Perceptions
Gillian Bickley
PERCEPTIONS consists of short pieces, poetry or poem-like essays, written over a period of thirty years, on various serious and reflective topics, but with some humorous and occasional work too. As in Gillian Bickley's previous collections, the subjects occur internationally: this time, in the Pyrenees, Nigeria, Hawai'i, Albania, as well as Hong Kong. Taken as a whole, this fifth poetry collection recognizes the need for shelter and survival, the desire for love, for achievement, for feelings of self-worth, for objects on which to bestow reciprocal affection and the search for high-order achievements beyond the self. Reaching beyond this, Perceptions considers the needs of other species, our responsibilities towards them and the fragile environment that we all share.
"The poignance of her many perceptions crowds upon us." -- Stuart Christie
"This collection addresses universal topics in a thoughtful manner using common sense that most readers can appreciate. – Cairns Media Magazine
"An interesting addition to home-grown literature" – Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore, Sunday Morning Post, Hong Kong,17 June 2012
Duration - 1h 9m.
Author - Gillian Bickley.
Narrator - Gillian Bickley.
Published Date - Sunday, 22 January 2023.
Copyright - © 2012 Gillian Bickley ©.
Location:
United States
Networks:
Gillian Bickley
Gillian Bickley Poems
Proverse Hong Kong
English Audiobooks
Findaway Audiobooks
Description:
PERCEPTIONS consists of short pieces, poetry or poem-like essays, written over a period of thirty years, on various serious and reflective topics, but with some humorous and occasional work too. As in Gillian Bickley's previous collections, the subjects occur internationally: this time, in the Pyrenees, Nigeria, Hawai'i, Albania, as well as Hong Kong. Taken as a whole, this fifth poetry collection recognizes the need for shelter and survival, the desire for love, for achievement, for feelings of self-worth, for objects on which to bestow reciprocal affection and the search for high-order achievements beyond the self. Reaching beyond this, Perceptions considers the needs of other species, our responsibilities towards them and the fragile environment that we all share. "The poignance of her many perceptions crowds upon us." -- Stuart Christie "This collection addresses universal topics in a thoughtful manner using common sense that most readers can appreciate. – Cairns Media Magazine "An interesting addition to home-grown literature" – Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore, Sunday Morning Post, Hong Kong,17 June 2012 Duration - 1h 9m. Author - Gillian Bickley. Narrator - Gillian Bickley. Published Date - Sunday, 22 January 2023. Copyright - © 2012 Gillian Bickley ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:10
OPENING ANNOUNCEMENT
Duration:00:00:14
ISSUES AND INTIMACIES announcement
Duration:00:00:06
1. Added Value
Duration:00:04:40
2. Change Please!
Duration:00:03:24
3. The Aim of Life
Duration:00:05:00
4. International Intimacies
Duration:00:01:52
5. Language Learning
Duration:00:01:14
6. True Translation
Duration:00:02:25
7. Papal Visit
Duration:00:02:24
8. Passengers
Duration:00:01:11
9. International Relations
Duration:00:01:13
ONE SPECIES announcement
Duration:00:00:05
10. Cats
Duration:00:05:11
11. Variety
Duration:00:03:49
12. An Almost Human Voice
Duration:00:00:54
13. Intimates
Duration:00:02:07
STARING announcement
Duration:00:00:05
14. Don't Stare
Duration:00:00:40
15. Lion's Pride
Duration:00:00:38
16. Cross-culturally-clothed
Duration:00:00:18
17. "In a Handbag?!"
Duration:00:00:38
18. Free Daily Newspaper
Duration:00:00:24
19. Flower Show 2009
Duration:00:01:27
20. Aesthetic Taste
Duration:00:00:47
21. Embodiment
Duration:00:01:03
22. The Blessed Ones
Duration:00:01:35
23. Kindness
Duration:00:02:03
24. "An Action Produces an Equal and Equivalent Reaction"?
Duration:00:01:05
25. Yoked
Duration:00:00:24
26. Widespread
Duration:00:00:15
27. Legs
Duration:00:00:44
28. Construction Destruction
Duration:00:00:38
PASSING ON announcement
Duration:00:00:05
29. Storage Space
Duration:00:01:02
30. Choices
Duration:00:01:44
READING ON AND IN announcement
Duration:00:00:06
31. Dangerous Mis-communication
Duration:00:00:25
32. Truer Than it Seems
Duration:00:00:32
33. Eden Marriage Registry
Duration:00:01:50
34. Suspension Cables
Duration:00:00:24
35. Persuasion
Duration:00:00:25
TIMES AND OCCASIONS announcement
Duration:00:00:05
36. Eve of New Year's Eve
Duration:00:00:18
37. Middle Age
Duration:00:00:17
38. Christmas Party
Duration:00:00:41
39. Writers' Party
Duration:00:00:21
40. Penguin Party
Duration:00:00:20
41. Lessons from the Plants 1
Duration:00:00:33
42. Lessons from the Plants 2
Duration:00:00:16
MEETINGS AND MEMORIES announcement
Duration:00:00:05
43. Friends
Duration:00:00:56
44. Daylight
Duration:00:00:30
45. Memory
Duration:00:00:27
46. I Touched the Wall
Duration:00:04:46
47. Pride
Duration:00:00:12
48. On Bus Number Eleven
Duration:00:00:40
49. Water
Duration:00:00:51
50. Individualist / Social Critic
Duration:00:00:34
51. The Senses of Morning
Duration:00:01:30
Ending Credits
Duration:00:00:27