THE METAMICT STATE

In 1987, University Presses of Florida published The Metamict State,  Roald's first poetry collection. The book is out-of-print, but available on the usual used book sites. The full text is reproduced in a PDF file "The Metamict State complete text" below.

       The book contained a number of poems published in journals before, but most poems were not yet published at the time. These (the ones published only in book) are listed below, and separate downloadable files attached:

FLAG OF POLAND

SELF-EDGE

ONE FOR BISHOP BERKELEY

THREE POEMS FROM JAPAN

FROM 12,000 METERS

FROM A RISE OF LAND TO THE SEA

EVA AT SKOGSHEM

IN AN ANTIQUE SHOP IN 'S GRAVENHAGE

ENTWINED

YOUNG WHISKEY JACK

TOLEDO

DECEPTIVELY LIKE A SOLID

MOON'S MOONLETS GONE

COMPLAINTS AGAINST THE BODY, AND ITS REPLY

ADMISSION PRICE

NIGHTMARE

TRANSEUNT

IF ANGER

SUDAN FRINGE, 1985

MODERN JOB

DOPPELGÄNGER

TOPAZ, GOMEZ ET CIE.

AUTUMN ENTELECHIES

EARLY SEEN

BRING ON GENE KELLY

ALLURE OF THE TEPID

TO ALEXANDER ZHOLKOVSKY, IN EXILE IN LOS ANGELES

SHE SANG

CAVAFY'S CHOICE

RED ALERT RAG

LIFT-TO-DRAG RATIOS