The flower, the thing : a book of flowers and dedications / MTC Cronin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cronin, M. T. C., 1963-

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (133 p.)

Place of Publication:

St Lucia, Qld. : University of Queensland Press, 2006.

Summary:

From the Winner of the 2005 Victorian Premier's Literary Award for poetryThere is a goblet of lichenfor the sun to feed fromand a single wild iriswith a mind so oldthat it came before inventionIts condition is perfectIt rests perfectly betweenour hands? from ?Wild Iris"MTC Cronin's poems - expansive and intimate, dynamic and reflective - blaze with electrifying vision. Writing with honesty and wit, grace, and the courage to strip away illusions, she explores surfaces, interiors, myths and mysteries through a kaleidoscope of flowers - dandelions, impatiens, roses, azaleas, flowers real and imagined. Suffused with awe and wonder, these poems unveil 'urgently, now, before us, the flower, the thing'. .

Contents:

Cover; Title page; Contents; Acacia; Afton Blommor (Evening Flower); Alstroemeria; Apple Blossom; Azaleas; Banyan; Blackberry; Bloom; Blue Flower Second Version; Bottle-Brush; Brains-Bloom; Calendula, Like Cleopatra; Calla Lily; Camellia; Chloris (Flower Goddess); Cornflower (2000); Cowslip; Crocus; Cyclamen; Dandelions; Daphne & Dahlia (A Love Poem); Dawnflower; Dead Fuchsia; Dustflower; Everlasting Daisy; Fifteen Chrysanthemums; Flannel Flowers; Flower of the Graves; Flower with Bees; Flowers Eavesdropping; 'Flowers in a Vase Against a Backgroundof the Coastline of Mustapha, Algiers 1891'

Flowers of the RockFlowers which Demand or are Demanded; Foxglove (Digitalis); Frangipani; Freesia; 'Fritillaria'; Garden Flowers (Las Flores del Jardin); Giant Asphodel; Gillyflower; Gingerflower; Grape Hyacinth; Hatzav; High, Yellow, Summer-Coloured Grasses; Hoya; Impatiens; Iris; Island Flowers; Jasmine; Jonquil; Late Rose 2; Lavender; Leaves; Leis; Lemon Blossom; Lilac; Lily of the Valley; Linden Flowers; 'Little Daffodils of Spring'; Lotus; Magnolia Tree; Mayflowers, Hyacinth & Dead Anemone; Midsummer Flowers; Midyim; Mimosa; Moon-Flower (Bind-Weed); Morning-Glory; Mythic Flower

Naked LadiesNameless Flower; Nameless Flower 2; Narcissi; Neven; Oleander (Adelpha); Orange Blossom; Oriental Lily Kiss Proof; Pansy; Pasque-Flower; Patchouli; Pearblossom; Peony (Crimson or White); Pepperoni Flower; Petunias; Pink; Poppies; Pretty Rose; Primula; Reed; Salpiglossis; Saxifrage; Seed; Slender Rice-Flower; Slipper Flowers; Snowdrops; Star Jasmine; Stone Flower; Strawberry; Sun-Jewel; Sunflowers (Forgery); Sweet Violet; Texas Peonies; 'The Red Geranium'; Three Pear Trees; Tree; Tulips; Veronica; Violetta; Waterlily; Wax-Flower; Weed; Wet Clover; White Hibiscus; White Orchid

Wild IrisWild Rose; Wildflowers; Wisteria [sic]; Wolf-Flower; Wreath; Yellow Rose (Rescued & Renamed); The Flower, the Thing; Acknowledgments

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

0-7022-3820-1

OCLC:

609853377