The poet, songwriter, and performer evokes the experimentation and longing of the pre-punk days in a collection of poems and prose culled from her previously published works, Seventh Heaven, Ha! Ha! Houdini! Witt, and Babel. Selections from Patti Smith's writings over the decade in which she made a lasting impact on America's underground literary and rock scene. to the reader
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dedication
xi
1970-1972
prayer
3(1)
ballad of a bad boy
4(3)
oath
7(1)
anna of the harbor
8(2)
the sheep lady from algiers
10(1)
work song
11(1)
notebook
12(1)
conversation with the kid
13(1)
the ballad of hagen waker
14(4)
seventh heaven
18(1)
amelia earhart
19(1)
k.o.d.a.k.
20(2)
dog dream
22(2)
jeanne d'arc
24(2)
a fire of unknown origin
26(1)
death by water
27(1)
the amazing tale of Skunkdog
28(7)
1973-1974
notice
35(1)
witt
36(2)
piss factory
38(3)
balance
41(1)
dream of rimbaud
42(2)
notice 2
44(1)
judith revisited
45(3)
georgia o'keeffe
48(2)
picasso laughing
50(2)
rape
52(1)
gibralto
53(3)
ha! ha! houdini!
56(4)
schinden
60(1)
16 february
61(1)
jet flakes
62(2)
translators
64(2)
easter
66(7)
1975-1976
neo boy
73(8)
sohl
81(2)
land
83(1)
suite
84(2)
grant
86(4)
december
90(1)
doctor love
91(7)
After/Words
98(2)
ps/alm 23 revisited
100(2)
rimbaud dead
102(3)
thermos
105(1)
the ballad of isabelle eberhardt
106(2)
corps de plane
108(5)
babelfield
113(4)
babelogue
117(4)
1977-1979
high on rebellion
121(1)
the salvation of rock
122(4)
hymn
126(2)
munich
128(11)
health lantern
139(1)
penicillin
140(2)
robert bresson
142(6)
burning roses
148(1)
thread
149(1)
a fleet of deer
150(4)
scream of the butterfly
154(5)
Y
159(2)
combe
161(3)
wave
164(2)
florence
166(4)
wing
170(1)
italy
171(6)
true music
177(2)
acknowledgments
179(1)
credits
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