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y separately published work icon Thing & Unthing selected work   poetry  
Issue Details: First known date: 2014... 2014 Thing & Unthing
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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

  • Epigraph: 'returning us to the ordinary a place we have never been... –Stanley Cavell
  • 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", Angela Gardner , single work poetry (p. 7-13)
Telescopei"possibly of time here and there her bright head might", Angela Gardner , single work poetry (p. 14)
Zero-Sum [a Mechanical Soul Ponders Its Existence]i"Instability swims in its metal casing", Angela Gardner , single work poetry (p. 15-16)
We Stand around a Hole in the Groundi"At a hole in the ground...", Angela Gardner , single work poetry (p. 17)
Rungs of a Ladderi"In", Angela Gardner , single work poetry (p. 18-19)
Borrowed Viewsi"They greet me in their night clothes", Angela Gardner , single work poetry (p. 20-21)
My Hands Its Handsi"but it was the Eighties, it was not value ethics", Angela Gardner , single work poetry (p. 22-23)
Last Flighti"Huddle inside the tv news", Angela Gardner , single work poetry (p. 24)
At a Distancei"At some point Odysseus, but what Babary Fig, answers", Angela Gardner , single work poetry (p. 25)
Intentioni"And on the rocky shore the news is not all good", Angela Gardner , single work poetry (p. 26)
On the Radioi"I suppose it would have been someone's Paradise", Angela Gardner , single work poetry (p. 27)
Surplusi"ordinariness is asleep as the city passes [", Angela Gardner , single work poetry (p. 28)
Substancei"Cattle stand apparently (if not to themselves)", Angela Gardner , single work poetry (p. 29)
Over the Hillsi"Unravelling connections to objects or not, she bends low", Angela Gardner , single work poetry (p. 30)
Ar Lan Y Mori"It's that outlier in the year when you make wishes", Angela Gardner , single work poetry (p. 31)
Icumeni"With what glances going back we become the story minus", Angela Gardner , single work poetry (p. 32)
Un-Tetheri"hid from high wind the mothers wore floating.", Angela Gardner , single work poetry (p. 33)
Noise Signal Ratioi"Pull of air (collective sky) and in varying shades of", Angela Gardner , single work poetry (p. 34)
Of Skyi"the acre whole full", Angela Gardner , single work poetry (p. 35)
Gimmei"She is Teflon. He is an entire suburb, expansive to the point", Angela Gardner , single work poetry (p. 41)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Newtown, Marrickville - Camperdown area, Sydney Southern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Vagabond Press , 2014 .
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      Extent: 44p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 1 November 2014
      ISBN: 9781922181268
      Series: y separately published work icon DeciBels Series 1 Pamela Brown (illustrator), Newtown : Vagabond Press , 2014- 8323835 2014 series - publisher poetry

Works about this Work

Vivian Gerrand Reviews Three Vagabond DeciBels Series Chapbooks Vivian Gerrand , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Plumwood Mountain [Online] , February 2016;

— Review of The Complete Pocketbook of Swoon Ann Vickery , 2014 selected work poetry ; Thing & Unthing Angela Gardner , 2014 selected work poetry
Vivian Gerrand Reviews Three Vagabond DeciBels Series Chapbooks Vivian Gerrand , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Plumwood Mountain [Online] , February 2016;

— Review of The Complete Pocketbook of Swoon Ann Vickery , 2014 selected work poetry ; Thing & Unthing Angela Gardner , 2014 selected work poetry
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