In a time of distance : and other poems
Record details
- ISBN: 0593315987
- ISBN: 9780593315989
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Physical Description:
viii, 150 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
print - Edition: First United States edition.
- Publisher: New York : Pantheon Books, [2022]
Content descriptions
General Note: | "Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain by Polygon Books, an imprint of Birlinn Limited, Edinburgh, in 2020."--Title page verso. |
Formatted Contents Note: | In a time of distance. A washing line outside a Croft house -- Taste and memory -- In a time of distance. Journeys. Our journeys -- The train arriving at Platform Two -- Adelstrop revisited -- The language of pilots -- College of Hypnotherapy, next right -- Quality provisions for Ever -- Not Rus in Urbe but Suburbia in Rure -- A typology of angels -- Household gods -- Holy river -- Mustard field, Rajasthan -- Feel glorious -- Do not lean again -- Ne pas. A Scottish four seasons. Spring -- Summer -- Autumn -- Winter. Interlude: seven sonnets. Sixty talks to Eighteen -- Eighteen replies to Sixty -- Forty intervenes, remembers Horace -- Adventure and uncertainty -- It takes a village to raise a child -- King James VI of Scotland reflects on the loss of his only friend when young -- Love unforgotten. Of the animals. Primate cousins -- The gentleness of whales -- Elephants -- Kangaroos -- The dung beetle -- Tortoise -- Cheetah -- Polar bear -- Crocodile -- Lion -- Small, insignificant antelope -- Giraffe, zebra -- Our world, their world. Of love & longing. Love over Scotland -- On clouds over Mull: a love song -- Nocturnal blessing -- Love lost -- On looking at a child. Of books & reading. The goodness of books -- The book becomes -- Moveable type -- What the book is -- On the bedside table -- Remembering Muriel Spark -- Graham Greene -- A maker of beautiful books -- Library of Congress. Places. Greece -- The Oracle at Delphi -- Goodbye to the Ionian -- Scotland -- St. Kilda -- Dear one -- Scotland's claim -- Edinburgh -- A fragile beauty -- The seven hills of Edinburgh -- The Castle Rock -- Craiglockhart Hill, a century ago -- Arthur's seat and geology -- Imagined conversation on Blackford Hill -- Corstophine Hill -- On Calton Hill -- Braid Hills. Unrelated poems. Northland -- Wolves -- The Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg -- From a Mumbai Hotel -- Fish, and the thoughts of fish -- Saving an Oak Tree -- Friendship. |
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Subject: | McCall Smith, Alexander 1948- Travel Poetry English poetry 21st century |
Genre: | Poetry. Travel writing. Autobiographical poetry. |
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Albright Memorial Library | 821.914 MCCALL (Text) | 50686016162062 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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In remembrance of Regina Kraus by Dick and Susie Shaffer
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Harbaugh-Thomas Library (Biglerville) | 821.914 MCCALL SMITH (Text)
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This item was purchased in loving memory of Larry G. Schwalm by Frank & Patricia Motaka.
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Allentown Public Library | 821.92 MCCA (Text) | 34455006902296 | Adult Nonfiction 1st FL | Checked Out | 05/28/2024 |
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