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'With unmatched greenness the plot of earth holding the body stands out on the hillside.
Most of the day's life is drawn there toward what's vanished into emptiness.
the end of the world never changes - the last words from The Worlds Last Night, with no dot at the end. Yet the world of the end changes with every printed or erased line. There are no borders of inherited pain between the verses of this book, even when its sharp edge can let blood from your lines of life, Books are cursed to be archaeological artifacts only when they are about the ground - away from the worms of oblivion and the waiting hands of the clock. MTC Cronin's proems are soft as a stone that becomes sand in an hourglass, silent as a darkness in an empty suitcase. Her purified world of long-distance silence clear the dust from the human's distrust in all yesterdays, deaths and gods. Look at stone / if you wish to read the language of wind. Dreamy words carved in the air! Nikola Madzirov.' (Publisher's blurb)
Most of the day's life is drawn there toward what's vanished into emptiness.
the end of the world never changes - the last words from The Worlds Last Night, with no dot at the end. Yet the world of the end changes with every printed or erased line. There are no borders of inherited pain between the verses of this book, even when its sharp edge can let blood from your lines of life, Books are cursed to be archaeological artifacts only when they are about the ground - away from the worms of oblivion and the waiting hands of the clock. MTC Cronin's proems are soft as a stone that becomes sand in an hourglass, silent as a darkness in an empty suitcase. Her purified world of long-distance silence clear the dust from the human's distrust in all yesterdays, deaths and gods. Look at stone / if you wish to read the language of wind. Dreamy words carved in the air! Nikola Madzirov.' (Publisher's blurb)
Contents
* Contents derived from the
St Lucia,
Indooroopilly - St Lucia area,
Brisbane - North West,
Brisbane,
Queensland,:University of Queensland Press
, 2012 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- The World Last Nighti"The world last night admitted flies", single work poetry (p. vii)
- Afterwardsi"The stone opens", single work poetry (p. 1)
- My Boots Are Losing Meaningi"How big am I?", single work poetry (p. 2)
- Apologizing to the Ladybird's Spiriti"There is no word", single work poetry (p. 3)
- The Two Deserted Laddersi"The two deserted ladders lay on their backs in the yard.", single work poetry (p. 4-5)
- The Strange Waitingi"In this strange waiting", single work poetry (p. 6-7)
- The Heresi"Being here. / Not being here.", single work poetry (p. 8)
- Death Achei"Because we are women", single work poetry (p. 9)
- A Trick Is a Tricki"There are metaphors for metaphors.", single work poetry (p. 10)
- God So Fari"Where the wind is up to.", single work poetry (p. 11)
-
Skeletons, Mouths, Flowersi"This is a jigsaw",
single work
poetry
(p. 12)
Note: Author note: after Rainer Maria Rilke
- My Own Ghosti"I am my own ghost", single work poetry (p. 13)
- The World's Carrioni"Fattened turkey dashes after the end of a sentence.", single work poetry (p. 14)
- Making Use of the Deadi"It was a very pleasant reminder", single work poetry (p. 15)
- Moving the Furniturei"The brouhahas are carving myths", single work poetry (p. 16)
- And So Bloodi"Disaster's marooned in the frontal lobe", single work poetry (p. 17)
- But Ini"Many natural disasters later", single work poetry (p. 18-19)
- Ploughing the Soldiersi"Is it true they were ploughing the soldiers", single work poetry (p. 20-21)
-
"All across the field"
The God of Absence and Aftermathi"All across the field=Di seantero ladang",
Kadek Krishna Adidharma
(translator),
single work
poetry
(p. 22)
Note: Dedication: for Don Paterson, Antonio Machado and John Ralston Saul
- Sits Faithi"Us humans,", single work poetry (p. 23)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Book Review : The World Last Night
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Queensland Review , June vol. 20 no. 1 2013; (p. 126-129)
— Review of The World Last Night 2012 selected work poetry -
Compelling Worlds of Fancy
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 13 April 2013; (p. 22)
— Review of The World Last Night 2012 selected work poetry ; Liquid Nitrogen 2012 selected work poetry -
God and Pogo Sticks
2013-
single work
review
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , January 2013;
— Review of The World Last Night 2012 selected work poetry -
Review : The World Last Night
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 27 no. 2 2013; (p. 231-232)
— Review of The World Last Night 2012 selected work poetry -
2013 in Poetry
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland (Online) , December 2013;
— Review of Hotel Hyperion 2013 selected work poetry ; When They Came for You : Elegies of Resistance 2013 selected work poetry ; Unlocked : Nowra 2013 anthology poetry ; Free Logic 2013 selected work poetry ; Contemporary Asian Australian Poets 2013 anthology poetry ; Women's Work : A Collection of Contemporary Women's Poetry 2013 anthology poetry ; The World Last Night 2012 selected work poetry ; The Mundiad 2004 single work novel ; Audio Overland no. 2 15 February 2013 periodical issue
-
God and Pogo Sticks
2013-
single work
review
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , January 2013;
— Review of The World Last Night 2012 selected work poetry -
Compelling Worlds of Fancy
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 13 April 2013; (p. 22)
— Review of The World Last Night 2012 selected work poetry ; Liquid Nitrogen 2012 selected work poetry -
Michael Farrell Reviews MTC Cronin
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 June no. 42 2013;
— Review of The World Last Night 2012 selected work poetry -
The Truths of Death
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland [Online] , February 2013;
— Review of The World Last Night 2012 selected work poetry -
From Microcosoms to Cosmologies
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Journal , vol. 3 no. 1 2013; (p. 82-86)
— Review of The World Last Night 2012 selected work poetry ; Jam Tree Gully : Poems 2012 selected work poetry
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