Freud's back-yard

the long version

A remarkable book of powerful and moving poems that run the gamut from serious to humorous. Deserves a wide readership. Contains the poems (and dedications): * Frogs' Eggs * Freud's Back-yard *(Bergasse IX, Vienna)* * Duck Season * Fat Lady Visiting a Gallery * The Kiss * The Invitreous Advent of Septimus * St George's Wife Remembers the Dragon * Retirement Road * Getting On a Bit *(Remembering Betty Bradly)* * Ferries * Aunty on Annapurna * Bailero for Dead Lovers *(Betty and Mike Priestley died together in a car accident on a wet night in 1987.)* * The Ghost Game *(Remembering Mavis Tissell)* * The Dowser *(Remembering Norman Larmour)* * Flowers * Heathmont Dreaming *(For the Boonerwiung people)* * Mistress and Harpies *(Remembering Miss D., 1937)* * Luddite's Revenge * Overnight Stay * Fishbone * Sunshine * Springtime in Paris * Wind Chimes *(For my daughter)* * Clair de Lune * The Haunting *(For Rob)* * Time Lapse * Reflections * Cinders * Evening, Eastern Hill * Dreams and Visions * Paper Ghosts