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Notes
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Dedication: For my friend Cheryl
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Sydney,
New South Wales,:Prism
, 1977 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- The Act of Dedication : Lovesong from Across the Borderi"I drive, so all I have taken in", single work poetry (p. 13)
- The Act of Dedication : Fallen Among Enemies (for Bruce Beaver)i"I sense an invisible vanguard working here on the border,", single work poetry (p. 14-15)
- The Act of Dedication : Just Imagine the Hours We Spend Just Imagine the Hours We Spend (for Michael Palmer)i"These 'things' keep happening", single work poetry (p. 16-17)
- The Act of Dedication : Some Phrases, A Love Story for Tranter Some Phrases 'A Love Story for Tranter'i"'I am so pleased with you, she said,", single work poetry (p. 18-20)
- The Act of Dedication : Come Through the Glass Sally (for Dorothy Hewett)i"I've been away looking for you Sally,", single work poetry (p. 21-23)
- The Act of Dedication : The Stranger's Song The Stranger's Songi"Outward, through the whisky and the Marlboros", single work poetry (p. 24-25)
- The Act of Dedication : Lovesong to Robert Creeleyi"I've heard there's too many voices on the line.", single work poetry (p. 26-27)
- Cross the Borderi"Coming out of the blue, coming into being", single work poetry (p. 30-35)
- Charms and Fairy Tales : Going Through With Iti"Sure I'm always", single work poetry (p. 42-52)
- Charms and Fairy Tales : The Literary Lifei"The dialect", single work poetry (p. 53)
- Charms and Fairy Tales : The Artemis Lettersi"I suppose", single work poetry (p. 54-60)
- The Glorious Lie : The Angeli"The memory of one particular hour rises against me.", single work poetry (p. 65-70)
- The Glorious Lie : Some Notes About The Angeli"The transforming nouns", single work poetry (p. 72)
- The Glorious Lie : The Heaven, the Oceansi"The dice cast shall never, even through eternity,", single work poetry (p. 73-74)
- The Glorious Lie : The Ribbon-Fishi"They are the flesh we feed upon come from the depths", single work poetry (p. 75-76)
- She Moves the Sea The River The Glorious Lie : The Riveri"A step taken, and all the world's before me.", single work poetry (p. 77-79)
- Sunlight, Moonlighti"Out of a dying out of a death a new life shoots", single work poetry (p. 80-81)
- The Glorious Lie : Some Notes About the Riveri"Again no trace of the old frontier or of its climate", single work poetry (p. 82-83)
- The Glorious Lie : The Nankeen Kestrelsi"A pair of Nankeen Kestrels up over in-coming tide", single work poetry (p. 84-85)
- The Glorious Lie : The Mullet Run The Mullet Run 2i"All night rain and the wind strong,", single work poetry (p. 86)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Making of the Poet : Shadows and Shades in the Poetry of Robert Adamson
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Prosopisia , vol. 2 no. 2 2010; (p. 46-58) -
Robert Adamson's Reckoning
1990
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 121 1990; (p. 57-62) -
My Name is Rickeybockey : The Poetry of Robert Adamson and the Spirit of Henry Kendall
1986
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , March vol. 46 no. 1 1986; (p. 25-43) Australian Literature Today 1993; (p. 179-191) -
The Truth I Know : An Interview with Robert Adamson by John Tranter
John Tranter
(interviewer),
1980
single work
interview
— Appears in: Makar , January vol. 14 no. 1 1980; (p. 3-13) A Possible Contemporary Poetry : Interviews with Thirteen Poets from the New Australian Poetry 1982; (p. 132-153) -
[Review] Selected Poems [et al]
1979
single work
review
— Appears in: New Poetry , vol. 27 no. 1 1979;
— Review of Selected Poems 1977 selected work poetry ; Streets of the Long Voyage 1970 selected work poetry ; The Inspector of Tides 1972 selected work poetry ; Cross the Border 1977 selected work poetry ; Where I Come From 1979 selected work poetry
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Growing Old Gracefully : The Generation of '68
1978
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Autumn vol. 37 no. 1 1978; (p. 76-86) The Temperament of Generations : Fifty Years of Writing in Meanjin 1990; (p. 268-278)
— Review of New Devil, New Parish 1976 selected work poetry ; Shakti 1977 selected work poetry ; East : Poems 1970-74 1976 selected work poetry ; Chemical Cart 1977 selected work poetry ; In Casablanca for the Waters 1977 selected work poetry ; Hear Me Eating 1977 selected work poetry ; Cross the Border 1977 selected work poetry ; Tropical Skiing 1976 selected work poetry ; On The Beach 1977 selected work poetry ; Mastication Poems 1977 selected work poetry -
[Review] Selected Poems [et al]
1979
single work
review
— Appears in: New Poetry , vol. 27 no. 1 1979;
— Review of Selected Poems 1977 selected work poetry ; Streets of the Long Voyage 1970 selected work poetry ; The Inspector of Tides 1972 selected work poetry ; Cross the Border 1977 selected work poetry ; Where I Come From 1979 selected work poetry -
Untitled
1977
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 14 December 1977; (p. 18)
— Review of Cross the Border 1977 selected work poetry -
Untitled
1977
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian Magazine , 10-11 September 1977; (p. 12)
— Review of Cross the Border 1977 selected work poetry -
Untitled
1978
single work
review
— Appears in: National Times , 14 October 1978; (p. 40)
— Review of Cross the Border 1977 selected work poetry -
Making of the Poet : Shadows and Shades in the Poetry of Robert Adamson
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Prosopisia , vol. 2 no. 2 2010; (p. 46-58) -
Robert Adamson's Reckoning
1990
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 121 1990; (p. 57-62) -
My Name is Rickeybockey : The Poetry of Robert Adamson and the Spirit of Henry Kendall
1986
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , March vol. 46 no. 1 1986; (p. 25-43) Australian Literature Today 1993; (p. 179-191) -
Dorothy Hewett
Michael Denholm
(interviewer),
1978
single work
interview
— Appears in: The Tasmanian Review , June no. 1 1979; (p. 6-8) -
The Truth I Know : An Interview with Robert Adamson by John Tranter
John Tranter
(interviewer),
1980
single work
interview
— Appears in: Makar , January vol. 14 no. 1 1980; (p. 3-13) A Possible Contemporary Poetry : Interviews with Thirteen Poets from the New Australian Poetry 1982; (p. 132-153)
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