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[[Poets in Prison]] is Delia's name for ''Poetry from Prison'' in which poems written by people in prison, many awaiting the death sentence, are set to music.
 
  
It was produced by [[Edward Lucie-Smith|Edward "Ted" Lucie-Smith]] who also translated some of the poems,<ref>[[DD104100]]: "War" translated by Edward Lucie-Smith.</ref> and performed at the 1970 [[City of London Festival]]<ref>Kirstin Cubitt's article [http://delia-derbyshire.net/Dial%20a%20tune/ Dial a Tune]</ref> in June-July.<ref>The City of London Festival takes place over two to three weeks in June and July.</ref>
 
 
ELS sent Delia a series of suitable poem texts on 30th January 1970, and paid her for her work on 21st July 1970.
 
 
Delia's papers contain musical note sequences for
 
* [[Anne Boleyn]]
 
* and her manuscript scores for half a dozen.
 
 
=Poems=
 
The following groups her papers according to the poems she may have used:
 
 
==[[Anne Boleyn]]==
 
"O death! rock me on sleep, / Bring me on quiet rest;" ...
 
<gallery>
 
Image:DD101814.jpg|[[DD101814]] "Poetry from Prison /74": Poem text for Anne Boleyn
 
Image:DD101850.jpg|[[DD101850]] Poem text for Anne Boleyn /2
 
Image:DD101837.jpg|[[DD101837]] Slip of paper with "part sung / part spoken" handwritten on it
 
Image:DD103136.jpg|[[DD103136]] Notes for "ANNE BOLEYN" / words - tune -- written - harmony" "Use hummed second lower line + git. asints. & before?"
 
Image:DD103149.jpg|[[DD103149]] Note sequences "G C D Eb" "O rock sleep ..."
 
Image:DD103208.jpg|[[DD103208]] Note sequences "G C D Eb" "Yet on sleep for qui-et..."
 
</gallery>
 
 
==Earl Rivers==
 
"Somewhat musing / And more mourning..."
 
* [[DD103102]] "EARL RIVERS" (title page for the following)
 
* [[DD103115]] Poem text "Anthony Widville, Earl Rivers":
 
* [[DD103125]] Poem text "Earl Rivers /2"
 
 
==Edward II==
 
"On my devoted head / Her bitterest showers..."
 
* [[DD101938]] Poem text for EDWARD II, translated by Edward Lucie-Smith
 
* [[DD102731]] Notes: "EDWARD II"
 
 
==[[Elegy For Himself]]==
 
By Chidioch Tichborne: "My prime of youth is but a frost of cares; / My feast of joy is but a dish of pain;" ...
 
<gallery>
 
Image:DD101757a.jpg|[[DD101757a]] Poem text
 
Image:DD103252.jpg|[[DD103252]] Notes "TICHBOURNE: Guitar coming in early under comm.t"
 
Image:DD103312.jpg|[[DD103312]] Note sequences "Bb Ab Gb F" "S.F. router but first..."(?)
 
Image:DD103342.jpg|[[DD103342]] Note sequences "Bb  G F  G Bb C" "The day is past & yet saw no sun..."
 
Image:DD103405.jpg|[[DD103405]] Note sequences "Bb F ... D C" "My per I but for of" (?)
 
Image:DD103418.jpg|[[DD103418]] Note sequences "Tichborne" "C A G ... A C"
 
</gallery>
 
 
==Elizabeth I==
 
"Oh, fortune, thy wresting wavering state / Hath fraught with cares my troubled wit..."
 
* [[DD103240]] Poem text "Elizabeth I"
 
 
==Francis==
 
<gallery>
 
Image:DD103043.jpg|[[DD103043]] Notes
 
</gallery>
 
 
==House of the Man Athirst==
 
by Miguel Hernandez, translated by Edward Lucie-Smith.<BR>
 
"I am desert sand, / dearth of thirst..."
 
* [[DD102100]] Poem text for "HOUSE OF THE MAN ATHIRST"
 
 
==James I of Scotland==
 
* [[DD102801]] "James I of Scotland": "When as I lay in bed alone waking..."
 
 
==Lullaby of the Onion==
 
<gallery>
 
Image:DD102841.jpg|[[DD102841]] Notes "LULLABY OF THE ONION"
 
Image:DD102821a.jpg|[[DD102821a]] Letter dated 27th Feb. from [[Edward Lucie-Smith]] to Delia.
 
Image:DD102821b.jpg|[[DD102821b]] Delia's notes: "See bit (or 6i+)"" "E E G E (G) D C E (AG) A C A ... A G F A A" "hun-ger my child sleeps.."
 
Image:DD102857.jpg|[[DD102857]] Note sequence: E|G E-E D|E - E - ..."
 
Image:DD102935.jpg|[[DD102935]] Notes: "TUNE I "Lullaby" V.2" "In the cra-dle of hun-ger..."
 
Image:DD102945.jpg|[[DD102945]] Notes "T.I ? V4" "Bird in laugh out a-laysth in you[?]"
 
Image:DD103007.jpg|[[DD103007]] Notes "TI V11" "tomorrow they will be..."
 
Image:DD103030.jpg|[[DD103030]] Notes: "T II" "Mixture of laughing and flying - higher register"
 
</gallery>
 
 
==Mary Queen of Scots==
 
* [[DD103441]] Poem text for "Mary Queen of Scots" "Alas! what am I! and in what estate?" (****)
 
* [[DD103529]] Poem text "Mary, Queen of Scots" "O Domine Deus! Speravi in Te, / O care mi Iesu! nunc libera me..."
 
* [[DD103457]] Notes "MARY Q. OF SCOTS"
 
* [[DD103516]] Note sequences: "(G D) A G / G E D / G A G" "Ca Je su lib ra in te met OR can Je news va bet"(?)
 
 
==Richard Coeur de Lion==
 
* [[DD102650]] Notes: "RICHARD COEUR DE LION"
 
* [[DD102714]] Poem text: "Richard Coeur de Lion"
 
* [[DD102723]] Poem text: "Richard Coeur de Lion /2"
 
 
==Sir Thomas Seymour==
 
"Forgetting God to love a king / Hath been my rod, or else nothing..."
 
* [[DD103230]] Poem text: "Sir Thomas Seymour"
 
 
==Tartars==
 
* [[DD102638]] Notes: "TARTARS"
 
 
==[[That's How It Goes]]==
 
"Am in the middle of a spreading light, / my hands inspired, the world beautiful." ...
 
* [[DD101757b]] Poem text for Nazim Hikmet's ''That's How It Goes''
 
 
==War==
 
"Old age in the villages, / heart without a master" ...
 
* [[DD104100]] Poem text "WAR"
 
* [[DD103607]] Notes: "WAR" "DD Tape acc.t"
 
* [[DD103625]] Notes: "WAR II" "Same notes for each verse"
 
* [[DD103642]] Notes: "WAR I" "chords are bass 8ths +8ves..."
 
* [[DD104341]] Manuscript "Old age in the villages, Heart without a master..."
 
 
==Waters of Babylon==
 
* [[DD102523]] Notes: "WATERS OF BABYLON"
 
 
=Other papers=
 
The whole folder of these papers can be viewed [http://delia-derbsyhire.net/papers/thumb.html#PoetsInPrison here].
 
* [[DD101901]] "Poetry from Prison /73": "The onion is frozen / stubborn and poor..."
 
* [[DD101920]] "Poetry from Prison /75"
 
* [[DD101929]] "Poetry from Prison /76"
 
* [[DD101950]] Letter from Ted to Delia dated 30th January "Herewith a batch of photostats to brood on"
 
* [[DD102148]] Letter dated 21st July 1970 to Delia "herewith cheque for Poetry from Prison..."
 
* [[DD102201]] Notes: "Library make-up tape / 1.Superflumen / 2.monks / 3.low vroom..."
 
* [[DD102357]] General notes
 
* [[DD102422]] Notes: "Timetable - ASK ELS - SOUND F/X"
 
* [[DD102435]] Notes: "Tape treatment"
 
* [[DD102454]] Notes: "Timetable - Lute Chittaronte(?)"
 
* [[DD102650]] Note sequences: "Eb C D B Eb C D B / On rot ten shore All fight storm tune pours(?)..."
 
* [[DD102821]] Letter dated 27 Feb. to Delia "How are things going?"
 
* [[DD103720]] Notes: "Sung & played: Richard Coeur de Lion, Edward II, Francis, Titchbourne. Played (acc.t): Ann Boleyn" + list of pieces: "Anne Boleyn: only accompaniment"
 
* [[DD103733]] Note sequences: "C G A A F G" "Ev. time ch tae in th..."(?)
 
* [[DD103841]] Manuscript "Intro"
 
* [[DD103908]] Manuscript "Intro: The sky above the roof top is blue..."
 
* [[DD103921]] Notes: "Do: Treat Hedley" Quomodo..." / "I caught myself in my instrumental strings"
 
* [[DD103934]] Letter dated Friday 26th June to Delia "Herewith a full script of the programme..."
 
* [[DD103951]] Notes: "VCS3 for high phrases" "Fish p.47" etc.
 
* [[DD104011]] Table headed "Poem - Tape 1 - Tape 2"
 
* [[DD104036]] Table headed "T1 - T2" "1a Wind for Superflumen"
 
* [[DD104046]] "Id[?] keep still / wind etc down to final level" "Start 237"
 
* [[DD104112]] Letter dated 24th July 1970 from Hedley to Delia: "Thank you for your recent letter - I have enclosed your cheque"
 
* [[DD104153]] Handwritten poem text: "Even such is time which takes in trust / Our youth, and joys and all we have..."
 
* [[DD104226]] "Fx M/U": Table headed "POEM - TAPE1 - TAPE 2 - TAPE 3 - NOTES"
 
* [[DD104304]] VCS3 dope sheet "POETRY FROM PRISONS" effects "FISHES 1" "FISHES 2" "WHALES"
 
 
=Availability=
 
* On [[Attic Tapes]]:
 
** [[DD019]] "Prisons 1"
 
** [[DD020]] "Prisons 2"
 
** [[DD021]] "Prisons safety copy"
 
 
=References=
 
<references/>
 
 
[[Category:Piece]]
 

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