LEADER 02488nam 2200481 450 001 9910820290603321 005 20230801231505.0 010 $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 $a20220515d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA pattern of marching /$fElizabeth Smither 210 1$aAuckland, New Zealand :$cAuckland University Press,$d[2012] 210 4$dİ2012 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
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