Esperance New and Selected Poems

by Caddy, Caroline

• ISBN13: 9781920731151
• ISBN10: 1920731156
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781760991494
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-07-01
• Publisher: Fremantle Press
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Summary

This collection of works is culled from the author's first seven books of poetry and contains 17 new poems.

Author Biography

Caroline Caddy is the author of seven books of poetry and has received national and state fellowships for creative writing. She is the winner of the Western Australia Week Literary Award for Poetry and the National Book Council’s Banjo Award. Her work has been broadcast on ABC Radio National and appeared in numerous literary magazines and anthologies.

Table of Contents

Builder	p. 12
Singing at Night	p. 13
Daniel's Night	p. 18
Four Haiku	p. 19
Chinese Painter	p. 20
Rain	p. 20
Stones	p. 22
Pelican	p. 22
Five Pictures (Texas)	p. 23
At the Picture Gardens	p. 25
Rosellas	p. 26
The Parrots	p. 27
The Beautiful Machines	p. 28
Letters from the North	p. 29
Conquest of the Barbarians	p. 35
Hokusai	p. 37
A Member of the Tribe	p. 38
Fire 1	p. 40
Fire 2	p. 41
Aftermath 2	p. 42
Power Stone	p. 43
Cockatoos	p. 44
Dimensions	p. 45
Casuarinas	p. 46
Moonviewing	p. 47
Beach Plastic	p. 48
Hope	p. 49
Storm	p. 50
Sophist	p. 51
Australia - Described for My Canadian Friends	p. 52
Rocky Mountain Hi	p. 54
Blue Mountains	p. 55
Medium	p. 58
Not Mine	p. 60
In the House of Women	p. 61
Garden	p. 62
Waldo	p. 63
Dreams Ply	p. 65
Physiology	p. 66
Finding My Daughter	p. 68
Cosmos	p. 70
Equation	p. 71
Jealousy	p. 72
Conquistadors	p. 73
Sky	p. 76
High Seas	p. 78
Snow	p. 79
Poem	p. 80
Fellow Passenger	p. 82
Arrival	p. 83
Pilot	p. 84
Huskies	p. 86
Japanese Woman in Antarctica	p. 87
Human Behaviour	p. 88
Glasnost	p. 89
The Music Makers	p. 91
Proverbs	p. 92
Aphasia	p. 93
Voyage Home	p. 94
The Great Whales	p. 95
Icebergs	p. 97
Solitude	p. 99
Picture This	p. 100
Shanghai	p. 102
The Working Temple Shanghai	p. 104
Translation	p. 106
Reading Chinese Poetry	p. 107
Martial Arts	p. 108
Youth	p. 109
Making History Jing De Zhenä	p. 110
Persimmon	p. 112
Tai Chi	p. 114
Fine Art	p. 115
The Universe Wishing to Teach	p. 117
March/Storm Sydneyä	p. 119
Travel	p. 122
Idle	p. 123
Donation	p. 124
Night Moves	p. 125
Beijing Opera	p. 126
Science	p. 127
Vertical Hold	p. 128
Editing the Moon	p. 129
The Wind	p. 130
My Sister	p. 131
My Sister Learns Acupuncture	p. 132
In Wait	p. 133
The Meal	p. 134
Under the Cashew Tree	p. 136
Companion	p. 137
Submission	p. 138
Maringarup Pools	p. 140
Stirling Ranges	p. 141
Wheat-bins	p. 142
Wave Rock	p. 143
Esperance	p. 145
Koi	p. 146
In the City of Pragmatic Truths Xining	p. 148
The Keeper and the Grove	p. 149
Planting Olives	p. 150
A Day in the Life	p. 151
Thunder	p. 152
Kittens	p. 153
Clouds	p. 154
Karri Trees	p. 155
The Tibetan Cabinet	p. 156
Starwoman	p. 157
Burning Bright	p. 158
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