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Smither Elizabeth <1941-> |
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A pattern of marching / / Elizabeth Smither |
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Auckland, New Zealand : , : Auckland University Press, , [2012] |
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©2012 |
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1 online resource (61 p.) |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Half-title; Title Page; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; Farm life; Stubble fields; Soil section; Underground video of a mouse's embalming; A cortège 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 |
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<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'. |
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