Flower, the Thing A Book Of Flowers And Dedications

From the Winner of the 2005 Victorian Premier's Literary Award for poetryThere is a goblet of lichenfor the sun to feed fromand a single wild iriswith a mind so oldthat it came before inventionIts condition is perfectIt rests perfectly betweenour hands- from "Wild Iris"MTC Cronin's poems - expansive and intimate, dynamic and reflective - blaze with electrifying vision. Writing with honesty and wit, grace, and the courage to strip away illusions, she explores surfaces, interiors, myths and mysteries through a kaleidoscope of flowers - dandelions, impatiens, roses, azaleas, flowers real and imagined. Suffused with awe and wonder, these poems unveil 'urgently, now, before us, the flower, the thing'.Cronin, M. T. C. is the author of 'Flower, the Thing A Book Of Flowers And Dedications', published 2006 under ISBN 9780702235566 and ISBN 0702235563.