'Australian poet Jane Downing's When Figs Fly reveals life in Australia and beyond with a keen eye for poignant details that linger, deftly capturing the beauty of the natural world, the bittersweetness of childhood and memory and exploring the all-too familiar foibles of human nature.
'A widely published writer, When Figs Fly is Jane's first poetry collection.' (Publication summary)
Contents:
A block from home -- Local positioning system -- When figs fly -- Galah rain -- Christmas beetles -- A little ray of sunbeams -- Mummy -- When the circus came to town -- Trick photography -- A fortunate life -- Not another hairy panic grass poem -- Wishbones -- Vinegar chips -- Patty papers -- Noreuil park -- My grandfather's clock -- My guardian angel -- Criminal thoughts -- Coming home -- Kyoto -- Night cherry blossoms at Yoshiwara -- Keats' violets -- Sunday afternoon -- Jacaranda bloom -- Not always -- The fortune telling fish -- When sometimes I see choughs -- Bulrush -- Landscape -- And coast -- Blissters -- Contemplating bliss -- City birds -- Bonnards' cat -- Lilly Pilly -- The outscape -- March heatwave -- Detention deficit disorder -- Keep Australia beautiful -- A true history -- Arts practice -- Nature's poets -- A drowsing cat of a day -- Ode to a Sparrow -- Confetti -- Acknowledements.
