The future keepers / Nandi Chinna (author).

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Genre:

Poetry.

Edition:

First.

Place of Publication:

Fremantle, WA : Fremantle Press, 2019.

Summary:

The poems in The Future Keepers honour ecosystems and the custodians of future ecologies. They navigate the poet's own embodied experiences of change and succession - of family, community and place. From the research scientists, gardeners, birds and plants of Kings Park, to the activism and ecosystems of the Beeliar Wetlands, to the poet's own inherited landscapes, these poems evoke mutuality and exchange in speaking of the gifts we receive from being open to encounters with other species, and the reciprocity that these gifts imply.

Contents:

Terroir

Terroir p. 11

Cockburn Sound p. 13

Leaving Rottnest p. 14

Astronomy p. 15

An Older Country p. 17

Speaking in Tongues p. 18

Cottesloe Fish p. 20

Paddling to Bald Island p. 21

Archaeology p. 22

Physicians p. 23

Rain p. 24

Ngoolyark p. 25

The Beeliar Wetlands-A Place of Many Skins

Kitchen Meeting p. 29

At the Office of the Environmental Protection Authority p. 30

The Appeal p. 31

Ngoolyark Adventure p. 32

Every Sunday p. 33

The Law p. 34

Offsets p. 35

The Swamp p. 36

Beeliar p. 37

The Poets p. 38

Wind p. 39

Nannas p. 40

Watch p. 41

Tawny Frogmouths p. 42

Symptoms of Solastalgia p. 43

Arrest p. 44

At Early Morning Yoga p. 45

After the Clearing p. 46

Babies p. 47

Kaata Gar-up-Kings Park

The Future Keepers p. 51

Kaata Gar-up p. 52

Eucalyptus p. 53

The Homoeopath p. 54

Kings Park Wattlebird p. 56

Mt Eliza p. 57

Immolation p. 58

Permanent Parkers at Kings Park, 1950 p. 59

Cygnus atratus p. 60

The Climacteric

The Climacteric p. 65

At Deep River p. 66

Haematology p. 67

Nephritis p. 68

Cartographers p. 69

Night Duty p. 70

Lett Street p. 71

Kindling p. 72

Daffodils p. 73

The Ultrasound p. 74

Another Month p. 75

Marvin Yarrow p. 76

Drift p. 77

The Boy on the Mandurah Road p. 78

Midnight Stops the Traffic Along Memorial Drive p. 80

Seals p. 81

Driving Back From Bruce Rock p. 82

Old Mokerdillup Road p. 83

Myeloma p. 84

The House of Spiders p. 85

Channelling My Father p. 86

The Green Jumper p. 87

Ladies p. 88

The Ashes p. 89

In Search of My Ancestors

Mud p. 93

The Field p. 94

In Search of My Ancestors p. 95

Banksia (genus) p. 99

Inis Oírr p. 100

Quiet

Quiet p. 103

Dark Fish p. 104

Horses p. 105

Diggers Morning p. 107.

Notes:

Prepublication record (machine generated from publisher information)

ISBN:

9781925591842

1925591840

9781925591859

1925591859

9781925591873

1925591875

9781925591866

1925591867

OCLC:

1066750557

Publisher Number:

99981066671