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'This third book is a radical departure in Morgan Yasbincek's poetry. A concentrated dialogue with the world around her, displayed in her first two books, gives way to poems that suggest aftermath and new beginning.
Their contemplations occur in the spaces left after loss, where love and grief are 'kinds of home without settlement'. They summon up the pluck and rapture of childhood, and the wisdom of religions: Buddhist, Hindu, Judeo-Christian, and a resilient and matriarchial animism.
The movement of voice here seems to rely on vacuum and echo for its definitions. The poems refract a spectrum of meanings, from inward directness, to inventive allegory. In the key poem 'gimel', the undulating gait of the white camel 'makes this direction into a future'. Yasbincek's own rhythms, as ever, are assured and light-syllabled.' (Publisher's blurb)
Contents
- Four Serpents of Deathi"the first serpent, black, coils at you head, her", single work poetry (p. 1)
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The Second Serpent is Purplei"she breaks her freeze, weaves, sand breaks",
single work
poetry
(p. 2)
Note: With title: Purple
- Whitei"to some this is an upward tunnel, a kind of home", single work poetry (p. 3)
- Bluei"an atmosphere, she holds", single work poetry (p. 4)
- Balingupi"two hours lost on the backroads,", single work poetry (p. 5)
- A Cow and Two Kidsi"this dusty heifer", single work poetry (p. 7)
- Elephant Rocksi"coated in a vernix of barnacles, small crabs and doomed ladybirds", single work poetry (p. 7)
- Clear Lighti"Under the unmoving introspection of a massive black", single work poetry (p. 8)
- To the Next Poemi"don't wish to pen you or tame you, it's touch I", single work poetry (p. 9)
- Gimeli"in this desert words of love stand shimmering between the sand", single work poetry (p. 10)
- House of the Sterile Motheri"finished with the confusion", single work poetry (p. 11)
- Virabhadrasana Ii"I hang from this prayer", single work poetry (p. 12)
- Two Yoga Asanas, sequence poetry (p. 12-13)
- Virabhadrasana IIi"there's ancient archery in this pose", single work poetry (p. 13)
- Water Snaili"it moves twice as fast", single work poetry (p. 14)
- Rainbowi"it can happen at night", single work poetry (p. 15)
- Children's Hospitali"the building is a stack of", single work poetry (p. 16)
- Hospital Villanellei"metal doors separate", single work poetry (p. 17)
- New Historiesi"she let the boy in because", single work poetry (p. 18)
- Crossi"she takes you down from this cross lest the weight", single work poetry (p. 19)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Untitled
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Reviews in Australian Studies , vol. 4 no. 2 2010;
— Review of White Camel 2009 selected work poetry -
Untitled
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Island , Winter no. 121 2010; (p. 66-68)
— Review of White Camel 2009 selected work poetry
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Untitled
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Island , Winter no. 121 2010; (p. 66-68)
— Review of White Camel 2009 selected work poetry -
Untitled
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Reviews in Australian Studies , vol. 4 no. 2 2010;
— Review of White Camel 2009 selected work poetry
Awards
- Spiritual & religious beliefs
- Perception of others
- Buddhism
- After death beliefs
- Memories of childhood
- Yoga
- Older people - Memories of youth
- Mirrors & reflections
- Failed relationships
- Virgin Mary, Mother of Jesus Christ
- Physical illness
- Introspection & introversion
- Perception
- Prayer & praying
- Hospitals