Well done Alison.
Douglas Clark, Bath, England mailto: [log in to unmask]
Lynx: Poetry from Bath .......... http://www.bath.ac.uk/~exxdgdc/lynx.html
On Thu, 6 Dec 2001, Randolph Healy wrote:
> Wild Honey Press is pleased to announce the publication of _Mnemosyne_ by
> Alison Croggon.
>
> 14x18 cm, 16 pages, 250 gsm "Natural" Strata card cover with colour
> illustration, hand sewn with green twist.
>
> The cover illustration is a detail from Jim Andrews' _Garbogawd_ (the
> original can be see at http://www.vispo.com).
> Anyone who knows Jim's work will know to expect a stunner.
>
> Alison Croggon is an Australian poet, born in 1962. Her books include the
> collection _The Blue Gate_and the novel _Navigatio_. She has written the
> libretto for the operas _The Burrow_ and _Gauguin_and is currently working
> on _The White Army. _ Her plays include _The Famine _ and _Samarkand._ She
> is a founding editor of _Masthead_ literary magazine.
>
> This is a beautiful text, a series of meditations on birth written with
> verve and grace.
>
> It's $5 / STG3.50. (p&p free) You can order online at
> http://www.wildhoneypress.com/BOOKS/Mnemosyne.html
>
> or just visit to enjoy the cover and some extracts, including the following,
> appended below. Also available from Peter Riley books.
>
>
> BTW if you're broke and would still like a copy, bc me and we'll organise
> something.
>
> best
>
> Randolph
>
>
>
> II
>
> no eye no fingerprint no nose no lips no voice unnamed unthought
> unknown un
>
> til the brain's soft galaxy
>
> unlids itself and sucks the tang of sea
>
> dividing into time
>
> cell by cell by cell
>
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