Polite Forms was written between January, 2008 and June, 2011. Although the whole sequence is, perhaps self-evidently, it is a meditation on family life written from the perspective of a man in his early fifties.

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Polite Forms The Hairpiece Nana Expedience Box Three, Spool Five Writing Proper Nouns Strictly Private Pray for the Wanderer Vestments Dead Languages AZH 402 Bardolino A Musical Life My Remarkable Uncle Something Blue from the Pines Intolerance A War Miniature The Nature of Things The Music Makers The Back Gardens Bucket and Spade The Rider Captain Extra Mild Notices School-Going Junior Infants The Conventions Night Prayers Sunday Mass Radio Sounds Avenues Fathers and Sons In Herbert Park Swimming Lessons Lost Things A Loanword A Farm Visit The Girl in the Frame The Men Who Left Messages Wedding Photos Notes and Acknowledgements.