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Issue Details: First known date: 2004... 2004 Mood Lightning : An Anthology
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The book encapsulates the moods and quests of eighty seven contributors most of whom are from Australia; the rest are from the United Kingdom, Germany, Malaysia, Netherlands and the United States. The anthology has been organised along roughly thematic lines with nine sections each titled to highlight the role of nature and the spiritual in nature. There are new poems by Robert Adamson as well as previously unpublished poets, fragments of plays by Polish actor/director Bogdan Koca, commentary on the body and consciousness by two psychologists (noted writer on the soul Robert Sardello and Canberra based Steven Guth), translations from the Arabic of celebrated Lebanese poet Wadih Sa'adeh, translations from the Persian, Chinese, German and French and funny one-liners not found in fortune cookies. Source (The author).

Notes

  • Dedication: For Ling Choon Hiong
  • Contents indexed selectively.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Pennant Hills, Epping - Pennant Hills area, Northwest Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,:Imaginal Press , 2004 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Take Twoi"If your neighbour asks for", Ten Ch'in U , single work poetry (p. 6)
Untitledi""She is the sister of my two fingers."", Anis Ghanem , single work poetry (p. 16)
Once More with Feelingi"She needs a diagram", Ten Ch'in U , single work poetry (p. 21)
Olgai"Is there anything less than Passion", Bogdan Koca , single work poetry (p. 35)
Their Placei"Oblivion has no stations", Wadih Sa'adeh , Sargon Boulus (translator) single work poetry (p. 39)
Genesisi"With what meagre space", Wadih Sa'adeh , single work poetry (p. 51)
Untitledi"A cat tinkles discord on a piano", Robert Balas , single work poetry (p. 54)
The Light Continenti"The child unwrapped", Ten Ch'in U , single work poetry (p. 57-58)
Attempt to Connect Two Shores with Soundi"You wanted something flying. You requested tobacco", Wadih Sa'adeh , Clarissa C. Burt (translator) single work poetry (p. 59-67)
Sigh 1i"If one was adept only", Bogdan Koca , single work poetry (p. 70)
Reality Number Six, Bogdan Koca , extract drama (p. 80-82)
Sigh 13i"There is a sand-martin", Bogdan Koca , single work poetry (p. 82)
Somewhat Dangerousi"teeter", Ten Ch'in U , single work poetry (p. 83)
Manly Ferryi"Commuting, often I have risked this crossing", Jakob Ziguras , single work poetry (p. 83)
The Feather Atonement, Joanna Jaaniste , single work poetry (p. 87)
Untitledi"taught", Ten Ch'in U , single work poetry (p. 98-99)
That Day's Walki"The day he left", Wadih Sa'adeh , Sargon Boulus (translator) single work poetry (p. 109)
Maria and Henryi"Maria with hands as white as the whey", Bogdan Koca , single work poetry (p. 116-117)
The Telephone Always Rings in My Absencei"when email comes my computer is not on", Yu Ouyang , single work poetry (p. 121)
Hearti"bird", Ten Ch'in U , single work poetry (p. 124)

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Works about this Work

Eclectic and Very Satisfying : Peter Boyle Reviews ‘Mood Lightning’ Peter Boyle , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , December - February no. 10 2013-2014;

— Review of Mood Lightning : An Anthology 2004 anthology poetry prose
Eclectic and Very Satisfying : Peter Boyle Reviews ‘Mood Lightning’ Peter Boyle , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , December - February no. 10 2013-2014;

— Review of Mood Lightning : An Anthology 2004 anthology poetry prose
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