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Issue Details: First known date: 2001... 2001 Curving My Eyes to Almonds
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Notes

  • Epigraph: In the depth of winter I finally learned there was in me invincible summer. Albert Camus.
  • Acknowledgements begins with the statement: 'My thanks to the Safar Writing Group for all the years of fortnightly workshopping and support.' The author also thanks Raghid Nahhas for his understanding and encouragement, and his translations of some of the poems into Arabic.
  • Launched by Doris Brett at the Sunflower Bookshop, Elsternwick, Victoria on Sunday, 18th November 2001.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Scarsdale, Linton - Snake Valley - Smythesdale area, Rokewood - Linton - Lake Bolac area, Geelong - Terang - Lake Bolac area, Victoria,:Papyrus Publishing , 2001 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
To Dance on Stonesi"Music and words", Liat Kirby , single work poetry (p. 11)
Changei"How can I", Liat Kirby , single work poetry (p. 12-13)
To Give Tonguei"Silence speaks with a tongue of longing", Liat Kirby , single work poetry (p. 14)
Quicksilveri"Clasped in memory", Liat Kirby , single work poetry (p. 15)
The Waterholei"There is a hollow in your palm", Liat Kirby , single work poetry (p. 16)
To Lovei"How do you say 'to love'", Liat Kirby , single work poetry (p. 17)
The Wildernessi"the tent is open", Liat Kirby , single work poetry (p. 18)
Identityi"words", Liat Kirby , single work poetry (p. 19)
Curving My Eyes to Almondsi"You live beneath", Liat Kirby , single work poetry (p. 20-21)
Redemptioni"I dreamt in Hebrew last night;", Liat Kirby , single work poetry (p. 22-23)
HaKotel HaMa'aravi (The Western Wall)i"The glow of the stone,", Liat Kirby , single work poetry (p. 24)
Apples Dipped in Honey - Rosh Hashanahi"As though the sun and a", Liat Kirby , single work poetry (p. 25)
Breakfast - Early Summeri"Sunrays", Liat Kirby , single work poetry (p. 26-27)
Sensorii"the drum beats", Liat Kirby , single work poetry (p. 28)
Historyi"I am outside the night.", Liat Kirby , single work poetry (p. 29)
What Is Left (after Yehuda Amichai)i"Your name", Liat Kirby , single work poetry (p. 30)
Jerusalem Stonei"she dances", Liat Kirby , single work poetry (p. 31)
Lamentationi"My heart is torn open.", Liat Kirby , single work poetry (p. 32)
Do You Hear?i"Do you hear the roar of the wind", Liat Kirby , single work poetry (p. 33)
The Spreading of Yellowi"They are waiting", Liat Kirby , single work poetry (p. 34)
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Works about this Work

What We Actually See: New Poetry Kerry Leves , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 175 2004; (p. 91-95)
— Review of Jabiluka Honey : New and Selected Poems Richard Hillman , 2003 selected work poetry ; Curving My Eyes to Almonds Liat Kirby , 2001 selected work poetry ; Timedancing Jan Owen , 2002 selected work poetry ; Holiday Coast Medusa Rebecca Edwards , 2002 single work novel ; Lost in the Foreground Stephen Edgar , 2003 selected work poetry ; City and Stranger : Poems Aileen Kelly , 2002 selected work poetry ; Medium Security Louise Wakeling , 2002 selected work poetry ; A Tasmanian Paradise Lost : A Poem Graeme Hetherington , 2003 selected work poetry ; The Weight of Irises Nicolette Stasko , 2003 selected work poetry
Untitled Deborah Stone , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Jewish News , 11 June vol. 70 no. 37 2004; (p. 20)
— Review of Curving My Eyes to Almonds Liat Kirby , 2001 selected work poetry
Liat Kirby's 'Curving My Eyes to Almonds' : The Poetry of Fire and Water Raghid Nahhas , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Kalimat : An International Periodical of English and Arabic Creative Writing , no. 9 (English) 2002; (p. 94)
— Review of Curving My Eyes to Almonds Liat Kirby , 2001 selected work poetry
Writing in Longhand David McCooey , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February no. 238 2002; (p. 29-30)
— Review of Utensils in a Landscape Chris Edwards , 2001 selected work poetry ; Luxuries Michael Sariban , 2001 selected work poetry ; Curving My Eyes to Almonds Liat Kirby , 2001 selected work poetry
Untitled Deborah Stone , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Jewish News , 11 June vol. 70 no. 37 2004; (p. 20)
— Review of Curving My Eyes to Almonds Liat Kirby , 2001 selected work poetry
What We Actually See: New Poetry Kerry Leves , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 175 2004; (p. 91-95)
— Review of Jabiluka Honey : New and Selected Poems Richard Hillman , 2003 selected work poetry ; Curving My Eyes to Almonds Liat Kirby , 2001 selected work poetry ; Timedancing Jan Owen , 2002 selected work poetry ; Holiday Coast Medusa Rebecca Edwards , 2002 single work novel ; Lost in the Foreground Stephen Edgar , 2003 selected work poetry ; City and Stranger : Poems Aileen Kelly , 2002 selected work poetry ; Medium Security Louise Wakeling , 2002 selected work poetry ; A Tasmanian Paradise Lost : A Poem Graeme Hetherington , 2003 selected work poetry ; The Weight of Irises Nicolette Stasko , 2003 selected work poetry
Liat Kirby's 'Curving My Eyes to Almonds' : The Poetry of Fire and Water Raghid Nahhas , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Kalimat : An International Periodical of English and Arabic Creative Writing , no. 9 (English) 2002; (p. 94)
— Review of Curving My Eyes to Almonds Liat Kirby , 2001 selected work poetry
Writing in Longhand David McCooey , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February no. 238 2002; (p. 29-30)
— Review of Utensils in a Landscape Chris Edwards , 2001 selected work poetry ; Luxuries Michael Sariban , 2001 selected work poetry ; Curving My Eyes to Almonds Liat Kirby , 2001 selected work poetry
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