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States of Poetry 2016 - New South Wales | 'In Fancy' by Toby Fitch

States of Poetry New South Wales - Series One

Toby Fitch

'In Fancy' was first published in The Bloomin' Notions of Other & Beau

States of Poetry 2016 - New South Wales | 'Mauvement' by Toby Fitch

by Toby Fitch •

States of Poetry New South Wales - Series One

Toby Fitch

Recording

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It is one with<br />night, with daylight<br />stars, moths that fumble</p> <p>at a window pane, bewildered<br />that this tract of sky,<br />like no other, will not yield.</p> <p>The coffee cup, double espresso,<br />is deeper than it looks.<br />Each sip I take</p> <p>a dark reaffirmation. ... </div> </div> </div>   <div class="tagItemView"> <div class="tagItemHeader"> <h2 class="tagItemTitle"><a href="/poetry/states-of-poetry/states-of-poetry-new-south-wales/181-states-of-poetry-new-south-wales/3310-states-of-poetry-new-south-wales-terms-of-endearment-by-david-malouf">States of Poetry 2016 - New South Wales | 'Terms of Endearment' by David Malouf</a></h2>  <div class="abr-article-review-details"><span class="Grey-Medium">by <a rel="author" href="/features/poems/author/5793-davidmalouf">David Malouf</a></span> <span class="abr-bullet">•</span> </div> <div class="abr-article-issue"><a href="/poetry/states-of-poetry/states-of-poetry-new-south-wales" title="States of Poetry New South Wales - Series One">States of Poetry New South Wales - Series One</a></div> </div> <div class="tagItemBody">  <div class="k2IntroText"> <p>Sweet nothings in our ear<br />  <em> cherub   pumpkin   dearest chuck</em><br />but to the heart   which is the better<br />     listener   the password<br />to a tongue that only two in their comings<br />         and goings have access to</p> <p>     A blessed mouthfu ... </div> </div> </div>   <div class="tagItemView"> <div class="tagItemHeader"> <h2 class="tagItemTitle"><a href="/poetry/states-of-poetry/states-of-poetry-new-south-wales/181-states-of-poetry-new-south-wales/3309-states-of-poetry-new-south-wales-pyrra-by-david-malouf">States of Poetry 2016 - New South Wales | 'Pyrra' by David Malouf</a></h2>  <div class="abr-article-review-details"><span class="Grey-Medium">by <a rel="author" href="/features/poems/author/5793-davidmalouf">David Malouf</a></span> <span class="abr-bullet">•</span> </div> <div class="abr-article-issue"><a href="/poetry/states-of-poetry/states-of-poetry-new-south-wales" title="States of Poetry New South Wales - Series One">States of Poetry New South Wales - Series One</a></div> </div> <div class="tagItemBody">  <div class="k2IntroText"> <p>after Horace,<em> Odes I, v</em></p> <p> </p> <p>What slim-hipped beachboy dripping<br />with musk is riding you<br />now on a bed of roses<br />in your snug den, Pyrra? Is it</p> <p>for him you have braided<br />those honey-gold locks<br />in a knot so neat, so<br />homely? One day</p> <p>soon, black moods, black<br />looks, he'll be cursing<br />you and the fickle<br />gods who have ... </div> </div> </div>   <div class="tagItemView"> <div class="tagItemHeader"> <h2 class="tagItemTitle"><a href="/poetry/states-of-poetry/states-of-poetry-new-south-wales/181-states-of-poetry-new-south-wales/3311-states-of-poetry-new-south-wales-visitation-on-myrtle-street-by-david-malouf">States of Poetry 2016 - New South Wales | 'Visitation on Myrtle Street' by David Malouf</a></h2>  <div class="abr-article-review-details"><span class="Grey-Medium">by <a rel="author" href="/features/poems/author/5793-davidmalouf">David Malouf</a></span> <span class="abr-bullet">•</span> </div> <div class="abr-article-issue"><a href="/poetry/states-of-poetry/states-of-poetry-new-south-wales" title="States of Poetry New South Wales - Series One">States of Poetry New South Wales - Series One</a></div> </div> <div class="tagItemBody">  <div class="k2IntroText"> <p>I was woken at some hour<br />of darkness before dawn by a scent so heavy<br />on my senses, on the room, that I was convinced</p> <p>a burglar had broken in<br />and was loitering<br />upstairs or in the hallway, or having caught</p> <p>my step on the stairs above him was lying low<br />in the laundry, or sitting<br />upright and unbreathing</p> <p>in one of the Windsor chairs, unaware it w ... </div> </div> </div>   <div class="tagItemView"> <div class="tagItemHeader"> <h2 class="tagItemTitle"><a href="/poetry/states-of-poetry/states-of-poetry-new-south-wales/181-states-of-poetry-new-south-wales/3312-states-of-poetry-new-south-wales-utopia-after-oz-by-kate-middleton">States of Poetry 2016 - New South Wales | 'Utopia / After Oz' by Kate Middleton</a></h2>  <div class="abr-article-review-details"><span class="Grey-Medium">by <a rel="author" href="/features/poems/author/1959-katemiddleton">Kate Middleton</a></span> <span class="abr-bullet">•</span> </div> <div class="abr-article-issue"><a href="/poetry/states-of-poetry/states-of-poetry-new-south-wales" title="States of Poetry New South Wales - Series One">States of Poetry New South Wales - Series One</a></div> </div> <div class="tagItemBody">  <div class="k2IntroText"> <p>The storm blows you back<br />              its funnel ardent<br />              its wide hungry eye<br />Its tongue croons you<br />onto flatline of prairie</p> <p>When poppies drowsed you<br />red breath drew<br />gravity into your limbs:<br />you yearned for tall ... </div> </div> </div>   <div class="tagItemView"> <div class="tagItemHeader"> <h2 class="tagItemTitle"><a href="/poetry/states-of-poetry/states-of-poetry-new-south-wales/181-states-of-poetry-new-south-wales/3313-states-of-poetry-new-south-wales-daybreak-by-kate-middleton">States of Poetry 2016 - New South Wales | 'Daybreak' by Kate Middleton</a></h2>  <div class="abr-article-review-details"><span class="Grey-Medium">by <a rel="author" href="/features/poems/author/1959-katemiddleton">Kate Middleton</a></span> <span class="abr-bullet">•</span> </div> <div class="abr-article-issue"><a href="/poetry/states-of-poetry/states-of-poetry-new-south-wales" title="States of Poetry New South Wales - Series One">States of Poetry New South Wales - Series One</a></div> </div> <div class="tagItemBody">  <div class="k2IntroText"> <p><em>The dawn is only a thought.</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 60px;">The fulcrum on which we rest our newsprint, our toothless fingerprints, our balmy Paxil days.</p> <p><em>Only a thought of the windy, dwindling kind.</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 60px;">Wake to urgent messages, to the waltz of hours crisp and fragile as thin pastry. 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Of arid no.</p> <p>&nb ... </div> </div> </div>   <div class="tagItemView"> <div class="tagItemHeader"> <h2 class="tagItemTitle"><a href="/poetry/states-of-poetry/states-of-poetry-new-south-wales/181-states-of-poetry-new-south-wales/3315-states-of-poetry-new-south-wales-mouse-wunderkammer-by-kate-middleton">States of Poetry 2016 - New South Wales | 'Mouse (Wunderkammer)' by Kate Middleton</a></h2>  <div class="abr-article-review-details"><span class="Grey-Medium">by <a rel="author" href="/features/poems/author/1959-katemiddleton">Kate Middleton</a></span> <span class="abr-bullet">•</span> </div> <div class="abr-article-issue"><a href="/poetry/states-of-poetry/states-of-poetry-new-south-wales" title="States of Poetry New South Wales - Series One">States of Poetry New South Wales - Series One</a></div> </div> <div class="tagItemBody">  <div class="k2IntroText"> <p>Cut out a sixth of the heart.<br />At a day old—furless,<br />close-eyed, resembling nothing<br />so much as an infant's thumb—<br />he can survive it.<br />The mouse can regrow that missing part<br />in three short weeks.</p> <p style="margin-left: 60px;">Aesop knew it:<br />to be mouse-hearted<br />is as good as wearing<br />the swagger of lion.</p> <p>His heart<br />perhaps the size of ... </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <div class="k2Pagination"> <nav class="uk-margin-large" aria-label="Pagination"><ul class="uk-pagination uk-margin-remove-bottom uk-flex-center"><li><a class="previous" href="/features/poems?start=410" aria-label="Prev"><span uk-pagination-previous></span></a></li><li><a class="" href="/features/poems?start=390">40</a></li><li><a class="" href="/features/poems?start=400">41</a></li><li><a class="" href="/features/poems?start=410">42</a></li><li class="uk-active"><span aria-current="page">43</span></li><li><a class="" href="/features/poems?start=430">44</a></li><li><a class="" href="/features/poems?start=440">45</a></li><li><a class="" href="/features/poems?start=450">46</a></li><li><a class="next" href="/features/poems?start=430" aria-label="Next"><span uk-pagination-next></span></a></li></ul></nav> <div class="clr"></div> Page 43 of 83 </div> </div>   </div> <aside id="tm-sidebar" class="tm-sidebar uk-width-1-4@m"> <div class="uk-panel _text" id="module-432"> <div class="bannergroup_text"> <div class="banneritem"> <a href="/component/banners/click/28" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" title="ABR - Calibre 2026"> <img src="https://www.australianbookreview.com.au/images/banners/Calibre-2026SSP2.gif" alt="2026 Calibre Essay Prize" /> </a> <div class="clr"></div> </div> <div class="banneritem"> <a href="/component/banners/click/32" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" title="Monash - January-February 2026"> <img src="https://www.australianbookreview.com.au/images/banners/ABR_SIDE_PANEL_MCCI_JAN_FEB26-CROPPED.jpg" alt="Master's of Cultural and Creative Industries - Monash University" /> </a> <div class="clr"></div> </div> </div> </div> </aside> </div> </div> </main> <footer>  <div class="uk-section-muted uk-section uk-padding-remove-top"> <div class="uk-container"> <div class="uk-grid tm-grid-expand uk-child-width-1-1 uk-grid-margin"> <div class="uk-width-1-1"> <div class="abr-mobile"> <div class="uk-panel" id="module-314"> <div class="uk-margin-remove-last-child custom" ><div class="abr-footer-credits"> <div><img src="/images/assets/abr-footer-logo-sm.png" alt="Australian Book Review black logo" /> <img src="/images/assets/abr-footer-computer-sm.png" alt="Computer and books illustration" /></div> <div> <p>Studio 2<br />207 City Road<br />Southbank VIC 3006<br />Tel: <a href="tel:0396998822">(03) 9699 8822</a></p> <ul class="social-list-mobile"> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/AustBookReview" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="ABR on Twitter"><i class="fa-brands fa-twitter" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/AustralianBookReview/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="ABR on Facebook"><i class="fa-brands fa-facebook-f" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/australianbookreview/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="ABR on Instagram"><i class="fa-brands fa-instagram" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="abr-footer-email"><span id="cloak42014e3f8ff5ee539133a7afff409169">This email address is being protected from spambots. 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Poems

States of Poetry 2016 - New South Wales | 'Gen Y' by Toby Fitch

States of Poetry 2016 - New South Wales | 'In Fancy' by Toby Fitch

States of Poetry 2016 - New South Wales | 'Mauvement' by Toby Fitch

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