(12 October 1917 – 15 October 1976 / Lakemba, New South Wales)

poet James Phillip McAuley

Poems of James Phillip McAuley

1. A Poem in Place of a Lecture 5/9/2012
2. At a Child's Grave 5/9/2012
3. Because 5/9/2012
4. Credo 5/9/2012
5. Durer: Innsbruck, 1495 4/12/2010
6. Iris 5/9/2012
7. Magpie 4/12/2010
8. Marginal Note 1/1/2004
9. Meanwhile, In Another Part Of The War 5/9/2012
10. Pieta 5/9/2012
11. Winter Morning 4/12/2010

Iris

Not how you would be thought of, your color
Being grey, silky, like a second skin, your hair
Flecked with it. Now, hearing your way of saying
Iridescent while I read your poem, three years
After your death, I am compelled to check
You out in Ovid, Lamprière, Bulfin, then
A book of flowers, where I discover you
On marshy ground, not grey exactly—in fact
A pretty blue-grey, a quiet type, with a green cowl

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