The Grammar of Self

George Watt

In THE GRAMMAR OF SELF, George Watt presents a lifetime of memories, which seemingly move at random from decade to decade, from continent to continent, from cosmos to microcosm. It does have one central goal: to look at poetry as an attempt towards...

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Opening Credits

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About the book

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About the poet

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Title page

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Acknowledgments

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Why I Write Poetry

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Introduction

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1. Treacle Toffee and the Grammar of Self

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STAVE ONE--FOR UKRAINE

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2. The Valley of Elah: 1000 BCE

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3. Malta:1565. The Great Seige

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4. Finland: 1939. The Winter War

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5. The Mekong Delta, Vietnam: Tet 1968

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6. Belfast 1975: The Boys' Brigade

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7. The Honey Bee

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STAVE TWO--A PLACE IN TIME

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8. R & R

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9. Seeking One Thing

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10. Spring Snow

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11. St Xavier's

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12. The Little Blue Car

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13. Madam Nhu's Response

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14. In a Mother's Kitchen

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15. The Waiting Room

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16. The Buddha's New Eyes

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17. Almost In Paradise: 1968

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18. An Improbable Ruin

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19. Little Lion Teeth

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20. At Ningbo Zoo

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21. Boy On A Boat

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22. By A River in Zhejiang Province

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23. City Streets

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24. Eagle-Owl in a Yunan Chophouse

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25. Entre Chien et Loup

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26. Evening Sun In An Empty Room

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27. Fine Art

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28. Accidental Mirror

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29. Many Moons

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30. Heiwa Koen at Dusk

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STAVE THREE--AUSTERITY, GLASGOW'S CHILD 1952-60

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31. Christmas Ritual

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32. Empty

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33. The Flower-Pot Men

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34. Go In Soon

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35. Hogmanay

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36. Poor Oot

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37. D H Lawrence & Christmas

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38. Steam Train

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39. Steamies

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40. Green Walls

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41. Geraniums

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42. What Matters Now

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STAVE FOUR--IN MEMORIAM

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43. The Blackbirds

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44. The Doll's House

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45. Desire In Winter

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46. From a Hospital Bed

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47. Mist

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STAVE FIVE--GOING AFTER BURKE AND WILLS

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48. Death Of Burke & Wills

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49. Eight sonnets

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50. Etchings

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STAVE SIX--IN LINEAR PARK

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51. An Embarrassment of Pleasure

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52. Snake In Hiding

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53. The Core

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54. The Red Slipper

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55. Anagnorisis

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56. Boy On A Log, Writing

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57. On A Linear Park Bench

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STAVE SEVEN--OUTSIDERS

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58. Five Haiku

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59. Forest Lodge at Midnight

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60. Insignificant is Fine for Now

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61. Memory in C Minor

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62. Near a Packet of Cornflakess

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63. Possession

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64. The Self-Indulgent Image

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65. To Wait

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66. Trying Too Hard

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67. Welcome Stranger

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8. STAVE EIGHT--WHIMSY

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68. The Death of Scriabin

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69. Automaton

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70. Lot and His Daughters

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71. The Music Has Seen To It

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72. Why?

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73. No Clear Sense of Direction

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74. Plant a Tree

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75. A New Friend

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76. Slow-Eating Snake

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77. After the Flood

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78. At Uluru: A Dream

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79. Beggar and Bird

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80. Buried Secret

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81. Facebook--Fifty Years On

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82. God, Bottles & Mrs Levi

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83. In The Hallmark Aisle

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84. Wrapping

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85. Three Whimsical Sonnets

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Advance Comment 1

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Advance Comment 2

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Advance Comment 3

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Ending Credits

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