Suburban anatomy / Penelope Layland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Layland, Penelope, 1962-

Contributor:

Australian National University. Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Australian poetry.

Australian literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (58 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Canberra : Pandanus Books, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An inviting collection of poems to illuminate the mysteries of daily life and explore the reality of suburban and small-town life. Displaying a lyrical gift that is alert to ironic possibilities, Layland's voice encourages a surrender to everyday experience. In these poems the moments of suffering and delight that occur between birth and death are rendered with fresh and compelling insight.

Contents:

Preliminaries; CONTENTS; On the horizon; Somnambulist; Kitchen; Lost child; Within miles of you; The purpose of purring; The strangers; January ritual; Lookout; Waiting room and after; Scent; Urban archaeology; Town women; Public notices; The sign; Muttonbird Island; A long long distance goodbye; Inconsequentially yours; Resting place; Blackberrying; Amusement park; Cultivation notes for a marriage; Contagion; No going back; After the test; Time line; Wave watching; Transformer; Choosing music for a funeral; Drink to me; Evidence of a life; Lighthouse; Miraculous; Hearing Jim Jones; Casuarina

His childhood home is on the marketLosing it; High; Old cat; Carnies; In the natural science museum; Kite; Yamba twilight; No defence; Cave;

Notes:

"Pandanus poetry" -- Cover.

ISBN:

1-74076-208-8

OCLC:

475965913