Over the Years
Gillian Bickley
The fifty poems collected in Gillian Bickley’s Over The Years have been chosen by Verner Bickley from her five previously published collections.
“Sensitive, serious, sincere and sometimes a little sad...." (Dumitru M. Ion ( Romania), Member of the Arts and Sciences Academy in R. Macedonia, etc.,2014)
"Driven by curiosity as a poet but also by responsibility as the president of "The International Festival Curtea de Argeş Poetry Nights" in Romania (There have been twenty editions, attended in total by over fifteen hundred guests from about a hundred countries), I read and translate the lyrics of hundreds of poets. That's how I discovered the exceptional poet Gillian Bickley from Hong Kong. What firstly drew my attention was the savant level of her poetry; the science of balancing the rational with the sentiment. Each of her poems is sometimes a small novel, an essay or at other times a lyrical sublimate. Her poems are remembrances: from the past (an ancient past, a medieval past, and so on), from her own past or a possible reader's past. The way of shaping her poetry especially fascinates the professional reader. Because, of course, a professional poet (as Gillian Bickley is) will always need a professional reader.” – Dumitru M. Ion, 2016.
Duration - 2h 7m.
Author - Gillian Bickley.
Narrator - Gillian Bickley.
Published Date - Sunday, 08 January 2023.
Copyright - © 2017 Gillian Bickley ©.
Location:
United States
Networks:
Gillian Bickley
Gillian Bickley Poems
Proverse Hong Kong
English Audiobooks
Findaway Audiobooks
Description:
The fifty poems collected in Gillian Bickley’s Over The Years have been chosen by Verner Bickley from her five previously published collections. “Sensitive, serious, sincere and sometimes a little sad...." (Dumitru M. Ion ( Romania), Member of the Arts and Sciences Academy in R. Macedonia, etc.,2014) "Driven by curiosity as a poet but also by responsibility as the president of "The International Festival Curtea de Argeş Poetry Nights" in Romania (There have been twenty editions, attended in total by over fifteen hundred guests from about a hundred countries), I read and translate the lyrics of hundreds of poets. That's how I discovered the exceptional poet Gillian Bickley from Hong Kong. What firstly drew my attention was the savant level of her poetry; the science of balancing the rational with the sentiment. Each of her poems is sometimes a small novel, an essay or at other times a lyrical sublimate. Her poems are remembrances: from the past (an ancient past, a medieval past, and so on), from her own past or a possible reader's past. The way of shaping her poetry especially fascinates the professional reader. Because, of course, a professional poet (as Gillian Bickley is) will always need a professional reader.” – Dumitru M. Ion, 2016. Duration - 2h 7m. Author - Gillian Bickley. Narrator - Gillian Bickley. Published Date - Sunday, 08 January 2023. Copyright - © 2017 Gillian Bickley ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:14
Dedication
Duration:00:00:17
Introduction
Duration:00:04:01
1. For the Record
Duration:00:01:28
2. Survival
Duration:00:01:20
3. The Creator Commands
Duration:00:02:40
4. Second Thoughts
Duration:00:01:51
5. Moon-Shine
Duration:00:03:48
6. Ching Ming Festival, 5 April1991
Duration:00:07:03
7. Memories of School: Admiration
Duration:00:01:11
8. An Intense Desire
Duration:00:02:21
9. Past Present
Duration:00:01:04
10. Christmas Letters
Duration:00:01:12
11. Fortune Teller
Duration:00:02:06
12. Scene in the Street: Handing Gloves
Duration:00:00:40
13. Progressive Movement
Duration:00:01:26
14. Conferees
Duration:00:00:51
15. (Em-) Brace (-let)
Duration:00:01:39
16. Change with Constancy
Duration:00:02:21
17. A Pure Devotion
Duration:00:00:46
18. What I Wanted to Say
Duration:00:02:25
19. Super-ego
Duration:00:00:40
20. Take up your Bed and Walk
Duration:00:00:58
21. Politically Correct?
Duration:00:00:28
22. Parish Priest
Duration:00:01:34
23. Walking Stick
Duration:00:01:13
24. Transit Lounge
Duration:00:01:01
25. White Flags
Duration:00:00:46
26. Fragile Symbols
Duration:00:01:14
27. Her Choice
Duration:00:07:52
28. Apercus
Duration:00:04:56
29. The Watcher Watched
Duration:00:01:13
30. Wish you were here in Hong Kong
Duration:00:03:59
31. Seen in Shanghai
Duration:00:02:01
32. Gangways
Duration:00:01:16
33. She Loved the Sea
Duration:00:03:50
34. Applause
Duration:00:03:17
35. Communicable Smile
Duration:00:00:48
36. The Flute Player
Duration:00:01:32
37. Penates
Duration:00:01:30
38. Word-diggers
Duration:00:03:01
39. Caring Professionals
Duration:00:01:48
40. Pumpkin Man
Duration:00:00:55
41. Added Value
Duration:00:04:40
42. Change, Please!
Duration:00:03:24
43. The Aim of Life
Duration:00:05:00
44. International Intimacies
Duration:00:01:52
45. Cats
Duration:00:05:11
46. Embodiment
Duration:00:01:03
47. Choices
Duration:00:01:44
48. Eden Marriage Registyry
Duration:00:01:50
49. I Touched the Wall
Duration:00:04:46
50. Water
Duration:00:00:51
Editor's Notes
Duration:00:09:52
Ending Credits
Duration:00:00:29