Sightings
Gillian Bickley
GILLIAN BICKLEY was born and educated in the UK and has lived mainly in Hong Kong since 1970. The poems in Sightings are on Hong Kong, European and personal subjects, accessible to many readers, both young and old. They consider what it is like to be a human being in this modern world, drawing inspiration mainly from the people whom the writer has encountered, especially in Hong Kong.
An academic turned full-time writer, editor and publisher, Gillian invites readers and listeners to share her enjoyment of city and country, simple and complex ideas and events, and her empathy with the largely innocent people she has come across. In her trademark transparent style, she draws on events, happenings, creatures, artefacts and objects she has seen, and on places and people she has experienced in Asia, Europe, North America and Africa, as well as on stimulating and memorable books she has read.
"She has made use of everyday life situations and turned them into life lessons. Sightings inspires us to slow down and taste the sense of the city."— Ma Kwai Hung, Hong Kong.
"The poems in Sightings are witty, poignant, full of memorable images and insights and a total delight." — Professor Ken Pickering
"Sightings conveys playfulness and ironic humour. The writer displays, 'a strong ethical sense and a constant and engaging lyricism'." —Marion Bethel, Bahamian poet
Bickley has, "a talent for turning the stuff of ordinary life into poetry. She continually surprises and delights by making fresh connections between seemingly disparate situations". — Mrs Margaret Clarke, Oxfordshire.
"Gillian Bickley walks around the world with her eyes open, relishing the phenomena she passes".— Harry Guest, Honorary University Fellow, University of Exeter, UK (from his 'Preface' to Sightings).
Duration - 1h 15m.
Author - Gillian Bickley.
Narrator - Gillian Bickley.
Published Date - Sunday, 22 January 2023.
Copyright - © 2007 Gillian Bickley ©.
Location:
United States
Networks:
Gillian Bickley
Gillian Bickley Poems
Proverse Hong Kong
English Audiobooks
Findaway Audiobooks
Description:
GILLIAN BICKLEY was born and educated in the UK and has lived mainly in Hong Kong since 1970. The poems in Sightings are on Hong Kong, European and personal subjects, accessible to many readers, both young and old. They consider what it is like to be a human being in this modern world, drawing inspiration mainly from the people whom the writer has encountered, especially in Hong Kong. An academic turned full-time writer, editor and publisher, Gillian invites readers and listeners to share her enjoyment of city and country, simple and complex ideas and events, and her empathy with the largely innocent people she has come across. In her trademark transparent style, she draws on events, happenings, creatures, artefacts and objects she has seen, and on places and people she has experienced in Asia, Europe, North America and Africa, as well as on stimulating and memorable books she has read. "She has made use of everyday life situations and turned them into life lessons. Sightings inspires us to slow down and taste the sense of the city."— Ma Kwai Hung, Hong Kong. "The poems in Sightings are witty, poignant, full of memorable images and insights and a total delight." — Professor Ken Pickering "Sightings conveys playfulness and ironic humour. The writer displays, 'a strong ethical sense and a constant and engaging lyricism'." —Marion Bethel, Bahamian poet Bickley has, "a talent for turning the stuff of ordinary life into poetry. She continually surprises and delights by making fresh connections between seemingly disparate situations". — Mrs Margaret Clarke, Oxfordshire. "Gillian Bickley walks around the world with her eyes open, relishing the phenomena she passes".— Harry Guest, Honorary University Fellow, University of Exeter, UK (from his 'Preface' to Sightings). Duration - 1h 15m. Author - Gillian Bickley. Narrator - Gillian Bickley. Published Date - Sunday, 22 January 2023. Copyright - © 2007 Gillian Bickley ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:10
About the book & some commentary
Duration:00:03:20
2. Art is Long
Duration:00:01:48
3. Super-ego
Duration:00:00:40
4. Optimism
Duration:00:01:05
5. The Purpose of Praise
Duration:00:01:04
6. Country Walk
Duration:00:00:54
7. Humble Indignation
Duration:00:01:32
8. Take up your Bed and Walk!
Duration:00:00:58
9. Innocent Solidarity
Duration:00:00:49
10. Hallowe'en
Duration:00:01:11
11. Stranger and Stranger
Duration:00:00:30
12. A Fine Sense of Courtesy
Duration:00:00:52
13. Old Accounts
Duration:00:01:00
14. "Take Care what you wish for!"
Duration:00:01:30
15. Squirreling
Duration:00:00:11
16. Parents and Children
Duration:00:00:19
17. Always a Child
Duration:00:00:17
18. Politically Correct
Duration:00:00:28
19. Unstained
Duration:00:00:27
20. Western Fung Shui Practitioner
Duration:00:00:20
21. The Value of Information
Duration:00:00:29
22. Permission
Duration:00:00:57
23. Stiff Upper Lip
Duration:00:00:37
24. Divine Discontent: an Essay in Logic
Duration:00:01:32
25. Parish Priest
Duration:00:01:34
26. Walking Stick
Duration:00:01:13
27. Warm Comfort
Duration:00:04:52
28. Publication
Duration:00:00:15
29. Cities of the Mind
Duration:00:02:25
30. Gift from an Astronaut
Duration:00:00:21
31. Transit Lounge
Duration:00:01:01
32. Token
Duration:00:00:20
33. Doubt
Duration:00:00:26
34. Too Much Reality
Duration:00:00:16
35. In-fin-ity
Duration:00:00:18
36. Cutting Hedge
Duration:00:00:13
37. Mis-Communications: Shampoo Lady, Ambiguous Advertising, Ambiguous Praise: Flying High, Difficult to do, Fashion Sense
Duration:00:00:59
38. Curtains for some
Duration:00:00:32
39. Civil Contract, Hong Kong
Duration:00:00:44
40. Balance
Duration:00:00:32
41. White Flags
Duration:00:00:46
42. Fragile Symbols
Duration:00:01:14
43. Battle Sight
Duration:00:00:28
44. Asphalt Flower
Duration:00:00:37
45. Christmas Bear [-hug]
Duration:00:00:44
46. Leaves: Street Sweeper & Teacher Compared
Duration:00:00:19
47. Differences
Duration:00:00:42
48. Mediterranean Reaction
Duration:00:01:14
49. First Impressions
Duration:00:01:19
50. Disappearing Harbour
Duration:00:01:11
51. Coffin Play
Duration:00:01:41
52. Rowboat
Duration:00:00:30
53. Spectacles
Duration:00:00:45
54. Images
Duration:00:02:16
55. Sweet Provider
Duration:00:01:26
56. Thoughtfulness
Duration:00:00:56
57. "City Golf Club"
Duration:00:00:43
58. Her Choice
Duration:00:07:52
59. What Bird Flew?
Duration:00:01:07
60. The Watcher Watched
Duration:00:01:13
61. Young Master
Duration:00:00:58
62. Is there Heartbreak in Heaven?
Duration:00:01:55
63. Creating Words
Duration:00:01:38
64. Roman Stones
Duration:00:04:16
Ending Credits
Duration:00:00:22