Title: The ones who keep quiet /
Authors: Howard, David, 1959-
Year: 2017
Subjects: New Zealand poetry; New Zealand poetry
Abstract: "The ones who keep quiet for the longest are the dead, yet there are echoes of them everywhere. A turn of the head brings a glimpse of a Victorian banker retrieving his top hat from the gutter. A walk across a bridge lets you pass the ghosts of a Catholic saint, a Marxist martyr, and a boy with a tin drum. The dead are there to be heard; they are also listening to you. The Ones Who Keep Quiet showcases David Howard's ability to give our world a metaphysical mulling, which he achieves with memorable lyricism and an edgy attention to questions of identity and time, silence and isolation"--Amazon.com
Contents: The ghost of James Williamson 1814-2014 -- Instead of, in memory -- Family secrets -- Fitting -- The impossibility of strawberries -- Being prepared -- Venture my word -- When you grew up the colour blue was different -- The world of letters -- The speak house -- The vanishing line -- Trope -- Der Abend -- They meet when destiny is still chance -- In memory of Ally Willen -- Old Jewish cemetery -- The mica pavilion -- View finder -- What the four winds said -- The soul of whoredom -- L'histoire du soldat -- Prague casebook -- Because love is something left