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'Linger over the words and voices of poets as they feather out phrases to lift us into the musicality and wonderment of verse. The love and lyricism of language is deeply embedded in the vagaries and vignettes of life. Imagination floats on the wings of poetry...' (Oriel Parker)
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Gosford,
Central Coast,
New South Wales,:Central Coast Poets Inc.
, 2017 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Grevilleai"in the dim blue slate kitchen where light bends", single work poetry (p. 3)
- Rare Birdsi"The single scaled bell note of an Eastern Rosella", single work poetry (p. 4)
- Banksiai"it stands about in dry sand unimpressed", single work poetry (p. 5)
- Eastern Road, Turramurra, 1926i"Long after this idyll of mauve and green, rev-heads dreamed", single work poetry (p. 6)
- Roseate Galahs near Boorangai"Walking back from the old dairy", single work poetry (p. 7)
- Sewing Sunflowersi"I claw ripe black seeds", single work poetry (p. 8)
- Maroba Orchidsi"Half hidden in a cardboard box", single work poetry (p. 9)
- Gathering Placei"I feel the need to go again to Uluru", single work poetry (p. 10)
- Grass, single work poetry (p. 11)
- Margaret Olley's Flannel Flowersi"Pandanus trees rim a small beach, stagger-lurch-stuck at the back of", single work poetry (p. 12)
- Deserti"Camels", single work poetry (p. 13)
- What I Remember about the Immigration Bureaui"an office is just a room. i waited,", single work poetry (p. 14)
- Massacre Pointi"For years we turned eastwards,", single work poetry (p. 15)
- Pantoum (for My Mother)i"Those winter Saturdays when I was a child", single work poetry (p. 16)
-
( )i"Nestled in the space",
single work
poetry
(p. 17)
Epigraph: ...not to give shape to sound but sound to give shape to silence
- The Slow Colour of Burningi"can begin from a smoulder in the hearth", single work poetry (p. 18)
- Bottlesi"On Giogio Morandi's Natura Morta", single work poetry (p. 19)
- Cul-de-saci"there's many a drop short astronaut", single work poetry (p. 20)
- Phone Calli"My lover didn't call", single work poetry (p. 21)
-
The Ancestorsi"we read the poem inspired by Huang Shen's art",
single work
poetry
(p. 22)
Author's note: After Reading 'Painting Red Orchids' by Eileen Chong.
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