Uncommon Light
2007 poetry collection by Brook Emery
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Uncommon Light (2007) is a collection of poetry by the Australian writer Brook Emery.[1][2]
| Author | Brook Emery |
|---|---|
| Genre | Poetry collection |
| Publisher | Five Islands Press |
Publication date | 2007 |
| Publication place | Australia |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 72pp. |
| ISBN | 978-0-7340-3762-6 |
| A821.4 | |
| Preceded by | At a Slight Angle |
| Followed by | Collusion |
Contents
The collection contains 32 poems.
- "Very Like a Whale"
- "Spring"
- "Morning: Thinking of You"
- "Finches Perhaps"
- "Monster"
- "Moon"
- "Sunday: '(Everything Can Be) Transformed, "
- "That Beat Against the Cage"
- "'Am I Really the Person Who Bears My Name?'"
- "1. This Confusion"
- "2. The Mystery of It"
- "3. That Much a Part"
- "4. Wanting More"
- "5. Just Where He Is"
- "Winter Rain"
- "Nevertheless Also There"
- "Making a Presence"
- "Monster"
- "Tourism: What the I Sees"
- "This Disenchanted World"
- "Uncommon Light"
- "Thirty-Six Views of Bondi Beach"
- "Switch"
- "Monster"
- "Landscape"
- "Story"
- "Narcissus: Self-Portrait with Sea"
- "Still Life with Sun and Figs"
- "Half-Glimpsed Through Water"
- "Feeding Birds"
- "Against Immortality"
- "Monster"
- "Spring is Still Spring (Summer) "
Awards and nominations
- Short-listed — Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry (New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards) (2008).
