Uncommon Light (2007) is a collection of poetry by the Australian writer Brook Emery."Uncommon light : poems / Brook Emery", National Library of Australia."Uncommon light (sound recording) / Brook Emery", State Library of New South Wales.
Contents The collection contains 32 poems.
"Very Like a Whale" "Spring" "Morning: Thinking of You" "Finches Perhaps" "Monster" "Moon" "Sunday: '(Everything Can Be) Transformed, " "That Beat Against the Cage" "'Am I Really the Person Who Bears My Name?'" "1. This Confusion" "2. The Mystery of It" "3. That Much a Part" "4. Wanting More" "5. Just Where He Is" "Winter Rain" "Nevertheless Also There" "Making a Presence" "Monster" "Tourism: What the I Sees" "This Disenchanted World" "Uncommon Light" "Thirty-Six Views of Bondi Beach" "Switch" "Monster" "Landscape" "Story" "Narcissus: Self-Portrait with Sea" "Still Life with Sun and Figs" "Half-Glimpsed Through Water" "Feeding Birds" "Against Immortality" "Monster" "Spring is Still Spring (Summer) "
Awards and nominations Short-listed — Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry (New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards) (2008).
Critical reception The collection has been reviewed.Wessman, Ralph (n.d.), "Recent writing: Brook Emery's 'Uncommon Light' ", Walleah Press.Campbell, Elizabeth (2008/2009), "Uncommon Thought", Australian Book Review No.307, December 2008-January 2009.
See also 2007 in Australian literature 2007 in poetry
Footnotes
References Uncommon Light (a compact disc sound recording of 16 of the collection's 32 poems), River Road Poetry Series, No.2, Spit Junction, NSW: River Road Press.
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