by Anna Smaill
First published 2006
The poet moves through ordinary moments, finding meaning in small encounters and familiar spaces. She watches morning light shift across kitchen tables, listens to conversations overheard on buses, notices how strangers navigate shared spaces. Each observation becomes a question about where she fits in this world of fleeting connections. The poems capture her gentle curiosity about home and displacement, the way memory shapes present experience, and how attention to simple details reveals deeper truths. Through playful language and careful attention, she discovers that belonging might not be a destination but a practice of seeing clearly what surrounds us.
Genres: literary-fiction, contemporary, poetry, 21st-century
Vibes: intimate, lyrical, thought-provoking
Tropes: belonging-as-practice, gentle-curiosity
Period: 21st-Century
72 pages · Paperback · Victoria University Press