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Alan Fish Alan Fish i(A146773 works by)
Writing name for: Philip Salom
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1 4 y separately published work icon The Keeper of Fish Alan Fish , Philip Salom (editor), Glebe : Puncher and Wattmann , 2011 Z1857152 2011 selected work poetry Alan Fish was writing poetry before his life went dark. He let it collect like a tank of rain-water. His subject matter? Love and death. His poetry is deeply haunted and lyrical in its privacy but also ironically observant and public. After all, he is not only a lover, but a flaneur. He can snap his fingers. He can play Go. There has always been a largely hidden group of closet poets, people who read and write in private. Poetry knows this and addresses them tacitly as its own, but sometimes such a poet says enough, grabs the poems and speaks back. Alan Fish left his basement in the Print Room, left his Keepers behind him and struck out on his own. His work is seriously beautiful, or beautifully serious, in its imagery and shadows; he is in some ways lost, but he is no push-over. He is to one side of the optimists. He is addicted to free verse couplets. As the cliche says: a compelling new voice. Listen.
1 The Keeper of Fish i "Breathing is not entirely autonomous", Alan Fish , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Keeper of Fish 2011; (p. 89)
1 Dissociation i "Nothing, he said. He had nothing against dissociation", Alan Fish , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Keeper of Fish 2011; (p. 88)
1 Grace? i "Perhaps it comes", Alan Fish , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Keeper of Fish 2011; (p. 87)
1 My Robinson Problem i "I can't believe it. I am one man long abandoned", Alan Fish , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Keeper of Fish 2011; (p. 86)
1 On My Retreat (Yes, It Was Mine) i "Weather swirls on the porch like a three-point turn.", Alan Fish , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Keeper of Fish 2011; (p. 84-85)
1 Above and Below i "Under this uneven sky", Alan Fish , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Keeper of Fish 2011; (p. 82-83)
1 A Daydream : She Sold the Land i "She sold the land but not the house", Alan Fish , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Keeper of Fish 2011; (p. 81)
1 Self Portrait Based on Someone Else (Take One) i "his speaking has a rhythm closer", Alan Fish , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Keeper of Fish 2011; (p. 79-80)
1 Hungry Semiotics i "Usually I look into the fridge and see", Alan Fish , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Keeper of Fish 2011; (p. 78)
1 A Visit from Her Parents, Who like Me Not i "The see my hesitation, of eyes dilating at the door", Alan Fish , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Keeper of Fish 2011; (p. 75-77)
1 Playing White at Work i "Go...(and time passing)...in good faith", Alan Fish , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Keeper of Fish 2011; (p. 74)
1 Interior Thoughts i "his bedroom is painted black", Alan Fish , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Keeper of Fish 2011; (p. 73)
1 Not a Confession i "From inside. Where the words haven't gone ahead of you", Alan Fish , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Keeper of Fish 2011; (p. 72)
1 Company for Those Who Haven't i "If you can relax before the music starts you are observant", Alan Fish , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Keeper of Fish 2011; (p. 71)
1 Where in Us Is This? i "Most opera does this, to the voice in part as only jazz", Alan Fish , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Keeper of Fish 2011; (p. 70)
1 When My Lover Came Back i "When she left she took away her beauty and her hair.", Alan Fish , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Keeper of Fish 2011; (p. 69)
1 Why i "Nearly fifty. Returning from outings in the city", Alan Fish , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Keeper of Fish 2011; (p. 65)
1 Diver i "She holds a bucket and plunges while sitting", Alan Fish , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Keeper of Fish 2011; (p. 64)
1 Eavesdropping i "Between now and now I am eavesdropping", Alan Fish , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Keeper of Fish 2011; (p. 63)
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