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'Falling and Flying: Poems of Ageing is the first collection of its kind to be published in Australia. The editors have selected a broad range of Australian poems which explore the universal experience and effects of ageing. Whether the poets are witnessing themselves or their parents and friends succumb to the years, they speak with great precision and insight into illness, frailty, death, loss, grief, and retirement as well as the joys and the wisdom that late maturity can bring. There is humour as well as sadness in this fine and important collection, which includes the work of some of Australia’s best loved poets, a volume to be cherished by readers of any age.' (Publication summary)
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Contributors:
Adam Aitken, Peter Boyle, David Brooks, Michelle Cahill, David Campbell, Paul Cliff, Bruce Dawe, Rosemary Dobson, Adrienne Eberhard, Brook Emery, Dianne Fahey, John Foulcher, Alan Gould, Robert Gray, Jennifer Harrison, Kevin Hart, Gwen Harwood, Dorothy Hewett, Hilary Hewitt, Sarah Holland-Batt, Clive James, Andrew Lansdown, Anthony Lawrence, Philip Martin, Tim Metcalf, David Musgrave, Dorothy Porter, Ron Pretty, Peter Rose, Robyn Rowland, Philip Salom, Michael Sharkey, Alex Skovron, Jennifer Strauss, Christopher Swan, Mary Tang, John Tranter, Chris Wallace-Crabbe, John West.
Contents
- In the Small Hoursi"It's three a.m. in the morning", single work poetry (p. 17)
- Retirementi"Now that life in the city", single work poetry (p. 18-19)
- Annotationi"It has always seemed to me that natural things would help us", single work poetry (p. 20-21)
- Beauty Tipsi"What words to fill the day? How to resist sentiment,", single work poetry (p. 22-23)
- The Sea at My Eari"The ocean took its place", single work poetry (p. 24-25)
- Old Women in the Mountainsi"I see them in the villages", single work poetry (p. 26)
- What Will Happen....i"when I can no longer stagger", single work poetry (p. 27)
- Lucky for Some (What the Soothsayer Said)i"You have been born in a place and a time and with skin that you'd never have chosen;", single work poetry (p. 28-29)
- The Art of Disappearingi"The moon that broke on the fencepost will not hold.", single work poetry (p. 31)
- Holding Courti"Retreating from the world, all I can do", single work poetry (p. 33)
- Mothers and Daughtersi"The cruel girls we loved", single work poetry (p. 35)
- Night Watchi"Time is elastic; its zenith point fit to breaking", single work poetry (p. 36-37)
- The Baby Boomersi"It is the present,", single work poetry (p. 38-43)
- Not the Samei"When you climb", single work poetry (p. 47)
- How to Be Old in a Hospital Bedi"Your clothes are at least musty, if not positively grubby, if you have any", single work poetry (p. 48)
- Nursing Homei"Incontinence, and the mind going. Where?", single work poetry (p. 50-51)
- Atrophyi"In her stiff and smelly carcase", single work poetry (p. 52-53)
- The Mazei"Mud is what she remembers most,", single work poetry (p. 54-55)
- A Paltry Thingi"This man who must be ninety,", single work poetry (p. 56)
- Notre Dame de Rouvierei"Alpine ventilation", single work poetry (p. 57-59)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Elder Boomers
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 379 2016; (p. 24)
— Review of Falling and Flying : Poems on Ageing 2015 anthology poetry -
Towards the Dying of the Light
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 12-13 March 2016; (p. 30) The Saturday Age , 12-13 March 2016; (p. 30)
— Review of Falling and Flying : Poems on Ageing 2015 anthology poetry -
Our Senior Moments
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 12-13 March 2016; (p. 26)
— Review of Falling and Flying : Poems on Ageing 2015 anthology poetry
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Our Senior Moments
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 12-13 March 2016; (p. 26)
— Review of Falling and Flying : Poems on Ageing 2015 anthology poetry -
Towards the Dying of the Light
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 12-13 March 2016; (p. 30) The Saturday Age , 12-13 March 2016; (p. 30)
— Review of Falling and Flying : Poems on Ageing 2015 anthology poetry -
Elder Boomers
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 379 2016; (p. 24)
— Review of Falling and Flying : Poems on Ageing 2015 anthology poetry