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Dedication: For Gail
Contents
* Contents derived from the
North Ryde,
Ryde - Gladesville - Hunters Hill area,
Northwest Sydney,
Sydney,
New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson
, 1990 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Parenthoodi"I have held what I hoped would become the best minds of a generation", single work poetry satire (p. 1-3)
- Senryu for Age 40i"A beer glass in one hand", single work poetry (p. 4-5)
- Death of a Seagulli"Pigface were flowering in the sandhills.", single work poetry (p. 6-7)
- Children's Gamesi"The screen lights up as he switches it on.", single work poetry (p. 8-14)
- With Father Before Christmas : The First Yeari"No bigger than her pencil's point, at night", single work poetry (p. 15-16)
- With Father Before Christmas, single work poetry (p. 15-21)
- With Father Before Christmas : The Second Yeari"Isabel wakes to greengrocers and white ghosts,", single work poetry (p. 16-17)
- With Father Before Christmas : The Third Yeari"The jug wakes with its pounding water.", single work poetry (p. 17-18)
- With Father Before Christmas : Waiting for the Weddingi"Anne on Jane's knee thinks about marriage words,", single work poetry (p. 19-20)
- With Father Before Christmas : Pingpong at Night on the Terracei"The metal fretwork of a camellia bush", single work poetry (p. 20-21)
- Lenin's Questioni""As Lenin said, `What is to be done?' "Your words", single work poetry (p. 22)
- Harold's Walki"He turned and waved.", single work poetry (p. 23-25)
- The Flight of Childreni"On Friday afternoon and back on Sunday", single work poetry (p. 26)
- Child in the Darki"The sunset faded from the windows", single work poetry (p. 27-28)
- Sweet Pilgrimi"Grows where the seed falls.", single work poetry (p. 29-30)
- Neighboursi"The Roaches and Jameses are neighbours.", single work poetry (p. 31-35)
- For Ruthi"For your half-century, birds,", single work poetry (p. 36-37)
- Scenes from Clerical Lifei"My favourite road sign -", single work poetry humour (p. 38-40)
- Tourists and Visitorsi"Graded like cultured pearls, from small to tiny,", single work poetry (p. 41-43)
- Not a Winter's Tale (for Rob Darroch and Sandra Jobson)i"If on a winter's night a tale proposes,", single work poetry (p. 44)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Hard Places
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: PN Review , [96] March-April vol. 20 no. 4 1994; (p. 68-70)
— Review of Dancing on the Drainboard 1993 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems 1991 selected work poetry ; The Home Paddock : Blue Hills 21-35 1991 selected work poetry ; Children's Games 1990 selected work poetry ; Fire-Stick Farming : Selected Poems 1972-90 1990 selected work poetry ; Orpheus 1991 selected work poetry -
Untitled
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: OzMuze , June vol. 1 no. 9 1991; (p. 3-4)
— Review of Children's Games 1990 selected work poetry -
Topical Poetry with Power
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser Magazine , 23 February 1991; (p. 12)
— Review of Children's Games 1990 selected work poetry ; This Side of Silence : Poems 1987-1990 1990 selected work poetry ; No Ticket No Start 1990 selected work poetry -
Inner and Outer Rooms
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 5-6 January 1991; (p. rev 5)
— Review of Children's Games 1990 selected work poetry ; Excavation : (Arguments and Monologues) 1990 selected work poetry -
After Poetry (8) : A Quarterly Account of Recent Poetry
1991
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 122 1991; (p. 55-59)
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Poems from the Centre, Poems from the Edge
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 17 November 1990; (p. B8)
— Review of Blocks and Tackles : Articles and Essays 1982 to 1990 1990 selected work prose review autobiography criticism essay ; Children's Games 1990 selected work poetry ; Dog Fox Field : Poems 1990 selected work poetry -
Spotting Gritty and Droll Allusions at 100 Words
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 22 September 1990; (p. 7)
— Review of The House of Vitriol 1990 selected work poetry ; Blue Notes 1990 selected work poetry ; Excavation : (Arguments and Monologues) 1990 selected work poetry ; Children's Games 1990 selected work poetry -
Held Captive in the Monumental City
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 126 1990; (p. 15-16)
— Review of The House of Vitriol 1990 selected work poetry ; Children's Games 1990 selected work poetry -
Hard Places
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: PN Review , [96] March-April vol. 20 no. 4 1994; (p. 68-70)
— Review of Dancing on the Drainboard 1993 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems 1991 selected work poetry ; The Home Paddock : Blue Hills 21-35 1991 selected work poetry ; Children's Games 1990 selected work poetry ; Fire-Stick Farming : Selected Poems 1972-90 1990 selected work poetry ; Orpheus 1991 selected work poetry -
Hard Times to Bedtimes
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 22 September 1990; (p. 76)
— Review of Children's Games 1990 selected work poetry ; Excavation : (Arguments and Monologues) 1990 selected work poetry -
After Poetry (8) : A Quarterly Account of Recent Poetry
1991
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 122 1991; (p. 55-59)
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