Poems by Luke Davies

I stumbled across a book of poems by Luke Davies - who wrote the book Candy (on which the film is based) - which is really quite beautiful. It's called "Totem". It has one very long poem "Totem Poem" with over 500 lines and then 40 other poems.

Here are some verses from Totem

In the yellow time of pollen when the fields were ablaze
we were very near bewildered by beauty.
The sky was a god-bee that hummed. All the air boomed
with that thunder. It was both for the prick
and the nectar we drank that we gave ourselves over.

... and

In the dead of night in the dead of time
the private creature nibbled, milky under moonlight
Not a pine needle dropped. A salmon pulse throbbed muted
from the slumberous cold waters. The lake's meniscus shivered.
Dragonflies flinched, then picked up the void where they'd left off.

This is really lovely, evocative writing.

You can read about the book here:
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/08/18/1092765003067.html?from=storyrhs.