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Fresh Air and The Story of MoleculeJohn Gallas10% off eBook (EPUB)
Categories: 21st Century, New Zealand
Imprint: Carcanet Poetry Publisher: Carcanet Press Available as: eBook (EPUB) Needs ADE! (Pub. Jul 2012) 9781847776358 £12.95 £11.65 Paperback (195 pages) (Pub. Jun 2012) 9781847770974 Out of Stock To use the EPUB version, you will need to have Adobe Digital Editions (ADE) installed on your device. You can find out more at https://www.adobe.com/uk/solutions/ebook/digital-editions.html. Please do not purchase this version if you do not have and are not prepared to install, Adobe Digital Editions.
If you desire a larger gnu,
you will need the shimmer from a lake amidst grassland. But a hill will do. Divide the top half into three hearts: cow, horse and goat. Take point X upon the hoof and fold the top edge, thus, upon its grunt, so it is roughly equal to the distance from the far sun that pours beneath the black clouds to the brown, dusty horizon. from ‘Six Origami Poems’: a leaping gnu
Fresh Air is an exhilarating, freewheeling ride through landscapes and languages. The poems, all written on the move (tramping the Gobi desert, cycling in Irish drizzle, paddling in Tonga) have the fizz of travellers’ tales, the enchantment and the melancholy of the open road.
The Story of Molecule tells the tale of Molloy Gillies (‘Molecule’), a semi-detached twelve-year-old who one night takes his bike from the shed and pedals off to escape Evolution. In Gallas’s comical, heartbreaking sonnet-picaresque, Molecule encounters dangers, kindness, police cars and mauri on the roads of the South Island, while his father, his aunt, a bathroom fitter and a police chief wonder what life, and freedom, are all about. Together, these two books explore a world newly discovered in the imagination: ‘Imagine: in the atlas of my soul / I could not make a thing so lovely.’ FRESH AIR Four Thoughts from Abroad 1 blue sky in Porvoo... 2 deconstructing the Turkish flag over Diyarbakir 3 execution of a Chinese con man 4 scene seen from a plane over South Asia A Poem from Home and Russia, Number 1: Sputnik over En Zed Five P.each Pomes 1 the price of goats’ milk 2 gecrong 3 flowers 4 do not 5 I fink Two Still Lifes Painted at the Subject 1 Ode to Autumn 2 banana Three Site-Specific Poems 1 poem to be read by the fire 2 poem to be read at a swimming lesson 3 poem to be read while cycling Three Poems Written in Mongolia 1 the Mongolian Women’s Orchestra 2 bits of Karakorum 3 man in a yellow del Introduction and Exercise Concerning the Kenning, After Snorri Sturluson’s ‘Skáldskaparmál’ 1 introduction to the kenning 2 a simple kenning exercise A Text with txt: MOT for Prisoner MH 8313 Five Excuses 1 homework 2 wedding 3 listening 4 football 5 writing Poem Written After a Dream Dreamed at the Exact Time of the Death of Luciano Pavarotti: the Apotheosis of Pavarotti Poems Describing my Four Favourite Pictures in the National Gallery Two Poems Written in Scotch Drizzle 1 in the graveyard at Campbeltown with a wet beanie 2 the statues of Glasgow and Campbeltown Two Norfolk Beach Poems 1 sunrise at Brancaster Beach 2 the Golden Sands Amusements, Hunstanton, on St Lucy’s Day Three Translations of Nineteenth-Century Folk Songs 1 from Rolovia 2 from Doppland 3 from Briagon A Poem from Home and Russia, Number 2: the Cold War Four Transexualised Poems 1 Brother, Awake ! 2 Simplex Munditiis 3 Hear, ye Menfolk 4 The Mermen’s Song Poem Inspired by a Vacuum Cleaner: vacuuming sunshine The Complete Yellow Bestiary of Tragley Bizumpoi (b. Bologna 1621–d. Pin’Shen 1639) 1 the Canary-bird. 2 the Peruvian Fly 3 the Mongol-Goose 4 the Yellow Sallys 5 the Seawasp 6 the Sulphur Butterfly 7 the Urobat 8 the Kinkajou A Poem Concerning my First Memory: babybathoughts A Sonnet for my Cat A Poem with the Name of Every Child in the World In It: flags of all nations Six Origami Poems 1 Derry Railway Station 2 Elvarethilion 3 a leaping gnu 4 Korotangi 5 the Golden Gate Bridge 6 resectoscope A Poem Written in Sickness: love on a yellow bedspread A Poem Written Completely in the Dark: lights in water A Sonnet Fit Against Adventure by the Hobbit Barley Quagtrout, Who Once Went as Far as the White Downs, but Did Not Like Them A Poem Written While Walking in the Fresh Air and Drizzle with a Piece of Paper and a Pencil Near Campbeltown in Scotland: on Davaar Island Eleven Ideas for Poems A Poem Written While Tramping in the Fresh Air on Mount Robert, St Arnaud, New Zealand: the balance A Poem from the Darkling Days of Samuel Beckett, Written in a Hole in the Turf at the Top of Lugnaquilla During Hail: in a womb, I think … Three Great Scientific Ideas Clearly Explained in Poetry 1 Natural Selection 2 Black Hole 3 Einstein’s Special Theory of Relativity Two Poems Written on Empty Islands 1 the yellow-blinded fale, Manono, Samoa 2 Sark A Poem Written by the Light of Rockets on Fireworks Night: death and fireworks A Poem Written While Riding an Irish Bike: Knock Knock Figures of Peach, Pear and Plum 1 alliteration 2 anaphora 3 epiphora 4 antithesis 5 parallelism 6 apostrophe 7 assonance 8 chiasmus peaches to pears 9 euphemism 10 hyperbole 11 accismus 12 litotes 13 catachresis 14 metaphor 15 metonymy 16 onomatopoeia pears to plums 17 oxymoron 18 paradox 19 personification 20 antanaclasis 21 simile 22 synecdoche 23 zeugma 24 tetracolon climax A Poem Written While Walking in the Fresh Air and Rain at Vester Cove, Donaghadee Eight Possible Fragments of Wasit Huraira’h (fl. c. AH 700–710) fragment 1 fragment 2 fragment 3 fragment 4 fragment 5 fragment 6 fragment 7 fragment 8 Two Dances in the Fresh Air 1 at the standing stones at Baltray, Co. Louth 2 on the Heaphy Track, near Karamea, New Zealand A Haiku with an Explanatory Note THE STORY OF MOLECULE 1 Molecule leaves home 2 he goes back for his bike 3 Dad wakes up 4 Molecule spends the day asleep 5 Tahuna Beach 6 Mr Gillies goes to the police 7 Molecule reaches Nelson Cathedral 8 dawn at Atawhai 9 Dad and Auntie Jack talk 10 Molecule is seen near Cable Bay 11 nearly nearly near Hira 12 Molecule gets blown over 13 his dream on Whangamoa Saddle 14 Molecule spreads the word 15 Mr Gillies wraps his Christmas presents 16 Molecule eats at the Something Oven 17 Molecule is confirmed alive by a day-person 18 Molecule goes for a swim 19 he visits the giant totara 20 at Richmond Community Policing Centre 21 Molecule sees some hunters and fishers at the pub 22 life at the Richmond Community Policing Centre 23 Molecule’s breakfast and wound 24 Nana Gillies goes to bed 25 how things are 26 no publicity please 27 what Mr Gillies knew about his son 28 sex on a windy road 29 what Molecule’s heart told him 30 chased by a helicopter at Momorangi Bay 31 how he was 32 the Picton Ferry 33 on the foreshore 34 elevation and balance 35 an argument overheard 36 Jeff visits Wig and Steff 37 Jesus lights in Blenheim 38 and out the other side 39 Molecule is sighted sleeping in a vineyard tractor 40 his chain comes off 41 Molecule’s dream 42 Jeff Gillies sends a deceptive e-mail 43 a fast ride to Ward 44 the e-mail is received 45 Christmas thoughts at Atawhai 46 puncture and capture 47 what should Molecule do? 48 taken 49 home again 50 Nana gets the news 51 home alone 52 Mr Gillies’ note and swim 53 same thing, different direction 54 another missing person 55 another night at Rabbit Island 56 Sunday the 21st of December 57 because he’s mine 58 feast at Mapua wharf 59 Nana comes Christmas shopping 60 a lighted window 61 Ruby Bay 62 an accidental headline 63 Motueka 64 near Riwaka 65 and this is God 66 a hop story 67 on Takaka Hill 68 Happy Christmas 69 look no brakes 70 friends 71 a Takaka bride 72 clean the next night 73 clean too 74 Saturday at the Springs 75 Patons Rock like 76 chookfeed 77 sick and sought 78 death of a bike 79 what they had to do 80 1st interview with Amy Steffert 81 a knight without a horse 82 1st interview with Amy Steffert (2) 83 at the old graveyard in Excellent Street 84 1st interview with Amy Steffert (3) 85 Collingwood-watch 86 New Year’s Eve 87 stars and people 88 the motel 89 Molecule escapes just in time 90 money 91 eaten by things 92 off road 93 DS Baigent understands 94 wall 95 Fossil Point 96 Jeff and Jack look at a holiday brochure 97 Molecule stays a second night at Fossil Point 98 tourists 99 was Molecule the cause of the Picton Ferry suicide? 100 incitement ? 101 Molecule walks to Pillar Point lighthouse and Cape Farewell 102 Dad thinks again 103 Nana Gillies spends time 104 Molecule agoraphilia 105 DS Baigent and the bloody phone 106 evolution extinguished 107 haere ra goodbye
Praise for John Gallas
'Gallas's restless imagination and exuberant vocabulary bounce us through a variety of locations, moods, landscapes and seasons, from the bush-clad South Island of New Zealand to some distinctly unpredictable spots in the English Midlands.'
Fleur Adcock 'So many places! John Gallas vagabonds his way through the wide, wide world, and is just about the most audacious poet I know. These are the poems Wordsworth would have written if he'd grown up in New Zealand, been a bit more mischievous, and got around England on a bicycle.' Bill Manhire 'John Gallas is not merely a lyric master, but a master of meaning... The Extasie is a collection that I feel I will be coming back to frequently, not just to recapture the enjoyment I had when first reading it, but also to fully bathe in the complex understanding of love in all its forms, rendered so skilfully in poems that reward a second reading with subtle epiphanies.' Ed Bedford, Coffee Time Reviews 'This is a book for contemplative reading to enjoy all its richness and subtleties. Quietly thought provoking and intelligent, these are poems that celebrate the messiness of life.' - Mary Mulholland, The Alchemy Spoon 'An enticing and timely collection of translations.' - The Guardian
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