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Notes
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A sequence comprised, variously, of 12 or 13 titled poems.
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Author note: written to illustrate Gria Shead's 'Just Another Day in Paradise'.
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A Sprig of Delphinium (2 pm)
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"She saw hoops in his eyes, behind the brown",
1997
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Nightjar : The 1997 Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 1997; (p. 1) Black Water : Approaching Zukofsky 1999; (p. 55) Mulberry Leaves : New and Selected Poems 1970-2001 2001; (p. 285) The Golden Bird : New and Selected Poems 2008; (p. 214) -
Raining Italics (4 pm)
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"He travels heavy, lopsided, slanting home.",
1997
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Nightjar : The 1997 Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 1997; (p. 2)
— Appears in: Black Water : Approaching Zukofsky 1999; (p. 56) Mulberry Leaves : New and Selected Poems 1970-2001 2001; (p. 287) The Golden Bird : New and Selected Poems 2008; (p. 214-215) The Golden Bird : New and Selected Poems 2008; (p. 215-215) -
The Transcribed Hoop (6 pm)
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"We are lines in a hand-coloured lithograph.",
1997
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Nightjar : The 1997 Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 1997; (p. 2) Black Water : Approaching Zukofsky 1999; (p. 57) Mulberry Leaves : New and Selected Poems 1970-2001 2001; (p. 289) The Golden Bird : New and Selected Poems 2008; (p. 215) -
The Visible, the Untrue (1 pm)
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"This room has existed for all these years in",
1997
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Nightjar : The 1997 Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 1997; (p. 3)
— Appears in: Black Water : Approaching Zukofsky 1999; (p. 58) Mulberry Leaves : New and Selected Poems 1970-2001 2001; (p. 291) The Golden Bird : New and Selected Poems 2008; (p. 215-216) -
The Bower of Bliss (1 am)
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"Birds, voices, instruments, winds, waters",
1997
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Nightjar : The 1997 Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 1997; (p. 4) Black Water : Approaching Zukofsky 1999; (p. 59) Mulberry Leaves : New and Selected Poems 1970-2001 2001; (p. 293) The Golden Bird : New and Selected Poems 2008; (p. 216) -
Nothing on the Mind (3 am)
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"The gnome's Akubra is a part of his head.",
1997
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Nightjar : The 1997 Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 1997; (p. 4) Black Water : Approaching Zukofsky 1999; (p. 60) Mulberry Leaves : New and Selected Poems 1970-2001 2001; (p. 295) The Golden Bird : New and Selected Poems 2008; (p. 217) -
Our Different Versions (4 am)
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"Everybody thinks they've been in hell too long,",
1997
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Nightjar : The 1997 Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 1997; (p. 5) Black Water : Approaching Zukofsky 1999; (p. 61) Mulberry Leaves : New and Selected Poems 1970-2001 2001; (p. 297) The Golden Bird : New and Selected Poems 2008; (p. 217-218) -
The Sepia Hummock (10.30 am)
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"She threw open the window and light dappled",
1997
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Nightjar : The 1997 Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 1997; (p. 5) Black Water : Approaching Zukofsky 1999; (p. 62) Mulberry Leaves : New and Selected Poems 1970-2001 2001; (p. 299) The Golden Bird : New and Selected Poems 2008; (p. 218-219) -
She Speaks, Language Falls Apart
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"I cannot remain silent and outside time",
1997
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Nightjar : The 1997 Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 1997; (p. 6) Black Water : Approaching Zukofsky 1999; (p. 63) Mulberry Leaves : New and Selected Poems 1970-2001 2001; (p. 301) -
At the Ferry, the Tide
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"Who is Eurydice under the stars? One night I stood",
1997
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Nightjar : The 1997 Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 1997; (p. 7) Black Water : Approaching Zukofsky 1999; (p. 64) Mulberry Leaves : New and Selected Poems 1970-2001 2001; (p. 303) The Golden Bird : New and Selected Poems 2008; (p. 219) -
Song
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"We all know the past can't interleave",
1997
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Nightjar : The 1997 Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 1997; (p. 7) Black Water : Approaching Zukofsky 1999; (p. 65) Mulberry Leaves : New and Selected Poems 1970-2001 2001; (p. 305) The Golden Bird : New and Selected Poems 2008; (p. 220) -
Coda: The Nightjar
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"Seems weird a bird Aristotle talked about",
1997
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Nightjar : The 1997 Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 1997; (p. 6) The Golden Bird : New and Selected Poems 2008; (p. 220-221)
— Appears in: Black Water : Approaching Zukofsky 1999; (p. 66) Mulberry Leaves : New and Selected Poems 1970-2001 2001; (p. 306) -
The Wichita Line Man (8 pm)
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"The cigarette gets the blame. Her best friend",
1997
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Nightjar : The 1997 Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 1997; (p. 3)
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Awards
- 1997 second place The Newcastle Poetry Prize Shared with Jean Kent, Working Our Way Up to the Angels
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