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Anthony Lawrence Anthony Lawrence i(A11942 works by)
Born: Established: 1957 Tamworth, Tamworth area, New England, New South Wales, ;
Gender: Male
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1 Fields i "I rarely leave a field unvisited, morphometrically speaking.", Anthony Lawrence , 2023 poetry
— Appears in: Live Encounters , August 2023;
1 A Fox on the Flats i "While digging for worms on the mud flats,", Anthony Lawrence , 2023 poetry
— Appears in: Live Encounters , August 2023;
1 The Kookaburra. i "I am fourteen, halfway across a metal pipe", Anthony Lawrence , 2023 poetry
— Appears in: Live Encounters , August 2023;
1 Reading the Conditions i "The sky was white and patched with ultramarine as we set out", Anthony Lawrence , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July no. 455 2023; (p. 27)
1 Anthology Anthony Lawrence , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Anabranch : Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 2022 2022;
1 1 y separately published work icon Ordinary Time Anthony Lawrence , Audrey Molloy , World Square : Pitt Street Poetry , 2022 25000727 2022 selected work poetry 'Working collaboratively with the Irish Australian poet Audrey Molloy, our research involved an investigation into the history elements in the poetry of Seamus Heaney, Ezra Pound, Michael Longley, Leonard Cohen and Elizabeth Bishop. Our research was instrumental in combining the notion of time travel with the lives of deceased poets. Our personal experience has been woven into the fabric of the stories we have taken from our research into the lives of other poets. Contribution: The contribution to the history of collaboration in poetry is significant, as the authors have created a contemporary alignment of two cultures, and provided a lyrical background against which personal, historical, poetic and geographical elements can be fixed. The poems in 'Ordinary Time' have no titles, and the poet's names have not been directly linked to the work. The reason for this is to create a seamless, rather than identifiable reading of the poetry. The contribution of new knowledge can best be seen in the dovetailing of metaphorical content from Australia and Ireland, in terms of these countries' fauna, flora, history and poetic traditions. Significance: The blending of two cultures and quite distinct poetry styles in the one collection has provided a complex mapping of ideas, philosophies and poetry influences. This collaboration took a year, during which up to seven full versions of the book were meticulously laid out and edited back together. Sections of the book have since been published in the British journal Stand, one of the oldest and most respected journals in the UK. Audrey Molloy's and Anthony Lawrence's contributions can be seen in their combined awards ('The Important Things' Audrey Molloy,(Gallery Press, Ireland, 2021), and Anthony Lawrence's 'Headwaters' (Pitt Street Poetry, 2017). The authors have already read poems from 'Ordinary Time' at a live, online poetry event, at the invitation of the Sydney Poetry Salon.' (https://research-repository.griffith.edu.au/handle/10072/410420?show=full)
1 In the Shadows of Our Heads i "I’d called the Humane Society to report the neglect", Anthony Lawrence , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , January–February no. 439 2022; (p. 28)
1 Levitation i "Having mastered the art of using magnets", Anthony Lawrence , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 431 2021; (p. 49)
1 1 y separately published work icon Ken Anthony Lawrence , Elizabeth Bay : Life Before Man , 2021 20877461 2021 selected work poetry

'Each stanza of Anthony Lawrence's Ken gradually unveils, with a satirical and compassionate eye, a plastic doll's restricted identity. Ken, the occupant of engendered humanity, is observed in a series of adventures, transgressions, and unresolved intimate encounters. Delightfully humorous and intellectually credible with a melancholy edge, Ken is a book for our times.' (Publication summary)
1 Under the Influence Anthony Lawrence , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 1 August 2020; (p. 15)
— Review of Eagerly We Burn Barry Hill , 2019 selected work poetry

'Across a long career that includes 10 books of poems, short story and nonfiction collections, essays and librettos, Barry Hill has maintained a quiet, persistently influential place in Australian literature. His books have won numerous awards in this country and his eighth book, Naked Clay: Drawing From Lucian Freud, was shortlisted for the Forward Prize in Britain.' (Introduction)
1 Anthropocene i "While there are other words I’d prefer", Anthony Lawrence , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , May no. 96 2020;
1 The Octopus , i "Having knocked the lid from the cooler", Anthony Lawrence , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Other Terrain , December no. 8 2019;
1 Swimming the Horse Anthony Lawrence , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Other Terrain , December no. 8 2019;
1 A Saxophone Solo i "Someone on the engine casing", Anthony Lawrence , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: FourW New Writing , no. 30 2019; (p. 110)
1 1 y separately published work icon Time Machine Anthony Lawrence , North Tamborine : Calanthe Press , 2019 18737423 2019 selected work poetry
1 Love i "Ken loves Barbie and Barbie loves a barbecue", Anthony Lawrence , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Meanjin , Summer vol. 78 no. 4 2019; (p. 107)
1 Reading Lessons i "Ken tried reading", Anthony Lawrence , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Island , no. 157 2019; (p. 92-93)
1 Ken Continues to Talk about Himself in the Third Person i "Ken said Ken went into the garden", Anthony Lawrence , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Island , no. 157 2019; (p. 91)
1 Self Examination i "When Ken came home which was anywhere", Anthony Lawrence , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Island , no. 157 2019; (p. 90)
1 Sleep i "On the left side of my brain it was raining soft toys", Anthony Lawrence , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Verity La , February 2019;
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