High Wire

Cut Flowers -- Re-cycler -- Night Sailing -- In Dublin, 1999 -- Paris Sponge -- Summer Evening : Glenelg -- Black Marks : An Antarctic Notebook -- Josie's Monologue -- The Reluctant Digger -- Three Vegetables -- The Gardener In Middle Age -- The Politician Retires -- Rules Of Engagement -- Neighbourhood Guide -- For Amnesty -- All Cock Red -- Corruption -- The Weddings Of Narcissi -- The Doisneau Affair -- Avuncular -- The Task -- The Ageing Pedagogue -- Re. The Psychopathology Of Corporate Greed -- In The Net -- Balancing Act -- Ars Poelica -- Mining A Heritage -- Didn't We Have A Lovely Day? -- Depot Beach -- Formula One -- Detective Story -- Christmas Future -- Pierrot Socialises -- The Clown Insomniac -- Just Friends -- Pierrot's Complaint -- The Muse Advertises -- A Poet Replies -- High School Concert -- Six Sonnets From The Hotel Australia -- Remembering Charlie Middlehurst -- A Carouse -- Dirty Realism -- The Poet As Raconteur -- Of Paving And Wilderness -- One Summer -- Paris Sabbath -- Concerning The Lost -- A Charged Class. Adrian Caesar. Preliminaries......Page 1 Contents......Page 7 Cut Flowers......Page 9 Re Cycler......Page 10 Night Sailing......Page 12 In Dublin 1999......Page 14 Paris Sponge......Page 16 Summer Evening Glenelg......Page 18 Black Marks An Antarctic Notebook......Page 20 Josie’s Monologue......Page 31 The Reluctant Digger......Page 33 Three Vegetables......Page 35 The Gardener in Middle Age......Page 38 The Politician Retires......Page 40 Rules of Engagement......Page 42 Neighbourhood Guide......Page 44 For Amnesty......Page 47 All Cock Red......Page 48 Corruption......Page 50 The Weddings of Narcissi......Page 51 The Doisneau Affair......Page 54 Avuncular......Page 56 The Task......Page 58 The Ageing Pedagogue......Page 60 Re The Psychopathology of Corporate Greed......Page 61 In the Net......Page 62 Balancing Act......Page 63 Ars Poetica......Page 64 Mining a Heritage......Page 66 Didn’t we have a lovely day......Page 68 Depot Beach......Page 69 Formula One......Page 70 Detective Story......Page 72 Christmas Future......Page 74 Pierrot Socialises......Page 75 The Clown Insomniac......Page 76 Just Friends......Page 77 Pierrot’s Complaint......Page 78 The Muse Advertises......Page 79 A Poet Replies......Page 81 High School Concert......Page 83 Six Sonnets from the Hotel Australia......Page 84 Remembering Charlie Middlehurst......Page 90 A Carouse......Page 92 Dirty Realism......Page 93 The Poet as Raconteur......Page 94 Of Paving and Wilderness......Page 95 One Summer......Page 96 Paris Sabbath......Page 98 Concerning the Lost......Page 100 A Charged Glass......Page 101 The work of a mature and confident writer, High Wire is a wonderful collection of poetry presenting an analysis of the many stages and kinds of experience presented by contemporary society. Investigating the genesis and nature of poetry, globalisation and consumerism, the poetry is informed by a movingly expressed hope in the salvation to be found in loving relationships. This collection repays close reading in its exploration of 'who and what and how to be' The Collected Poems Of A Mature And Confident Writer, Night Sailing Is An Acerbic Analysis Of Contemporary Society. Including Investigations Of The Genesis And Nature Of Poetry, A Rejection Of The Values Of Globalism And Consumerism And A Movingly Expressed Hope In The Salvation To Be Found In Loving Relationships, This Collection Repays Close Reading In Its Exploration Of Who And What And How To Be.