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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480222203321

Autore

Smither Elizabeth

Titolo

Pattern of Marching [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Auckland University Press, 2013

ISBN

1-77558-005-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (61 p.)

Disciplina

811.52

Soggetti

Poems

Poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism

Poetry -- 21st century -- History and criticism

English

Languages & Literatures

English Literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half-title; Title Page; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; Farm life; Stubble fields; Soil section; Underground video of a mouse's embalming; A cortè€ge of daughters; Miriam's wedding dress; My mother's black dogs; Violets and camellias; A book of Louisiana plantation houses; Saints' names; Verses from a conference; A sight of maples; The race meeting; A small seascape in oils; 7 little poems about Canada; Nine postcards on a wall; Error on a quiz programme; The French translation; A medley of popular classics; Listening to Handel's Water Music; A pattern of marching

Return visit to a cemeteryPansies; Two medieval recipes; A week of physiotherapy; To Joseph, in hospital; Two useful inventions: The hotwater bottle and the sandwich; The forecast for night; A midnight slater; My cat's scarface; The muse (for women poets); By the Same Author; Copyright

Sommario/riassunto

<DIV></DIV>An accomplished collection of poems, A Pattern of Marching brings us messages of cool precision and accuracy from Elizabeth Smither. Restrained elegance, fine craft and wit characterise the verses. This is, in the words of the last line of the title poem, 'A



skilled performance anyone could share'.