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  • Author:agent Graham Rowlands http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/rowlands-graham
Issue Details: First known date: 1992... 1992 Selected Poems
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Notes

  • Dedication: For Jeremy.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Kent Town, Norwood, Payneham & St Peters area, Adelaide - North / North East, Adelaide, South Australia,:Wakefield Press , 1992 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Livesi"As the elegant table-leg of the eagle", Graham Rowlands , single work poetry (p. 1)
Archaeologistsi"They try to put together a dislocated past", Graham Rowlands , single work poetry (p. 2)
Doughnutsi"Squeezed and puffed and paddled round in oil", Graham Rowlands , single work poetry (p. 3)
Elusivei"You are too elusive for them, snake", Graham Rowlands , single work poetry (p. 4)
The Needi"She would come to him a dozen times a day,", Graham Rowlands , single work poetry (p. 5)
Zarathustra in a Jeti"A paranoid pilot at the controls.", Graham Rowlands , single work poetry (p. 6)
Twenty-One Yearsi"Twenty-one singles fold in my hand,", Graham Rowlands , single work poetry (p. 7-8)
Shadowsi"I grew in my mother's shadow", Graham Rowlands , single work poetry (p. 9)
Fathersi"Santa Claus, my father, would arrive with toys", Graham Rowlands , single work poetry (p. 10)
Visitingi"Not professionally trained, just trying to be friends,", Graham Rowlands , single work poetry (p. 11)
Prince Charmingi"I have problems with Prince Charming.", Graham Rowlands , single work poetry (p. 12)
Galilei Galileo Said Galileo Galileii"When the Church was centre of human compass", Graham Rowlands , single work poetry (p. 13)
Marking Secondary School Papersi"Surfies paddle out their boards,", Graham Rowlands , single work poetry (p. 14)
Reunioni"Now they're left alone in brown and mustard slacks.", Graham Rowlands , single work poetry (p. 15-16)
Infidelityi"What is your memory of a woman?", Graham Rowlands , single work poetry (p. 17)
Headmasteri"He saw them as test tubes in their racks,", Graham Rowlands , single work poetry (p. 18-19)
Climaxi"As if opposition to the very act", Graham Rowlands , single work poetry (p. 20)
Trinity Againi"He grew into Greek muscles tanning in the sun", Graham Rowlands , single work poetry (p. 21)
T.S. Eliot's Impersonalityi"Dante's skeletal fingers gripped his hand", Graham Rowlands , single work poetry (p. 22)
Willpower Willpoweri"My father never forgot the chaff bags", Graham Rowlands , single work poetry (p. 23)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Kent Town, Norwood, Payneham & St Peters area, Adelaide - North / North East, Adelaide, South Australia,: Wakefield Press , 1992 .
      Extent: [x], 94 p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Includes poems from his earlier selected works as well as previously uncollected poems.
      ISBN: 1862542759

Works about this Work

Silence Exile Cunning Lee Cataldi , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: The CRNLE Reviews Journal , no. 2 1993; (p. 78-85)

— Review of Selected Poems 1939-1990 John Blight , 1992 selected work poetry ; Poems 1959-1989 David Malouf , 1992 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems Graham Rowlands , 1992 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems 1975-90 Ken Bolton , 1992 selected work poetry
Good Intentions Don't Necessarily Make Good Poetry Andrew Burke , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Fremantle Arts Review , February/March vol. 8 no. 2 & 3 1993; (p. 16-17)

— Review of Raukkan and Other Poems Margaret Brusnahan , 1992 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems Graham Rowlands , 1992 selected work poetry ; Replies to the Questionnaire on Love Kevin Brophy , 1992 selected work poetry
Compassionate Understanding Carmel Gaffney , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Northern Perspective , Wet Season vol. 16 no. 2 1993; (p. 134-135)

— Review of Selected Poems Graham Rowlands , 1992 selected work poetry
Untitled Shane McCauley , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Fremantle Arts Review , December 1992 and vol. 8 no. 1 January vol. 7 no. 12 1993; (p. 14-15)

— Review of Selected Poems Graham Rowlands , 1992 selected work poetry ; Three Days Out of Tidal Town Anthony Lawrence , 1992 selected work poetry
Poetry a Fair Match for Cricket John Foulcher , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 20 February 1993; (p. C9)

— Review of Portrait of a Dog and Other Classical Bagatelles Dimitris Tsaloumas , 1991 selected work poetry ; Algebra : Poems Steve Evans , 1992 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems Graham Rowlands , 1992 selected work poetry ; Four Zoas of Australia Norman Talbot , 1992 selected work poetry
Good Intentions Don't Necessarily Make Good Poetry Andrew Burke , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Fremantle Arts Review , February/March vol. 8 no. 2 & 3 1993; (p. 16-17)

— Review of Raukkan and Other Poems Margaret Brusnahan , 1992 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems Graham Rowlands , 1992 selected work poetry ; Replies to the Questionnaire on Love Kevin Brophy , 1992 selected work poetry
Silence Exile Cunning Lee Cataldi , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: The CRNLE Reviews Journal , no. 2 1993; (p. 78-85)

— Review of Selected Poems 1939-1990 John Blight , 1992 selected work poetry ; Poems 1959-1989 David Malouf , 1992 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems Graham Rowlands , 1992 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems 1975-90 Ken Bolton , 1992 selected work poetry
Public and Private Histories - and Cause for Joy Penelope Nelson , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , January-February vol. 37 no. 1-2 1993; (p. 115-116)

— Review of Unintended Consequences : Poems Lily Brett , 1992 selected work poetry ; This is the Stone / Pharaohs Returning Alison Croggon , Fiona Perry , 1991 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems Graham Rowlands , 1992 selected work poetry ; Neighbourhood of Memory : Poems: 1985-89 Gerry Turcotte , 1990 selected work poetry ; Jane, Interlinear and Other Poems Robert Harris , 1992 selected work poetry
Poetry a Fair Match for Cricket John Foulcher , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 20 February 1993; (p. C9)

— Review of Portrait of a Dog and Other Classical Bagatelles Dimitris Tsaloumas , 1991 selected work poetry ; Algebra : Poems Steve Evans , 1992 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems Graham Rowlands , 1992 selected work poetry ; Four Zoas of Australia Norman Talbot , 1992 selected work poetry
Two Kinds of Performance Warrick Wynne , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 143 1992; (p. 55-56)

— Review of Replies to the Questionnaire on Love Kevin Brophy , 1992 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems Graham Rowlands , 1992 selected work poetry
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