As Clear as Modder

<p>Virgilio Goncalves has worked out finally why he has a nomadic bent. It's because a lot of the time he's seeking the tribe that truly typifies him. Is he South African Australian or Portuguese? Place has loomed like a restless shadow in his life. But which of the three countries to which he has ties is the one most a part of him? This collection looks at poems written in or about the three lands which tug at his heartstrings for captaincy status in his multicultural life. He also comes to the realisation that despite this agitation about Place he considers himself fortunate. Virgilio no longer works as a journalist lecturer ESL teacher or tennis coach. Instead he writes. So far two novels two collections of poetry and a book of short stories. All this alphabet play nourishes him. At each day's end he's grateful he's had the chance to jiggle fingers on to yielding keys and see words come into being as if by magic. </p><p>'A memorable and special poetry collection.' - Jude Aquilina</p><p><br></p>