Poetry

Victoria Field: Gifts

Gifts after Czeslaw Milosz   A day of pilgrimage. The rain’s held at bay and I’ve entered sacred spaces. Vast candles of blossom lit up the chestnut tree. It’s all the light I need. The rosary walk hums with prayers. Whatever the saint suffered, he’s now at peace. I’ve walked through yet another day of my life. I know my body is mortal and I can’t live here forever. As I stand, the wide red mouth of the shrine calls to me.   A day so wonderful. The geese gather under my bench. I sit and write. Two mallards land…

Subscribe to get access to all online articles

Digital Subscription

$98/ YR

Get the latest ideas from Australia’s most insightful writers.

Subscribe

  • Digital Subscription includes
  • Online editions of Quadrant Magazine
  • Printed editions of Quadrant Magazine
  • iPad ready PDF
  • Access to Quadrant Archives
  •  
  •  

Printed & Digital Subscription

$118/ YR

For avid readers of leading ideas
from Australia’s brightest.

Subscribe

  • Printed & Digital Subscription includes
  • Online editions of Quadrant Magazine
  • Printed editions of Quadrant Magazine
  • iPad ready PDF
  • Access to Quadrant Archives
  •  
  •  

Quadrant Patron

$300/ YR

Show your support for Australia’s
most open minded publication.

Subscribe

  • Quadrant Patron includes
  • Online editions of Quadrant Magazine
  • Printed editions of Quadrant Magazine
  • iPad ready PDF
  • Access to Quadrant Archives
  • All new editions of Quadrant Books
  • Exclusive invitations to Quadrant Dinners, book launches and events.