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Notes
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Author's note on page 3.
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Poems are in two sections: 'Prelude', and 'Theme'.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Carlton South,
Parkville - Carlton area,
Melbourne - North,
Melbourne,
Victoria,:Sisters Publishing
, 1981 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Highway Onei"On Highway One the funeral lights displayed", single work poetry (p. 7) Section: Prelude
- Accident and Aftermathi"The figure of her nights was Sisyphus,", single work poetry (p. 8) Section: Prelude
- At Bridgewateri"Why did they try to farm", single work poetry (p. 9) Section: Prelude
- Past-Masteri"Winter is a time for sport", single work poetry (p. 10-11) Section: Prelude
- Secretivei"The infant rage that slammed itself at walls", single work poetry (p. 12-13) Section: Prelude
- Every Poet Is Entitled to One Poem About Poetry and This Is It.i"Poetry", single work poetry (p. 17) Section: Theme
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Guenevere Dyingi"In the cell for the dying you can see the sky",
single work
poetry
(p. 18-20)
Section: Theme
Note: Epigraph: And when Queen Guenevere understood that King Arthur was dead and all the noble knights, Sir Mordred and all the remnant, then she stole away with five ladies with her, and so she went to Amesbury. And there she let make herself a nun, and wore white clothes and black, and (as) great penance she took upon her as ever did sinful woman in this land. And never creature could make her merry, but ever she lived in fasting, prayers and almsdeeds, that all manner of people marvelled how virtuously she was changed. Sir Thomas Mallory
- Schloss Favorite, Summer House fo the Duchess of Baden : The Mirror Roomi"In the postcards it's always strawberry summer", single work poetry (p. 21-2) Section: Theme
- This Womani"There is this woman -", single work poetry (p. 23-4) Section: Theme
- Migrant Woman on a Melbourne Trami"Impossibly black", single work poetry (p. 25) Section: Theme
- For Chrisi"'Our old friend the Death Wish'", single work poetry (p. 26) Section: Theme
- The Theoristsi"'Marriage,' she said, conjuring", single work poetry (p. 27-8) Section: Theme
- A Bienvenuei"I drive on Kingsway north to Tullamarine,", single work poetry (p. 29) Section: Theme
- Life 201 : Essay after the Seminari"I'm trying to appreciate", single work poetry (p. 30) Section: Theme
- Thirteeni"It's called unlucky. You, predictably,", single work poetry (p. 31) Section: Theme
- Erotic Dialoguei"A. I do not love you", single work poetry (p. 32) Section: Theme
- Knowing Our ABC of Smothering Citiesi"This Autumn then we will not burn the leaves.", single work poetry (p. 33) Section: Theme
- Solsticei"At the tulip's heart a black sun glows.", single work poetry (p. 34) Section: Theme
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Winter Drivingi"Utrillo light,",
single work
poetry
(p. 35-6)
Section: Theme
Note: Poem is in two numbered parts.
- Modelsi"The boys are painting the tanks.", single work poetry (p. 37) Section: Theme
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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The Vital Cartography of Jennifer Strauss's Poetry
A cartografia vital da poesia de Jennifer Strauss
2008
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australia and Galicia : Defeating the Tyranny of Distance 2008; (p. 337-355) -
Poetry, Portraits with Pendant Skill
1982
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , September vol. 42 no. 3 1982; (p. 348-360)
— Review of The Members of the Orchestra and Other Poems 1981 anthology poetry ; Changed into Words : Poems 1980 selected work poetry ; The Most Beautiful World : Fictions and Sermons 1981 selected work poetry ; Testimony 1981 selected work poetry short story ; Young St Poets Anthology 1981 anthology poetry ; High Rise Sniper 1981 selected work poetry ; The Lines of the Hand : Poems 1976-79 1981 selected work poetry ; Song of the Humpback Whales : Selected Verse 1981 selected work poetry ; Crystal Dalmation 1981 selected work poetry short story ; Winter Driving : Poems 1981 selected work poetry ; The Oversexed Canary 1981 selected work poetry ; Where Two Rivers Meet 1980 selected work poetry essay ; Addiction to False Landscapes 1981 selected work poetry ; River : Written in Near about the Allyn River 1978-1979 and the City of the Long Red Cloud at Other Times 1980 selected work poetry ; Orange Blizzard 1982 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems 1981 selected work poetry ; Quarry : A Selection of Contemporary Western Australian Poetry 1981 anthology poetry -
Modernism & Non-Modernism
1981
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , December no. 86 1981; (p. 62-63)
— Review of Stalin's Holidays : Poems 1980 selected work poetry ; Winter Driving : Poems 1981 selected work poetry ; Where Two Rivers Meet 1980 selected work poetry essay -
Form : A Poetry Chronicle
1981
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Spring vol. 40 no. 3 1981; (p. 349-360)
— Review of The Penguin Book of Modern Australian Verse 1981 anthology poetry ; Stalin's Holidays : Poems 1980 selected work poetry ; The Lines of the Hand : Poems 1976-79 1981 selected work poetry ; Armistice : Poems 1980 selected work poetry ; Be Faithful Go : Poems 1980 selected work poetry ; Lives : Poems 1980 selected work poetry ; Singing at Night 1980 selected work poetry ; Quarry : A Selection of Contemporary Western Australian Poetry 1981 anthology poetry ; River : Written in Near about the Allyn River 1978-1979 and the City of the Long Red Cloud at Other Times 1980 selected work poetry ; Where Two Rivers Meet 1980 selected work poetry essay ; Astral Sea : Poems 1981 selected work poetry ; Country & Eastern : A Featurette 1980 selected work poetry short story ; The Division of Anger : Poems 1980 selected work poetry ; Winter Driving : Poems 1981 selected work poetry ; Snow in Summer 1980 selected work poetry ; Among the Living 1980 selected work poetry
-
Form : A Poetry Chronicle
1981
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Spring vol. 40 no. 3 1981; (p. 349-360)
— Review of The Penguin Book of Modern Australian Verse 1981 anthology poetry ; Stalin's Holidays : Poems 1980 selected work poetry ; The Lines of the Hand : Poems 1976-79 1981 selected work poetry ; Armistice : Poems 1980 selected work poetry ; Be Faithful Go : Poems 1980 selected work poetry ; Lives : Poems 1980 selected work poetry ; Singing at Night 1980 selected work poetry ; Quarry : A Selection of Contemporary Western Australian Poetry 1981 anthology poetry ; River : Written in Near about the Allyn River 1978-1979 and the City of the Long Red Cloud at Other Times 1980 selected work poetry ; Where Two Rivers Meet 1980 selected work poetry essay ; Astral Sea : Poems 1981 selected work poetry ; Country & Eastern : A Featurette 1980 selected work poetry short story ; The Division of Anger : Poems 1980 selected work poetry ; Winter Driving : Poems 1981 selected work poetry ; Snow in Summer 1980 selected work poetry ; Among the Living 1980 selected work poetry -
Poetry, Portraits with Pendant Skill
1982
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , September vol. 42 no. 3 1982; (p. 348-360)
— Review of The Members of the Orchestra and Other Poems 1981 anthology poetry ; Changed into Words : Poems 1980 selected work poetry ; The Most Beautiful World : Fictions and Sermons 1981 selected work poetry ; Testimony 1981 selected work poetry short story ; Young St Poets Anthology 1981 anthology poetry ; High Rise Sniper 1981 selected work poetry ; The Lines of the Hand : Poems 1976-79 1981 selected work poetry ; Song of the Humpback Whales : Selected Verse 1981 selected work poetry ; Crystal Dalmation 1981 selected work poetry short story ; Winter Driving : Poems 1981 selected work poetry ; The Oversexed Canary 1981 selected work poetry ; Where Two Rivers Meet 1980 selected work poetry essay ; Addiction to False Landscapes 1981 selected work poetry ; River : Written in Near about the Allyn River 1978-1979 and the City of the Long Red Cloud at Other Times 1980 selected work poetry ; Orange Blizzard 1982 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems 1981 selected work poetry ; Quarry : A Selection of Contemporary Western Australian Poetry 1981 anthology poetry -
Modernism & Non-Modernism
1981
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , December no. 86 1981; (p. 62-63)
— Review of Stalin's Holidays : Poems 1980 selected work poetry ; Winter Driving : Poems 1981 selected work poetry ; Where Two Rivers Meet 1980 selected work poetry essay -
The Vital Cartography of Jennifer Strauss's Poetry
A cartografia vital da poesia de Jennifer Strauss
2008
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australia and Galicia : Defeating the Tyranny of Distance 2008; (p. 337-355)
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