Moving House and other Poems from Hong Kong
Gillian Bickley
The old is contrasted with the new, fictional with actual life. Links are made between different cultures, different lives, different experiences. The expatriate life-style of constant movement runs parallel with the title of the book.
"Gillian Bickley writes as she responds to everyday events, always with the echo of 'time's winged chariot' in her ears. The fact of moving house sends her speeding back through the moves of a lifetime and forward to the last move, to the small room of the grave. The opening poem suggests the elusive presence of the author, and the deeper themes glimpsed through her deceptively simple poems. The variety of human life and the individual response to life, these are Gillian Bickley's central interests. The power that invigorates the poems in Moving House is the control of language. In this bare, tight poetry, no idle words are allowed. Its vocabulary draws on the base language of essences and epiphanies. The chosen spare language is the perfect partner for this poetry of mature experience." — Emeritus Professor I. F. Clarke and M. Clarke.
"The poetic observations of a sensitive writer responding to the reality of being alive." "Insightful probing into the darker issues of our lives . . . to make sense of human experience." — Paul Bench, Speech & Drama: Journal of the Society of Teachers of Speech and Drama.
"A privileged view into the emotional, intellectual and spiritual life of its writer." "The profound intimacy of the personal poems, reflecting universal truths about the human condition, renders the reader at once intruder and confidant." — Solveig Bang, Sunday Morning Post.
"Bickley's delicately-crafted poems are faithful word portraits of various aspects of Hong Kong at the turn of the millennium: its landscape, its people, its myths and spirits." —Tammy Ho, Asian Review of Books.
Duration - 1h 12m.
Author - Gillian Bickley.
Narrator - Gillian Bickley.
Published Date - Sunday, 22 January 2023.
Copyright - © 2005 Gillian Bickley ©.
Location:
United States
Networks:
Gillian Bickley
Gillian Bickley Poems
Proverse Hong Kong
English Audiobooks
Findaway Audiobooks
Description:
The old is contrasted with the new, fictional with actual life. Links are made between different cultures, different lives, different experiences. The expatriate life-style of constant movement runs parallel with the title of the book. "Gillian Bickley writes as she responds to everyday events, always with the echo of 'time's winged chariot' in her ears. The fact of moving house sends her speeding back through the moves of a lifetime and forward to the last move, to the small room of the grave. The opening poem suggests the elusive presence of the author, and the deeper themes glimpsed through her deceptively simple poems. The variety of human life and the individual response to life, these are Gillian Bickley's central interests. The power that invigorates the poems in Moving House is the control of language. In this bare, tight poetry, no idle words are allowed. Its vocabulary draws on the base language of essences and epiphanies. The chosen spare language is the perfect partner for this poetry of mature experience." — Emeritus Professor I. F. Clarke and M. Clarke. "The poetic observations of a sensitive writer responding to the reality of being alive." "Insightful probing into the darker issues of our lives . . . to make sense of human experience." — Paul Bench, Speech & Drama: Journal of the Society of Teachers of Speech and Drama. "A privileged view into the emotional, intellectual and spiritual life of its writer." "The profound intimacy of the personal poems, reflecting universal truths about the human condition, renders the reader at once intruder and confidant." — Solveig Bang, Sunday Morning Post. "Bickley's delicately-crafted poems are faithful word portraits of various aspects of Hong Kong at the turn of the millennium: its landscape, its people, its myths and spirits." —Tammy Ho, Asian Review of Books. Duration - 1h 12m. Author - Gillian Bickley. Narrator - Gillian Bickley. Published Date - Sunday, 22 January 2023. Copyright - © 2005 Gillian Bickley ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
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Snapshots
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Memento Mori
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Washing I
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Washing II
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Experimental Method
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Walking New Paths
Duration:00:00:53
Body Language
Duration:00:01:34
Metal Birds
Duration:00:01:21
Ma Wan
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Transport Contrasts
Duration:00:01:12
Self-absorbed
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Private Time
Duration:00:01:07
Transported
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Fear
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Mormon Temple I
Duration:00:01:00
Mormon Temple II
Duration:00:00:57
Blind Trust
Duration:00:00:48
Road Safety I
Duration:00:01:08
Road Safety II
Duration:00:00:27
Original Sin
Duration:00:01:22
The Monster of Lonmay
Duration:00:01:50
Modern Fates
Duration:00:00:58
Past Present
Duration:00:01:04
Christmas Letters
Duration:00:01:12
Street Cries
Duration:00:01:10
Fortune Teller
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Marriage
Duration:00:01:08
Mutuality
Duration:00:01:48
Easter Egg
Duration:00:00:47
Muzak
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Good News for Modern Woman
Duration:00:00:29
Handing Gloves
Duration:00:00:40
Bird's Eye View
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Sweeping Changes
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Freudian Tea Cosy
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Nail Clippers
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Sleeping Head
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Knowledge and Purpose
Duration:00:00:54
Easter Stunt Man
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Humility
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Progressive Movement
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Stumps
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Conferees
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Solitude
Duration:00:01:27
Filial Daughter
Duration:00:01:12
Moving Emotions
Duration:00:00:55
E. F. B.
Duration:00:00:45
Music and Message
Duration:00:00:47
Chinese Cowboy with Lilies
Duration:00:01:02
Mao Hair Cut
Duration:00:00:43
Em-[Brace]-let
Duration:00:01:39
Language Lessons
Duration:00:02:23
Osteoporosis Clinic
Duration:00:01:12
Change with Constancy
Duration:00:02:21
Sacrifices
Duration:00:01:03
A Pure Devotion
Duration:00:00:46
Professional Pride
Duration:00:01:38
What I Wanted to Say
Duration:00:02:25
Self Image
Duration:00:01:06
Human Flowers
Duration:00:00:37
Almond Petals
Duration:00:00:26
Self-assertion
Duration:00:00:36
The Photograph
Duration:00:01:34
Visiting the Funeral Parlour
Duration:00:00:38
Where Now?
Duration:00:01:46
Loss or Never More
Duration:00:00:38
Kindness
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"Keep it for Memory"
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Ending Credits
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