The metronome
By: Jennifer Maiden
Series: Giramondo poets
Publisher: from the Writing & Society Research Centre at the University of Western Sydney by Giramondo Publishing
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Artarmon, N.S.W
Language: eng
Number of pages: 80
ISBN-13: 9781925336214
Subjects: Australian poetry; World politics; Poetry
Description: "The Metronome is the third in Giramondo's series of annual poetry collections by award-winning poet Jennifer Maiden, addressing political and social issues of the moment, particularly here the tension caused by the election of the US president. Building on the two previous collections Drones and Phantoms and The Fox Petition, The Metronome features intimate conversations about power and policy between contemporary figures and their historical counterparts, the patriots Jeremy Corbyn and Constance Markievicz on a walk in the Scottish Highlands, Governor Bligh and his namesake Wiliam Bligh Turnbull discussing the difference between temper and temperament, Eleanor Roosevelt counselling Hillary Clinton on the use of violence, Jane Austen and Tanya Plibersek talking about sense and sensibility in Sydney's Botanical Gardens. Throughout, we admire Maiden's ability to read the faces and gestures of public figures, the strength of her women, her magical settings, and the rhythmical beat of the poetic metronome, offering reassurance and continuity in a period of austerity and fear."--Back cover.
Table of contents: title: Metronome; title: The gazelle; title: Clare and Nauru; title: 'I want to be a Turkmen warlord'; title: Diary poem: Uses of Catalonia; title: Diary poem: Uses of Rodin's The kiss; title: Temper; title: Jennifer Maiden woke up outside the Fourth Wall; title: Hillary and Eleanor: 12: The vineyard; title: 'Lucky cat. Money cat brings money'; title: 'Turn again, Whiiitington'; title: Tanya and Jane: 2: The harbour; title: Hillary and Eleanor: 13: Bombing Moscow barefoot; title: Duet in Melbournwe; title: George Jeffreys: 19: George Jeffreys woke up in Thredbo; title: Epilogue (Mary Rose ; Eleanor and Hillary: 14: The bayonet ; George Jeffreys: 20: George Jeffreys woke up in Washington)