02488nam 2200481 450 991082029060332120230801231505.01-77558-005-9(CKB)2670000000496304(EBL)1557339(OCoLC)863823743(SSID)ssj0001061478(PQKBManifestationID)11573660(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001061478(PQKBWorkID)11110952(PQKB)10330043(MiAaPQ)EBC1557339(Au-PeEL)EBL1557339(EXLCZ)99267000000049630420220515d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA pattern of marching /Elizabeth SmitherAuckland, New Zealand :Auckland University Press,[2012]©20121 online resource (61 p.)Description based upon print version of record.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 marchingReturn 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<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'.New ZealandPoetry821.2Smither Elizabeth1941-1663133MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910820290603321A pattern of marching4020210UNINA