The lakes of Mars / Chris Orsman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Orsman, Chris.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Antarctica--Poetry.

Antarctica.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (65 p.)

Place of Publication:

Auckland, New Zealand : Auckland University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This stunning collection of poems is a characteristic mix of thoughtful reflection and precise imagery of landscape. Each piece captures an ordinary moment with a visual clarity but always pushes the descriptions further, broadening the intellectual and moral meaning. Finding a true balance, they re-create historical moments with vividness while evoking the gifts and loss of the past. From the Wellington hills to the light art of Bill Culbert, the poetry displayed here is distinctive, scrupulous, and splendid.

Contents:

Cover; Dedication; Copyright; Contents; 1; Grass; Instamatic; White Wind; The Polar Captain's Wife; A First Landing; Firmament; Alexis; Storm Warning; Cape Gooseberries; Volunteer; Making Waves; Dunedin Postcard; Primer of Ice and Stone; 2 The Lakes of Mars; The Lakes of Mars; Into the Taylor Valley; Steps; The Lakes of Mars; Habitations; Looking for the Dark; What the Camera Missed; Mappa; Massif; Terraforming; What the Flesh Feels; Fast; Ascents; The Book of the Dead; Cape Evans; The Book of the Dead; Magazine; The Beach; Reading Tennyson on Observation Hill; Notes

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 27, 2013).

ISBN:

1-86940-683-4

1-77558-648-0

OCLC:

864414625