The Nitpicking Of Cranes

by Bushe, Paddy

• ISBN13: 9781904556329
• ISBN10: 1904556329
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-04-15
• Publisher: Dedalus Ltd

Summary

The Nitpicking of Cranes is a collection - some poems also appearing in Irish and in English - begun and developed after the poet's visit to China. They bring a rich new imagery and textuality to Irish poetry and continue to develop Paddy Bushe's sense of form and his awareness of humanity's desires and struggles.

Table of Contents

John Donne in Beijing	p. 11
Canal Buddha	p. 12
Blithe newcomers	p. 13
Advice for a poet	p. 14
The poet of the terraces remembers	p. 15
Wine cup	p. 16
Frog song	p. 17
An Mhuintir Agus An Eigse	p. 18
Peoples and poems	p. 19
Crossing Waibaidu Bridge	p. 20
Petals	p. 21
Tread softly	p. 22
Afternoon in Kunming	p. 23
Morning on the night train	p. 24
Music lesson, Xiahe	p. 25
Dawn notes	p. 26
Yangshuo river walk	p. 27
The poet pines in exile in Suzhou	p. 28
Dorchadas	p. 29
Darkness	p. 30
Li Bai's last poem	p. 31
Rice terraces	p. 37
Ag Aistriu Buddha In Der Glorie	p. 38
Translating Buddha In Der Glorie	p. 39
Buda Faoi Ghloir	p. 40
Buddha in glory	p. 41
An Manach, Na Lachain Agus An Loch	p. 42
The monk, the ducks and the lake	p. 43
Lotus Bhearra	p. 46
Lotus in Beara	p. 47
The Alps of Chiang Mai	p. 50
Step	p. 51
The wind that shakes the barley	p. 52
Layers	p. 53
Bolgam	p. 54
Gulp	p. 55
Tibetan shepherd boys	p. 56
Kho Samet	p. 57
Ag An Droichead A Cruthaiodh Ar Neamh	p. 58
At the bridge made in heaven	p. 59
Umbrellas, Xiahe	p. 60
Guided tour, Xiahe	p. 61
Corra Bana	p. 62
White cranes	p. 63
Na Tri Phagoda, Dali	p. 64
The three pagodas, Dali	p. 65
Archaeological site, Kyonju	p. 66
Ritual for the propitiation of the abnormal dead	p. 69
Squirrels	p. 70
In the summer palace	p. 71
Models	p. 73
Ein I gCliabhain	p. 74
Caged birds	p. 75
At the village of the stone drum	p. 76
The master calligrapher	p. 77
The paving stones of Tiananmen Square	p. 78
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