Bundle of handwritten poems Bundle of draft poems, in the hand of RST. Features the following poems: ‘Prey’ (signed by RST) ‘Could Be’ - On verso of a flier promoting the formation of a consortium of eco-friendly and nationalist groups in order to purchase and preserve Carreg Farm ‘Alaska’ [Untitled, three quatrains. ‘All men seek the beyond…’ ‘…to offer but the homage.’] [Untitled, eight tercets. ‘We have our mountains…’ ‘…on time’s snow and become abominable.’] [Untitled, seven couplets. ‘There is a word between them…’ ‘…the irrevocability of things left unsaid.’ On verso are two drafts of an untitled poem beginning ‘The Balkans…’] [Untitled, three tercets. ‘The Balkans…’ ‘…in his absence abominable.’] [Untitled, three quatrains. ‘Did you meet him…’ ‘…and call itself his father.’] [Untitled, 23 lines. ‘Taking the second turning…’ ‘…truth is never more than on loan.’] [Untitled, 26 lines. ‘The seed – mystery…’ ‘…thought, but visited by sunlight.’] [Untitled, five quintains. ‘We were born…’ ‘…Oh, oh, treasures. Oh, oh treasures.’] [Untitled, five quintains. ‘We were born…’ ‘…Oh, oh, treasures. Oh, oh treasures.’ A significantly revised draft of the previous poem] [Untitled, 20 lines. ‘Sometimes taking advantage…’ ‘…as though their voices were thawed flame.’] [Untitled, 22 lines. ‘It was the sort of conversation…’ ‘…in its ability to gaze on as eyes closed.’] [Untitled, seven couplets, heavily revised. ‘The short line, the long woe…’ ‘…need not be brought up short.’] [Untitled, two quatrains. ‘I saw the night fold its wings over the moon…’] [Untitled, eight couplets, struck-out and heavily revised. ‘Lived longer, wrote…’] ‘Supposing’ [Untitled, 22 lines. ‘P.S. I forgot. Would you?’ ‘…name for you know where.’] [Untitled, 20 lines. ‘Troy was sacked. Carthage…’ ‘…Is nowhere.’] [Untitled, 24 lines. ‘Giving up the struggle…’ ‘…overflowing with trivia.’] [Untitled, 10 lines. ‘Unaccustomed for mating…’ ‘…In procrastination.’] [Untitled, four sexains. ‘Whose drift is dust + moonlight…’ ‘…Of existence, while letting them happen.’] [Untitled, 25 lines. ‘I with my eye on a girl…’ Written on verso of an invitation to a charity event, organized by the Friends of the Ashmolean Museum, intended to raise money for the purchase of a bust by Michael Rysbrack] [Untitled, two quatrains, one tercet. ‘This is where they pay money…’ ‘’…Too far away to be a mountain collapsing.’] [Untitled, two quatrains, one tercet. ‘There was that peace…’ ‘…We did pass.’] [Untitled, nine couplets. ‘Don’t look up so we do…’ ‘…On the rottenness of Europe.’] [Untitled, four quatrains, revised and struck-out. ‘The whole town…’ ‘…To Columbus: You should have stayed home.’] ‘Hesitations’ - written on verso of a photocopy of RST’s poem ‘Other’ (H’m 1972) [Untitled, four quatrains. ‘As though some second incarnation…’ ‘…on the hole of the asp, about to be bitten.’ Written on verso of a photocopy of Psalm 106 (REB)] [Untitled, 27 lines. ‘Could I imagine…’ ‘…an imagined glory.’] [Untitled, five quatrains. ‘They fix this moment…’ ‘…Take us, we belong.’] [Untitled, two quatrains. ‘Immobility becomes them…’ ‘…Your snapshot. We belong here.’] [Untitled, ten couplets. ‘I was within hailing…’ ‘…Not in passing as tho’ it were a poem.’] [Untitled, ten couplets. ‘I can’t write…’ ‘…You relax with + make yourself at home.’] [Untitled, 27 lines. ‘I think of those faces…’ ‘…My conscience from an inferior glory.’] [Untitled, two quatrains. ‘We draw blinds, curtains…’ ‘…Keeps the [?] awake all night long.’] Could Be', Mass for Hard Times (Bloodaxe Books, 1992) ‘Alaska’, Selected Poems (Penguin Books, 2003) ‘Sometimes taking advantage...’, Selected Poems (Penguin Books, 2003). The remainder have not been published in a collection. n.d.