Freud's back-yard

Freud's back-yard

by Isobel Robin

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A remarkable book of powerful and moving poems that run the gamut from serious to humorous. Deserves a wide readership. Contains the poems (and dedications): * Frogs' Eggs * Freud's Back-yard *(Bergasse IX, Vienna)* * Duck Season * Fat Lady Visiting a Gallery * The Kiss * The Invitreous Advent of Septimus * St George's Wife Remembers the Dragon * Retirement Road * Getting On a Bit *(Remembering Betty Bradly)* * Ferries * Aunty on Annapurna * Bailero for Dead Lovers *(Betty and Mike Priestley died together in a car accident on a wet night in 1987.)* * The Ghost Game *(Remembering Mavis Tissell)* * The Dowser *(Remembering Norman Larmour)* * Flowers * Heathmont Dreaming *(For the Boonerwiung people)* * Mistress and Harpies *(Remembering Miss D., 1937)* * Luddite's Revenge * Overnight Stay * Fishbone * Sunshine * Springtime in Paris * Wind Chimes *(For my daughter)* * Clair de Lune * The Haunting *(For Rob)* * Time Lapse * Reflections * Cinders * Evening, Eastern Hill * Dreams and Visions * Paper Ghosts

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    How does the title poem, "Freud's Back-yard," set the tone for the collection by exploring the hidden, subconscious, or domestic spaces of the human mind?

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    Isobel Robin moves effortlessly between serious reflections and sharp humor—which poem surprised you the most with its tonal shift, and how did it affect your reading experience?

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    Several poems in the collection, such as "Bailero for Dead Lovers" and "The Ghost Game," serve as elegies or memorials to specific people; how does Robin capture the presence of absence in her commemorative poetry?

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