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'In 1984, J. Douglas Porteous challenged the geography world to silence. True
geographical appreciation cannot be expressed in prose; the logical conclusion is for
geographers to be silent. Given that they cannot be silent, Porteous advocated nontraditional writing, such as poetry. In 1994, Paul Cloke illustrated the power of
reflective narrative for a geographer grappling to understand the world. In 1998, I
started writing geographic poetry. In 2012, I draw these strands together in this
reflective essay, drawing on a poetic journey over a decade old now. Can I reflect a
sense of place or place-making that transcends traditional geographical expression? Did
Porteous truly open a geographic window otherwise closed to me? I conclude the poetry
does create geographical sense and sensibility, but more as constructed possibilities than
as objective realities. The poetry provides glimpses into the experiences of geographical
displacement encountered by many New Australians, and thus may best be considered
as metageographical expressions.' (Author's abstract)
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