Poiesis: A Collection of Poems

By Maryann Xavier

a collection of experimental poetry inspired from lived experiences. This work covers poems written from 2000 to 2013 from the author's life in Perth Western Australia. The topics of the poems include: love, loss, morality, age, childhood, writing, and life in suburbia.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris AU
• Release date: May 1, 2023
• ISBN: 9798369490327

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Contents

Introduction

All We Had

The Caribou

Hunahpu & Xbalanque

Heaven Wept

Dervish

Winter Lovers

A Purple Artists Palette

Writer

Tiny Lights

The Cook

Tired Girl

Conditions To Live By

Don’t Ask Whether I Do

On Writing

Poem

Train Song

Morning

The Pencil

Autumn Haiku

Across The Fence

The Torch

Sometimes

What Happens After

The Cleaners

Bird In A Cage

Madness Made

The Pen Bleeds

Not a stone

Summer Haiku

In My Room

Art And Writing

Yearning

Empty Hands

The Search

Muse

Juxtapose

Skeletal Hand

Neighbourhood Birds

A Useful Analogy For a Consumerist Society

Driving

Eleven Ways of Seeing The Moon

Autumn

Nature

Eucalyptus

Sparrow

Infinity Box

Everyday Spectacles

Online Dating

Walking

Falling

Introduction

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