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y separately published work icon The Blue Cloud of Crying selected work   poetry  
  • Author:agent Peter Boyle http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/boyle-peter
Issue Details: First known date: 1997... 1997 The Blue Cloud of Crying
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Hale and Iremonger , 1997 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Kinderszeneni"You are my friend.", Peter Boyle , single work poetry (p. 10-11)
First Shifti"The clothes of the absent woman", Peter Boyle , single work poetry (p. 12)
The Colours of Ageing (Anacita's Poem)i"The avocados in autumn age under black skins,", Peter Boyle , single work poetry (p. 13)
On Sydney's South-West Linei"The RSL club fakes nightlife", Peter Boyle , single work poetry (p. 14-19)
The President of Night Speaks to the People of the Dayi"In this room where black oranges whisper", Peter Boyle , single work poetry (p. 20-21)
Brushes with Famei"They travel so lightly, the men of power,", Peter Boyle , single work poetry (p. 22)
Madrid, 1980i"Upstairs on the mezzanine,", Peter Boyle , single work poetry (p. 23-24)
November in Madridi"At the Florida Bar on Gran Via an agent for fame asks how", Peter Boyle , single work poetry (p. 25)
Sleepwalking Romance (After the Spanish of Federico Garcia Lorca)i"Comrade, I come with blood", Peter Boyle , single work poetry (p. 26-27)
Lament for Ignacio Sanchez Mejias (from the Spanish of Frederico Garcia Lorca)i"at five in the afternoon", Peter Boyle , single work poetry (p. 28-32)
Alessandro Scarlatti in Rome: `On the Banks of the Tiber'i"The difficult grace of your aria", Peter Boyle , single work poetry (p. 33)
Homage to Federico Mompoui"The holy city should have a name so small", Peter Boyle , single work poetry (p. 34)
Death and Funeral of the Count Orgaz (after El Greco)i"Night, bald hills, the jagged tapestry of thunder,", Peter Boyle , single work poetry (p. 35-36)
Owl Songi"White shadows poured on the black sky:", Peter Boyle , single work poetry (p. 37-38)
Cesar Vallejoi"Dead these sixty years in Paris", Peter Boyle , single work poetry (p. 39-40)
Paul Celani"He walked out of Bucharest.", Peter Boyle , single work poetry (p. 41)
Four Voices for a Century : Rilke in Paris (1902)i"I am learning to see:", Peter Boyle , single work poetry (p. 42-44)
Four Voices for a Century : Hitler in Vienna (1909)i"I write these notes because I do not yet know what myth I want to construct.", Peter Boyle , single work poetry (p. 44-45)
Four Voices for a Century : Thomas Merton in Bangkok (1968)i"Outside this hardened glass window", Peter Boyle , single work poetry (p. 45-46)
Four Voices for a Century : Child on Smoky Mountain, Manilai"He eyes the fishbones.", Peter Boyle , single work poetry (p. 47-48)
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