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  • Author:agent Robert Adamson http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/adamson-robert
Issue Details: First known date: 1990... 1990 Selected Poems 1970-1989
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Contents

* Contents derived from the St Lucia, Indooroopilly - St Lucia area, Brisbane - North West, Brisbane, Queensland,:University of Queensland Press , 1990 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Proemi"Dirty hypodermics rattle in the glovebox : morphine flows", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 3)
The Imitatori"Central station slides by, I sit here stranded in a window pane.", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 4-8)
Envoii"Watch him, serving out his year in this neutral atmosphere-", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 8)
Comes From Insidei"Don't pity this naked mind that walks like a monk", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 9)
Demimondainei"Down along my mirror sided town", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 10)
Canticles on the Skini"thwack the tight skin once - wait, this act", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 11-13)
Toward Abstraction : Possibly a Gull's Wingi"The most disconcerting feature is an absolute flatness", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 14)
Through a Trammel of Livesi"The delta of his years holds only time;", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 15)
The Squid Shoalsi"I finger papers in a morning blaze", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 16)
The Harbour Braces Itselfi"It is early, the harbour braces itself", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 17)
Between the Silver and the Glass Between the Silver and the Glass Surfacei"Because we are old, ornamental questions cannot hold us-", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 18)
Elegy for Imitation Glassi"Tomorrow? I slowly tilt the rim and watch dark liquid flow", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 19-20)
Your Magazine Husbandi"Finally after strolling along", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 21-23)
Stupra / Ataraxia (for Francis Webb)i"Huddled forward incanting over books through weeks, nothing's", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 24)
Saint Augustine (for Les Murray)i"His descent from house to city streets, like a branch", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 25)
An American Poet Surrounded by Her Death (for Sylvia Plath)i"From beneath frostlow hedges where the earth steams upwards", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 26)
Supposedly Written in a Music Shop (for Hart Crane)i"pubescence - singing dwindles to bird - twitter", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 27-28)
Never Seek to Telli"Green seasons turn out tan leaves", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 29)
Action Would Kill It / A Gamblei"When I couldn't he always discussed things.", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 33)
The Unpopular Scale of Valuesi"Why should I ever use the word Owl when it rubs", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 34)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Gaining Lift Off - Some Paradigms of Modern Poetry Peter Boyle , 1995 single work criticism
— Appears in: Scarp , May no. 26 1995; (p. 16-26)
Robert Adamson : Beyond the Pale Dorothy Hewett , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Scripsi , vol. 7 no. 1 1991; (p. 247-258) Selected Prose of Dorothy Hewett 2011; (p. 98-113)

— Review of Selected Poems 1970-1989 Robert Adamson , 1990 selected work poetry
Romanticism, Vision and Humanity Beate Josephi , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Voices , Spring vol. 1 no. 3 1991; (p. 104-107)

— Review of The Butterfly Man Shane McCauley , 1991 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems 1970-1989 Robert Adamson , 1990 selected work poetry
Romanticism, Vision and Humanity Beate Josephi , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Voices , Spring vol. 1 no. 3 1991; (p. 104-107)

— Review of The Butterfly Man Shane McCauley , 1991 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems 1970-1989 Robert Adamson , 1990 selected work poetry
Robert Adamson : Beyond the Pale Dorothy Hewett , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Scripsi , vol. 7 no. 1 1991; (p. 247-258) Selected Prose of Dorothy Hewett 2011; (p. 98-113)

— Review of Selected Poems 1970-1989 Robert Adamson , 1990 selected work poetry
Gaining Lift Off - Some Paradigms of Modern Poetry Peter Boyle , 1995 single work criticism
— Appears in: Scarp , May no. 26 1995; (p. 16-26)
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