Early Work Explained

Early Work
Author:	Patti Smith
Cover Artist:	Robert Mapplethorpe
Country:	United States
Language:	English
Genre:	Poetry
Publisher:	Norton & Company
Pub Date:	March 1994
Media Type:	Hardcover, Paperback
Pages:	177
Isbn:	978-0-393-03605-3
Dewey:	811/.54 20
Congress:	PS3569.M53787 A6 1994
Oclc:	28221961

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

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"

External links

• Early Work at W. W. Norton & Company
  • Early Work at Library Journal

Notes and References

1. Web site: Patti Smith -- Bibliography . 2008-03-19.