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'In a world constructed from both physical and mental objects, poetry is a perfect vehicle to explore our experience. The existence of things posits tantalising ideas of the existence of unthings, the seemingly impossible. Negative mathematical objects such as un-tigers, built on Charles Dodson's alter-ego Lewis Carroll work, or surreal objects such as Meret Oppenheim's Un Objet encourage us to be both serious and playful in our puzzles over existence. Thing & Unthing records part of the thinking about, and playfulness possible in a complicated world.' (Publication summary)
Notes
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Epigraph: 'returning us to the ordinary a place we have never been... –Stanley Cavell
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Author's note:
In memory of
D.I.G.
02.04.1927 - 15.07.2014
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Newtown,
Marrickville - Camperdown area,
Sydney Southern Suburbs,
Sydney,
New South Wales,:Vagabond Press
, 2014 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- The Roadi"We come in on an extended shimmer", single work poetry (p. 7-13)
- Telescopei"possibly of time here and there her bright head might", single work poetry (p. 14)
- Zero-Sum [a Mechanical Soul Ponders Its Existence]i"Instability swims in its metal casing", single work poetry (p. 15-16)
- We Stand around a Hole in the Groundi"At a hole in the ground...", single work poetry (p. 17)
- Rungs of a Ladderi"In", single work poetry (p. 18-19)
- Borrowed Viewsi"They greet me in their night clothes", single work poetry (p. 20-21)
- My Hands Its Handsi"but it was the Eighties, it was not value ethics", single work poetry (p. 22-23)
- Last Flighti"Huddle inside the tv news", single work poetry (p. 24)
- At a Distancei"At some point Odysseus, but what Babary Fig, answers", single work poetry (p. 25)
- Intentioni"And on the rocky shore the news is not all good", single work poetry (p. 26)
- On the Radioi"I suppose it would have been someone's Paradise", single work poetry (p. 27)
- Surplusi"ordinariness is asleep as the city passes [", single work poetry (p. 28)
- Substancei"Cattle stand apparently (if not to themselves)", single work poetry (p. 29)
- Over the Hillsi"Unravelling connections to objects or not, she bends low", single work poetry (p. 30)
- Ar Lan Y Mori"It's that outlier in the year when you make wishes", single work poetry (p. 31)
- Icumeni"With what glances going back we become the story minus", single work poetry (p. 32)
- Un-Tetheri"hid from high wind the mothers wore floating.", single work poetry (p. 33)
- Noise Signal Ratioi"Pull of air (collective sky) and in varying shades of", single work poetry (p. 34)
- Of Skyi"the acre whole full", single work poetry (p. 35)
- Gimmei"She is Teflon. He is an entire suburb, expansive to the point", single work poetry (p. 41)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Vivian Gerrand Reviews Three Vagabond DeciBels Series Chapbooks
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Plumwood Mountain [Online] , February 2016;
— Review of The Complete Pocketbook of Swoon 2014 selected work poetry ; Thing & Unthing 2014 selected work poetry
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Vivian Gerrand Reviews Three Vagabond DeciBels Series Chapbooks
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Plumwood Mountain [Online] , February 2016;
— Review of The Complete Pocketbook of Swoon 2014 selected work poetry ; Thing & Unthing 2014 selected work poetry
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