Remarkable Occurrences Joao de Jesus Paes Loureiro and responses to Rilke’s poetry

and responses to Rilke’s poetry by Patrick McGuiness

"First love

Montasser El-Qaffash Excerpt from the novel To See Now

she was awarded a gold medal for poetry at the XXX WCP in Taiwan

Born with a hole for a mouth

Remarkable Occurrences Joao de Jesus Paes Loureiro and responses to Rilke’s poetry"Remarkable Occurrences is Lodge at his best ? finely observed moments, images to die for, and an assured tone throughout. There is nothing parochial or self centred in this colourful and cosmopolitan collection by a poet who knows and loves his craft. The title sequence celebrates Cook? s voyage into the unknown, rescuing characters and incidents from historic and cultural obscurity, but the real exploration here is of ourselves in a diversity of