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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948- author.     Subjects     McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948- -- Travel -- Poetry.     English poetry -- 21st century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948- author.       by title:      In a time of distanc...         MARC Display

In a time of distance : and other poems / Alexander McCall Smith ; with illustrations by Iain McIntosh. by McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948- author. New York : Pantheon Books, [2021] Subjects McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948- -- Travel -- Poetry.   English poetry -- 21st century. ISBN:  9780593315989 (hardcover) : 0593315987 (hardcover) : Description:  viii, 150 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm Edition:  First United States edition. Contents:  In a time of distance. A washing line outside a Croft house -- Taste and memory -- In a time of distance. Journeys. Our journeys -- The train arriving at Platform Two -- Adelstrop revisited -- The language of pilots -- College of Hypnotherapy, next right -- Quality provisions for Ever -- Not Rus in Urbe but Suburbia in Rure -- A typology of angels -- Household gods -- Holy river -- Mustard field, Rajasthan -- Feel glorious -- Do not lean again -- Ne pas. A Scottish four seasons. Spring -- Summer -- Autumn -- Winter. Interlude: seven sonnets. Sixty talks to Eighteen -- Eighteen replies to Sixty -- Forty intervenes, remembers Horace -- Adventure and uncertainty -- It takes a village to raise a child -- King James VI of Scotland reflects on the loss of his only friend when young -- Love unforgotten. Of the animals. Primate cousins -- The gentleness of whales -- Elephants -- Kangaroos -- The dung beetle -- Tortoise -- Cheetah -- Polar bear -- Crocodile -- Lion -- Small, insignificant antelope -- Giraffe, zebra -- Our world, their world. Of love & longing. Love over Scotland -- On clouds over Mull: a love song -- Nocturnal blessing -- Love lost -- On looking at a child. Of books & reading. The goodness of books -- The book becomes -- Moveable type -- What the book is -- On the bedside table -- Remembering Muriel Spark -- Graham Greene -- A maker of beautiful books -- Library of Congress. Places. Greece -- The Oracle at Delphi -- Goodbye to the Ionian -- Scotland -- St. Kilda -- Dear one -- Scotland's claim -- Edinburgh -- A fragile beauty -- The seven hills of Edinburgh -- The Castle Rock -- Craiglockhart Hill, a century ago -- Arthur's seat and geology -- Imagined conversation on Blackford Hill -- Corstophine Hill -- On Calton Hill -- Braid Hills. Unrelated poems. Northland -- Wolves -- The Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg -- From a Mumbai Hotel -- Fish, and the thoughts of fish -- Saving an Oak Tree -- Friendship. Requests:  0 Summary:  "What matters most in life? For Alexander McCall Smith, it is friendship, love, and travel-- the themes found throughout his work that have made him a cherished writer the world over. This first collection of McCall Smith's poems reflects on these topics with all this characteristic wit and charm."-- Publisher.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status Due Date   Hawaii State Library Language, Literature & History 821.914 Mc Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 821.914 McCall Smith Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Kapolei Public Library Adult Nonfiction 821.914 Mc Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Kihei Public Library Adult Nonfiction 821.914 Mc Checked out 05/23/2024 Add Copy to MyList North Kohala Public Library Adult Nonfiction 821.914 Mc Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Pahoa P/S Library Adult Nonfiction 821.914 McC Checked In   Add Copy to MyList

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