Misplaced Heart


Misplaced Heart is a collection of poetry by the Australian writer Brook Emery.

Contents

The collection contains 40 poems, some of which had been previously published.
  • "The mind is a small bird hovering"
  • "Sunday"
  • "A raven before the dove"
  • "Lightning"
  • "Fog"
  • "Letter while flying"
  • "Uncoupling"
  • "The mind is a tightrope walker balanced"
  • "Let it go "
  • "We do only be drowned now and again"
  • "Memory"
  • "The mind is a body breathing in unconsciously"
  • "Bicycle"
  • "Painting Jane Avril"
  • "Body of knowledge"
  • "Beauty"
  • "Is that it is"
  • "I see"
  • "The mind is a kind of theatre and we"
  • "Mayakovsky"
  • "Self-portrait with exploding device "
  • "It's Sunday morning in Newtown"
  • "In Brisbane"
  • "Aubade and evensong: new year, 2003"
  • "Commentary: two days"
  • "The mind is the surface of a pond expanding"
  • "Final belief/ "
  • "Shopping"
  • "Waking at night"
  • "Between"
  • "For my brother and sister"
  • "Night"
  • "The mind is a misplaced heart lopsidedly"
  • "Like driftwood by a doorstep"
  • "For a child"
  • "Driving north"
  • "And asked her how she was"
  • "Wind"
  • "The brain has the consistency"
  • "Postscript: like Picasso"

Awards

2000 – Third Prize, 2000 Tom Collins Poetry Prize, for his poem "Fog".2002 – Max Harris Literary Award for Poetry at the Penola Festival, for his poem "A Raven Before the Dove".2002 – Bruce Dawe National Poetry Prize, for his poem final belief.

Critical reception

The collection has been reviewed.