NOTES FOR TOTEM POEM 84 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 85 821.3 Set in 10/18 pt New Caledonia by Bookhouse, Sydney Printed by Griffin Press, South Australia 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Allen & Unwin 83 Alexander Street Crows Nest NSW 2065 Australia Phone: (61 2) 8425 0100 Fax: (61 2) 9906 2218 Email: Web: National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry: Davies, Luke, 1962. The Australian Copyright Act 1968 (the Act) allows a maximum of one chapter or 10 per cent of this book, whichever is the greater, to be photocopied by any educational institution for its educational purposes provided that the educational institution (or body that administers it) has given a remuneration notice to Copyright Agency Limited (CAL) under the Act. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publisher.
Totem Totem Poem plus 40 Love Poems LUKE DAVIESįirst published in 2004 Copyright © Luke Davies 2004 All rights reserved. profoundly moving.’ John Birmingham, Australian Review of Books, on Candy ‘Davies’ poems suggest thinking aloud, but always with a balance between the colloquial and the erudite.’ Michael Sharkey, Ulitarra, on Absolute Event HorizonĪlso by Luke Davies Four Plots for Magnets (1982) Absolute Event Horizon (1994) Candy (1997) Running with Light (1999) Isabelle the Navigator (2000) ’ Katherine England, Advertiser, on Candy ‘. we are sent wheeling out into space or deep ocean water or into a rain of particles, then pulled back from the great and majestic and inconceivable to the pulse of our own blood, and the limits of our lives and of our understanding.’ Kathleen Stewart, The Australian’s Review of Books, on Running with Light ‘precise, poetic, erotic, tender, often blackly funny. ’ Pierre Sutcliffe, Herald Sun, on Isabelle the Navigator ‘This is a book to be read as much for the pleasure of the readings as for the story.’ Penelope Davie, Courier-Mail, on Isabelle the Navigator ‘. Praise for Luke Davies ‘The first half is written in a language so pure and impressive that you resist the urge to race ahead and, instead, try to savour the beauty of the prose.