Author : Ross Jackson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781760801540
Total Pages : 121 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (15 download)
Book Synopsis Time Alone on a Quiet Path by : Ross Jackson
Download or read book Time Alone on a Quiet Path written by Ross Jackson and published by . This book was released on 2020-12 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'This substantial collection holds the reader with its unique voice and finely crafted language. In each section, the poems build on and inform each other, while their major themes thread throughout with compassion and wry humour. Whether as flaneur or master print-maker, Ross Jackson takes us through suburban streets and interior spaces, relationships, the 'other', street life, isolation, ageing and death, regret, and haiku-like moments of connection or joy. Here are the accommodations of restricted lives, the edgy Summer Frying on Oats Street, Hopper-like interiors, a small elegy for two dogs. We find 'night parrots of the street', and 'deep wells of our dignity'. This is a collection to be savoured.' -- Dick Alderson 'Ross Jackson is an astute observer of life, the aloneness of people and otherness. Delivered in a com-pelling conversational manner, the poems traverse the suburbs of Perth and beyond to other places and cultures: Sydney, Bali, Japan and America. At times about an ageing self in the present day, animals in particular dogs feature as constant companions. The work is filled with detailed images that can be witty, sad or macabre, quirky, cheeky, or painterly. This is a delightfully entertaining collection.' -- Carolyn Abbs