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In Remarks on Time, Davina Allison converses with the great philosopher Bernard Lonergan SJ (1904-1984), who, in an age subordinate to degraded and degrading ideas, asked serious questions about the drive to knowledge. Here, in intense, vivid poems, the lovers' bedroom and garden, silk, birds, oranges, violets, and rain are conjured, offering a contemplative vision of desire, love, and the world apprehended in time, and outside of it.

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""Time is at once subjective and objective, a delicate weaving between rose and silk, garden and house, lover and beloved. These poems seem to sustain time itself, like a daytime lullaby. Without them, the reader feels, time's passing might be lost. Rarely does such a minimalist idiom retain a true symbolist resonance as it does here consistently and with intensity."" --Catherine Pickstock, Norris-Hulse Professor of Divinity, University of Cambridge ""Every word in Davina Allison's poetry is exquisitely chosen. Those fortunate enough to read and experience this inlay of pearled words have finally felt that presence within language that can transcend being--of meaning breaching time itself. These Remarks on Time, echoing Lonergan, transform the existential voice into a voice in love, a voice sheltered within cisterns covered in jasmine. We know the haunting aspect of late nights after lectures, bitter oranges, waterbirds, gardens, and embellished silk. Allison's voice is perfused and possessed through a total other-worldly love still entirely earthy. This is perfect poetry."" --Caitlin Smith Gilson, Professor of Philosophy, St. Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary

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Davina Allison's poems have been published in a range of literary journals, including the Australian Book Review, Wild Court (King's College London), The London Magazine, and by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation as Editor's Choice. She has a classics degree, two masters degrees (one with honors), and a PhD in academic syntax.

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