Aquarius -- Radiance -- Retrospect -- Toccata -- Dot Poem, the connections -- Footloose, a senior moment -- Entreaty -- Whistling in the dark -- Ladybird -- Garden poems. Touching the earth -- The spell -- After -- Inner city -- An aside on the sublime
-- Sky news -- Trees -- Rondeau -- Two Odes of Horace -- Spleen -- A parting word -- The brothers: morphine & death -- Long story short -- Ghost town -- Writers' retreat: Maclaren Vale, 2010 -- Persimmons: Campagnatico -- A recollection of starlings: Rome -- Windows -- Nightsong, nightlong -- Eternal moment at Poggio Madonna -- Towards midnight. The cup -- Towards midnight -- The rapture -- At Laterina -- All souls -- Earth hour -- A green miscellany. Good Friday, flying west -- The far view -- Haystacks -- Blenheim Park -- Cuisine -- At Skara Brae -- A green miscellany -- Sunken garden -- The bird-cages in Angel Place -- Dog Park -- The worm's-eye view -- Night poem -- Shy gifts -- Still life -- The deluge -- Abstract -- Seven faces of the die -- A touch of the sun -- Shadow play -- Australia Day at Pennyroyal -- Aquarius II -- Toccata II -- At Lerici.
In his first full volume of poetry since Typewriter Music in 2007, David Malouf once again shows us why he is one of Australia's most enduring and respected writers.
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