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Thailand Railway sequence   poetry  
Issue Details: First known date: 1963... 1963 Thailand Railway
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Notes

  • Dedication: for Russ Braddon

Includes

4. The Enemy i "As well, maybe, that you cannot read our minds;", Randolph Stow , 1963 single work poetry
— Appears in: Meanjin Quarterly , December vol. 22 no. 4 1963; (p. 376-377) Poetry from Australia : Judith Wright, William Hart-Smith, Randolph Stow 1969; (p. 89-90) A Counterfeit Silence : Selected Poems 1969; (p. 66) The New Oxford Book of Australian Verse 1986; (p. 280) Randolph Stow : Visitants, Episodes from Other Novels, Poems, Stories, Interviews, and Essays 1990; (p. 218-219) An Anthology of Commonwealth Poetry 1990; (p. 106-107)
2. Slaves i "Slaves:", Randolph Stow , 1963 single work poetry
— Appears in: Meanjin Quarterly , December vol. 22 no. 4 1963; (p. 375-376) Commonwealth Poems of Today 1967; Poetry from Australia : Judith Wright, William Hart-Smith, Randolph Stow 1969; (p. 88-89) A Counterfeit Silence : Selected Poems 1969; (p. 65) Randolph Stow : Visitants, Episodes from Other Novels, Poems, Stories, Interviews, and Essays 1990; (p. 217-218) The Land's Meaning : New Selected Poems 2012; (p. 135-136)
3. The Track i "Here nothing matters; nothing matters at all.", Randolph Stow , 1963 single work poetry
— Appears in: Meanjin Quarterly , December vol. 22 no. 4 1963; (p. 376) Poetry from Australia : Judith Wright, William Hart-Smith, Randolph Stow 1969; (p. 89) A Counterfeit Silence : Selected Poems 1969; (p. 65-66) Randolph Stow : Visitants, Episodes from Other Novels, Poems, Stories, Interviews, and Essays 1990; (p. 218) The Land's Meaning : New Selected Poems 2012; (p. 136)
6. The Fire i "The bonfire blazes, day and night.", Randolph Stow , 1963 single work poetry
— Appears in: Meanjin Quarterly , December vol. 22 no. 4 1963; (p. 378) Poetry from Australia : Judith Wright, William Hart-Smith, Randolph Stow 1969; (p. 91-92) A Counterfeit Silence : Selected Poems 1969; (p. 67-68) Randolph Stow : Visitants, Episodes from Other Novels, Poems, Stories, Interviews, and Essays 1990; (p. 220) The Land's Meaning : New Selected Poems 2012; (p. 138-139)
7. Hands i "Only hands are beautiful;", Randolph Stow , 1963 single work poetry
— Appears in: Meanjin Quarterly , December vol. 22 no. 4 1963; (p. 378) Poetry from Australia : Judith Wright, William Hart-Smith, Randolph Stow 1969; (p. 92) A Counterfeit Silence : Selected Poems 1969; (p. 68) Randolph Stow : Visitants, Episodes from Other Novels, Poems, Stories, Interviews, and Essays 1990; (p. 221) The Land's Meaning : New Selected Poems 2012; (p. 139)
8. Fever i "Cool river,", Randolph Stow , 1963 single work poetry
— Appears in: Meanjin Quarterly , December vol. 22 no. 4 1963; (p. 378-379) Poetry from Australia : Judith Wright, William Hart-Smith, Randolph Stow 1969; (p. 92-93) A Counterfeit Silence : Selected Poems 1969; (p. 68-69) Randolph Stow : Visitants, Episodes from Other Novels, Poems, Stories, Interviews, and Essays 1990; (p. 221-222) The Land's Meaning : New Selected Poems 2012; (p. 140)
9. Bring Your Piano i "Voices in the night: strong voices; young", Randolph Stow , 1963 single work poetry
— Appears in: Meanjin Quarterly , December vol. 22 no. 4 1963; (p. 379) Poetry from Australia : Judith Wright, William Hart-Smith, Randolph Stow 1969; (p. 93) A Counterfeit Silence : Selected Poems 1969; (p. 69) Randolph Stow : Visitants, Episodes from Other Novels, Poems, Stories, Interviews, and Essays 1990; (p. 222) The Land's Meaning : New Selected Poems 2012; (p. 141)
10. The Children i "Often, closing my eyes, worn out with fever", Randolph Stow , 1963 single work poetry
— Appears in: Meanjin Quarterly , December vol. 22 no. 4 1963; (p. 379-380) Commonwealth Poems of Today 1967; Poetry from Australia : Judith Wright, William Hart-Smith, Randolph Stow 1969; (p. 94) A Counterfeit Silence : Selected Poems 1969; (p. 69-70) Randolph Stow : Visitants, Episodes from Other Novels, Poems, Stories, Interviews, and Essays 1990; (p. 222-223) The Land's Meaning : New Selected Poems 2012; (p. 141-142)
1. The Jungle i "The planet is ours: and the blue and the desert spaces", Randolph Stow , 1963 single work poetry
— Appears in: Meanjin Quarterly , December vol. 22 no. 4 1963; (p. 375) Commonwealth Poems of Today 1967; Poetry from Australia : Judith Wright, William Hart-Smith, Randolph Stow 1969; (p. 87-88) A Counterfeit Silence : Selected Poems 1969; (p. 64) The Collins Book of Australian Poetry 1981; (p. 286) Randolph Stow : Visitants, Episodes from Other Novels, Poems, Stories, Interviews, and Essays 1990; (p. 216-217)
5. The Sleepers i "Let the wick burn low: and suddenly I remember", Randolph Stow , 1963 single work poetry
— Appears in: Meanjin Quarterly , December vol. 22 no. 4 1963; (p. 377) Poetry from Australia : Judith Wright, William Hart-Smith, Randolph Stow 1969; (p. 90-91) A Counterfeit Silence : Selected Poems 1969; (p. 66-67) The Collins Book of Australian Poetry 1981; (p. 287) The Illustrated Treasury of Australian Verse 1984; (p. 254) Margins : A West Coast Selection of Poetry 1829-1988 1988; (p. 284)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Meanjin Quarterly vol. 22 no. 4 December 1963 Z594237 1963 periodical issue 1963 pg. 375-380
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Australian Writing Today Charles Higham (editor), Harmondsworth : Penguin , 1968 Z285079 1968 anthology poetry short story Harmondsworth : Penguin , 1968 pg. 273-280
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Poetry from Australia : Judith Wright, William Hart-Smith, Randolph Stow Howard Sergeant (editor), Oxford : Pergamon Press , 1969 Z187906 1969 anthology poetry Oxford : Pergamon Press , 1969 pg. 87-94
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon A Counterfeit Silence : Selected Poems Randolph Stow , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1969 Z316341 1969 selected work poetry Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1969 pg. 64-70
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Randolph Stow : Visitants, Episodes from Other Novels, Poems, Stories, Interviews, and Essays Randolph Stow , Anthony J. Hassall (editor), St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1990 Z54227 1990 selected work novel poetry extract short story prose interview criticism St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1990 pg. 216-223
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Land's Meaning : New Selected Poems Randolph Stow , John Kinsella (editor), Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 2012 Z1871351 2012 selected work poetry

    'Randolph Stow's slim body of poetry weighs more than most oeuvres many times its size. It has few equals anywhere in the world. Groundbreaking, historic and essential, it is haunting, lyrical, mythical, spiritual and anchored in place.' John Kinsella (Trove record)

    Alternately prolific and silent, Randolph Stow won the Miles Franklin Literary Award in 1958 and the Patrick White Award in 1979. In The Land's Meaning, John Kinsella brings together selected works of one of Australia's finest modernist poets. Including previously uncollected pieces, the volume's wide ranging introduction provides a rich context for the work of this extraordinary and important poet in the most comprehensive collection of Stow's work to date. (Trove record)

         Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 2012     pg. 134-142
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Related Works

Prisoners of War i "Let the wick burn low: and suddenly I remember", Randolph Stow , 1979 extract poetry (Thailand Railway)(5. The Sleepers)(6. The Fire)(7. Hands)
— Appears in: Wide Domain : Western Australian Themes and Images 1979; (p. 112-113)
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Subjects:
  • c
    Burma,
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    Southeast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
  • Burma-Thailand Railway,
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    Burma,
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    Southeast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
Settings:
  • ca. 1940-1945
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