LEADER 02951nam 22006133u 450 001 9910480222203321 005 20210112033216.0 010 $a1-77558-005-9 035 $a(CKB)2670000000496304 035 $a(EBL)1557339 035 $a(OCoLC)863823743 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001061478 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11573660 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001061478 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11110952 035 $a(PQKB)10330043 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1557339 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1557339 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000496304 100 $a20160418d2013|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPattern of Marching$b[electronic resource] 210 $cAuckland University Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (61 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 327 $aCover; Half-title; Title Page; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; Farm life; Stubble fields; Soil section; Underground video of a mouse's embalming; A corte?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 327 $aReturn 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 330 $a
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'. 606 $aPoems 606 $aPoetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism 606 $aPoetry -- 21st century -- History and criticism 606 $aEnglish$2HILCC 606 $aLanguages & Literatures$2HILCC 606 $aEnglish Literature$2HILCC 608 $aElectronic books. 615 4$aPoems. 615 4$aPoetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism. 615 4$aPoetry -- 21st century -- History and criticism. 615 7$aEnglish 615 7$aLanguages & Literatures 615 7$aEnglish Literature 676 $a811.52 700 $aSmither$b Elizabeth$0861608 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910480222203321 996 $aPattern of Marching$92467148 997 $aUNINA