1977–1979

  1. "High on Rebellion"
  2. "The Salvation of Rock"
  3. "Hymn"
  4. "Munich"
  5. "Health Lantern"
  6. "Penicillin"
  7. "Robert Bresson"
  8. "Burning Roses"
  9. "Thread"
  10. "A Fleet of Deer"
  11. "Scream of the Butterfly"
  12. "Y"
  13. "Combe"
  14. "Wave"
  15. "Florence"
  16. "Wing"
  17. "Italy"
  18. "True Music"

Notes

  1. "Patti Smith -- Bibliography" . Retrieved 2008-03-19.


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