- Page 4 and 5:
Susan Hawthorne is a poet, novelist
- Page 6 and 7:
the Butterfly Effect Susan Hawthorn
- Page 8 and 9:
Contents note to sappho vii The But
- Page 10 and 11:
Note to Sappho It’s been a long t
- Page 13 and 14:
3 Strange tractors It’s an ancien
- Page 15 and 16:
5 We stand in a place where flowers
- Page 17 and 18:
7 not missing a beat. His history i
- Page 19 and 20:
Unstopped Mouths
- Page 21 and 22:
11 Unstopped Mouths 1 we meet in th
- Page 23 and 24:
13 simplified a single twist of hai
- Page 25 and 26:
15 we line the shelves of our homes
- Page 27 and 28:
17 summer with fire in the nostrils
- Page 29 and 30:
19 Empurpled 1 physicists speak of
- Page 31 and 32:
21 to the moon 5 with desire satisf
- Page 33 and 34:
23 we play pool billiards and snook
- Page 35 and 36:
25 harpies sirens birds of prey les
- Page 37 and 38:
27 In the Prisons we are known as c
- Page 39 and 40:
29 it’s still happening just two
- Page 41 and 42:
31 when the moon rises full in Scor
- Page 43 and 44:
33 my friend Daisy killed her husba
- Page 45 and 46:
35 some live in prisons without wal
- Page 47 and 48:
37 Rose Garden those who have no me
- Page 49 and 50:
39 making rosettes embroidering pil
- Page 51 and 52:
41 we fall upon one another kissing
- Page 53 and 54:
43 Firenze in honour of Jacqui Stoc
- Page 55 and 56:
45 porticos are chosen for secret m
- Page 57 and 58:
47 the cupola floats like a giant b
- Page 59 and 60:
49 we share our home with dogs cats
- Page 61 and 62:
51 Death for Maureen O’Connor it
- Page 63 and 64:
53 we stand in the cold gathering s
- Page 65 and 66:
55 Gumboots and Goblin Fruit we pul
- Page 67 and 68:
57 amazons Margaret Bhadravati Boud
- Page 69 and 70:
59 with the assistance of harnesses
- Page 71 and 72:
61 sipping at lemons 22 relishing t
- Page 73 and 74:
63 Amphibious Lips we tuck hibiscus
- Page 75 and 76: 65 we take our boats casting off 11
- Page 77 and 78: 67 some days we float above corals
- Page 79 and 80: 69 we build fires on the beach cook
- Page 81 and 82: 71 The Land for Renate and River I
- Page 83 and 84: 73 known to drive nine hundred kilo
- Page 85 and 86: 75 we are not the only lesbians in
- Page 87 and 88: 77 Angel Tongues Hail Mary Mother o
- Page 89 and 90: 79 mani padme aum clouds wrap thems
- Page 91 and 92: 81 pustules vile bodies unclean bod
- Page 93 and 94: 83 Tragedia they say it is a traged
- Page 95 and 96: 85 social mores shift and run their
- Page 97 and 98: 87 HD 17 even though their words bu
- Page 99 and 100: 89 there are cities in our minds 21
- Page 101 and 102: 91 those who fear us have many name
- Page 103 and 104: 93 sleepless eyes reviled for our a
- Page 105 and 106: 95 Love is an Uprising we write wri
- Page 107 and 108: 97 we imagine a language invented b
- Page 109 and 110: 99 some of us are saints 19 or Sybi
- Page 111 and 112: 101 Lavender Hour in the lavender h
- Page 113 and 114: 103 in the lavender hour extraterre
- Page 115 and 116: 105 the lavender hour is not marked
- Page 117 and 118: 107 Carnivale 1 we sing sliding alo
- Page 119 and 120: 109 the Queen of Hearts the Queen o
- Page 121: 111 join the throng beating out the
- Page 125: 115 Music for lesbian mouths oooooo
- Page 130 and 131: 120 iv I begin reading Almanac of t
- Page 132 and 133: 122 Wait a minute, I say, Tell me w
- Page 134 and 135: 124 xxiv Dad comes through the plas
- Page 136 and 137: 126 —I stand halfway between tear
- Page 138 and 139: 128 Ambitions Woollomooloo, the har
- Page 140 and 141: 130 ii Tumbarumba, mountains, an an
- Page 142 and 143: 132 Fragments A week after your dea
- Page 144 and 145: 134 The sea whispers secrets in my
- Page 146 and 147: 136 Sacrifice In ancient Mexico the
- Page 148 and 149: 138 my great-grandmother, my great-
- Page 150 and 151: 140 but no sound … I strain to he
- Page 153 and 154: 143 India Sutra 1 For Hugh David Ha
- Page 155 and 156: 145 Will her knees hold up Her wing
- Page 157 and 158: 147 First Sutra 16 Jan 2004, Mumbai
- Page 159 and 160: 149 drummers beat out a rhythm for
- Page 161 and 162: 151 his tune calling each passer-by
- Page 163 and 164: 153 19 Jan I walk to the workshop B
- Page 165 and 166: 155 Each knows the precarious exist
- Page 167 and 168: 157 o Scintl is in the midst of deb
- Page 169 and 170: 159 knees that can take sudden land
- Page 171 and 172: 161 green icing, an orange crease.
- Page 173 and 174: 163 A flying duck takes off on the
- Page 175 and 176: 165 24 Jan The colour of poverty is
- Page 177 and 178:
167 The fantasy of comfort confront
- Page 179 and 180:
169 Is that Satan staring down from
- Page 181 and 182:
171 in the service of Sappho sister
- Page 183 and 184:
173 eight hundred pairs of army iss
- Page 185 and 186:
175 has finally lifted, post-migrai
- Page 187 and 188:
177 30 Jan In Ponda they prepare fo
- Page 189 and 190:
179 Today could have been his ninet
- Page 191 and 192:
181 2 Feb The Catholic church has p
- Page 193 and 194:
183 Playing ocean and boat. I am a
- Page 195 and 196:
185 In defence she invents the stea
- Page 197 and 198:
187 And he is flying through the mo
- Page 199 and 200:
189 and golden dragons circle Chomo
- Page 201 and 202:
191 Or some truism of social invisi
- Page 203 and 204:
193 Scintl: The ragdoll knees are g
- Page 205 and 206:
195 This time I’m here as compani
- Page 207 and 208:
197 And here am I, Avis, with free
- Page 209 and 210:
199 o There’s a note in a file ab
- Page 211 and 212:
201 They will not say it, but it’
- Page 213 and 214:
203 And one for Sakhi and her resea
- Page 215 and 216:
205 creates the most original retai
- Page 217 and 218:
207 energy rising, serpentine Kunda
- Page 219:
209 the young man from Kashmir who
- Page 223 and 224:
213 Gravity Defied Life’s a dance
- Page 225 and 226:
215 Animal House How long is a day
- Page 227 and 228:
217 And so it was for that other a
- Page 229 and 230:
219 it was like that moment of unde
- Page 231 and 232:
221 running between the waters of t
- Page 233 and 234:
223 (a simple enough affair) and on
- Page 235 and 236:
225 Song to Purnurlulu I was born o
- Page 237 and 238:
227 white people white ceilings I l
- Page 239 and 240:
229 o My daughter and I are growing
- Page 241 and 242:
The name of god is O The name of go
- Page 243:
233 it was ancient time it was Ur t
- Page 246 and 247:
236 Biaggi, Cristina. 1994. Habitat
- Page 248 and 249:
238 Elgin, Suzette Haden. 2000. Nat
- Page 250 and 251:
240 —. 1993. “Diotima Speaks th
- Page 252 and 253:
242 Mavor, Elizabeth. 1973. The Lad
- Page 254 and 255:
244 Sei Shonagon. 1928. The Pillow
- Page 256 and 257:
246 Films Barrett, Shirley. 1996. L
- Page 258:
248 poems themselves. Sometimes I h