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These poems tell the story of Yashodhara, the wife of Gautama Buddha. The poetic forms used by Jaireth are those that were popular in ancient and medieval Indian, Sanskrit and non-Sanskrit literatures.
The narrative is constructed around poems about six seasons, with each season made up of six poems of fourteen lines. The season-poems follow a strict poetic structure and represent the voice of Yashodhara. Longer narrative poems interject the season-poems. The narrative poems are about the Buddha and are written in the voice of a contemporary narrator.
(Source: Author's notes in the text of Yashodhara : Six Seasons Without You and in introductory comments to the text of some of the poems that were published in Conversations : Occasional Writing from the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies vol.2 no.2 December 2001.)
Notes
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Dedication: for JH, KJ and MJ
Affiliation Notes
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Associated with the AustLit subset Australian Literary Responses to 'Asia' as the work contains 'Asian' characters and uses 'Asian' imagery.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Sydney,
New South Wales,:Wild Peony
, 2003 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Death of the Buddhai"The word had spread", single work poetry (p. 3-9)
- Summer 1i"It's hot and there is no other word", single work poetry (p. 10)
- Summer 2i"We shall cut two holes in the melon", single work poetry (p. 11)
- Summer 3i"The pond has dried and cracks", single work poetry (p. 12)
- Summer 4i"Once again", single work poetry (p. 13)
- Summer 5i"Last night as I dipped", single work poetry (p. 14)
- Summer 6i"Look Ma, look, little Rahul grabs my hand", single work poetry (p. 15)
- Four Encountersi"I have been shocked", single work poetry (p. 16-20)
- The Rains 1i"For three days and nights", single work poetry (p. 21)
- The Rains 2i"Two elephants are playing", single work poetry (p. 22)
- The Rains 3i"No this is not the rain I am waiting for", single work poetry (p. 23)
- The Rains 4i"It would be me;", single work poetry (p. 24)
- The Rains 5i"The rain has stopped", single work poetry (p. 25)
- The Rains 6i"I come out on the roof", single work poetry (p. 26)
- The Departurei"Thus one summer night,", single work poetry (p. 27-29)
- Autumn 1i"A strange calm has suddenly descended.", single work poetry (p. 30)
- Autumn 2i"Vasudha, who is madly in love", single work poetry (p. 31)
- Autumn 3i"The spring is far away, but I miss the", single work poetry (p. 32)
- Autumn 4i"If you happen to walk past", single work poetry (p. 33)
- Autumn 5i"Vasudha often tells me", single work poetry (p. 34)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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What I’m Reading
2014
single work
column
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2014; -
Tasty Life
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 179 2005; (p. 69-71)
— Review of Yashodhara : Six Seasons Without You 2003 selected work poetry ; Studio Moon 2003 selected work poetry ; At the Hotel Zudabollo 2004 selected work poetry ; Dark Laughter 2004 selected work poetry ; Love and Wigs : Poems of Bangkok, Bollywood and Beyond 2003 selected work poetry ; Festoon 2004 selected work poetry -
Untitled
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: Five Bells , Summer vol. 11 no. 1 2004; (p. 44-46)
— Review of Yashodhara : Six Seasons Without You 2003 selected work poetry -
A Poetic Diversity Beyond City and Bush
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 24 January 2004; (p. 6a)
— Review of Studio Moon 2003 selected work poetry ; The Man and the Map 2003 selected work poetry ; Yashodhara : Six Seasons Without You 2003 selected work poetry
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A Poetic Diversity Beyond City and Bush
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 24 January 2004; (p. 6a)
— Review of Studio Moon 2003 selected work poetry ; The Man and the Map 2003 selected work poetry ; Yashodhara : Six Seasons Without You 2003 selected work poetry -
Untitled
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: Five Bells , Summer vol. 11 no. 1 2004; (p. 44-46)
— Review of Yashodhara : Six Seasons Without You 2003 selected work poetry -
Tasty Life
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 179 2005; (p. 69-71)
— Review of Yashodhara : Six Seasons Without You 2003 selected work poetry ; Studio Moon 2003 selected work poetry ; At the Hotel Zudabollo 2004 selected work poetry ; Dark Laughter 2004 selected work poetry ; Love and Wigs : Poems of Bangkok, Bollywood and Beyond 2003 selected work poetry ; Festoon 2004 selected work poetry -
What I’m Reading
2014
single work
column
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2014;
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