New and Selected PoemsA poet of tremendous energy and imaginative richness, Philip Salom's poetry has also been characterised by a vividly, sometimes fiercely sensual responsiveness to landscapes, people and objects. This major selection from his seven previous books shows his great range and growth in stature from the physicality of the early rural poems, to the internationally acclaimed Sky Poems, and, most recently, the inventive and passionate affirmations of love in The Rome Air Naked. |
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Page 97
The foyer is cold, the pillars seem out of place yet as natural as the murmuring
crowd. I see the night outside and down the steps, waiting like a long soliloquy
from a mute. BICENTENNIAL - LIVING OTHER LIVES At a time when the 97.
The foyer is cold, the pillars seem out of place yet as natural as the murmuring
crowd. I see the night outside and down the steps, waiting like a long soliloquy
from a mute. BICENTENNIAL - LIVING OTHER LIVES At a time when the 97.
Page 134
... you in the shower. When first you struck the keyboard, you found its twin
waiting in your head. Our love goes. My pen is poised in air. SPIRIT TO THE
BODY When I've kissed you, made love 134 Ghazals On Signs Of Love And
Occupation.
... you in the shower. When first you struck the keyboard, you found its twin
waiting in your head. Our love goes. My pen is poised in air. SPIRIT TO THE
BODY When I've kissed you, made love 134 Ghazals On Signs Of Love And
Occupation.
Page 241
But no one, of course, gets service at the bank without the ribby minutes turning
into hours, the megatext of notes with water-marks waiting for the process of the
stain, the road outside to the board directors and the wines toughening their
livers, ...
But no one, of course, gets service at the bank without the ribby minutes turning
into hours, the megatext of notes with water-marks waiting for the process of the
stain, the road outside to the board directors and the wines toughening their
livers, ...
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| Title | New and Selected Poems |
| Author | Philip Salom |
| Contributor | Fremantle Arts Centre Press |
| Publisher | Fremantle Arts Centre Press, 1998 |
| ISBN | 186368218X, 9781863682183 |
| Length | 288 pages |
| Subjects | › Literary Criticism / Poetry |
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