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AbstractHistoryArchive Description
The first collection of poems by Peter Minter.
Notes
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Dedication: for Simone, closest reader.
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Epigraph: Do not play fast and loose with the facts of this world. / John Berryman (appears on last page)
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Wollongong,
Wollongong area,
Illawarra,
South Coast,
New South Wales,:Five Islands Press
, 1995 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- View St.i"Beside a paddock's dry rot perimeter", single work poetry (p. 5)
- Historical Phenomenai"Sun thick baked grass and young red gums", single work poetry (p. 6)
- Low Down Myall Lake, Mayer's Point Church, sequence poetry (p. 6-7)
- Eliminating Godi""I knew then the frail escheat", single work poetry (p. 7)
- Tour Guide Remebering Her Fatheri"As you fly above the hills", single work poetry (p. 8-9)
- The Fishermeni"At the tip of Stockton breakwater", single work poetry (p. 10)
- Triptych from Stockton Breakwater, sequence poetry (p. 10-12)
- The Shipwrecki"A pelican balances its awkward grace", single work poetry (p. 11)
- The Riveri"Fans of surging river plume and fold against", single work poetry (p. 12)
- Vortexi"From the languid centre of this", single work poetry (p. 13)
- The Skull we Hold Between Usi"I look closely at the skull", single work poetry (p. 14)
- Troubled Welli"I see your inference: the sky's", single work poetry (p. 15)
- The Rhythm in a Dorsal Fini"Sunlight through broad blue april sky", single work poetry (p. 16-17)
- Trollingi"I too strive for an accurate description, not", single work poetry (p. 18)
- Afternoon Swim, 22/11/91i"The curve of your arm", single work poetry (p. 19)
- On the Sandi"by the dam we make", single work poetry (p. 20)
- Scene Onei"Right at the point", single work poetry (p. 21)
- Scene Twoi"Yesterday we hunted for the pure", single work poetry (p. 22-23)
- Scene Threei"Experience comes permeated like this.", single work poetry (p. 24)
- Scene Fouri"We look toward the northern headland where,", single work poetry (p. 25)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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A Sunday Morning Chat with Peter Minter
Debbie Comerford
(interviewer),
2001
single work
interview
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies in the 21st Century 2001; (p. [30]-45) -
Untitled
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: Muse , February no. 148 1996; (p. 34-35)
— Review of Rhythm in a Dorsal Fin 1995 selected work poetry -
A New Series from Five Islands Press
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 179 1996; (p. 45-46)
— Review of Whisper Dark 1995 selected work poetry ; Bitter Suite 1995 selected work poetry ; Ultimately Female 1995 selected work poetry ; Rhythm in a Dorsal Fin 1995 selected work poetry ; Hair and Skin and Teeth 1995 selected work poetry ; Zoetrope : We See Us Moving 1995 selected work poetry -
Poetry in Search of Religion
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: Voices , Autumn vol. 6 no. 1 1996; (p. 117-125)
— Review of Mind in Need of a Desert 1995 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems : 1956-1994 1995 selected work poetry ; Bitter Suite 1995 selected work poetry ; Ultimately Female 1995 selected work poetry ; Rhythm in a Dorsal Fin 1995 selected work poetry ; Hair and Skin and Teeth 1995 selected work poetry ; Zoetrope : We See Us Moving 1995 selected work poetry ; Whisper Dark 1995 selected work poetry ; The Present Tense 1995 selected work short story poetry prose ; Making Country 1995 selected work poetry ; Eating the Sun 1995 selected work poetry
-
Poetry in Search of Religion
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: Voices , Autumn vol. 6 no. 1 1996; (p. 117-125)
— Review of Mind in Need of a Desert 1995 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems : 1956-1994 1995 selected work poetry ; Bitter Suite 1995 selected work poetry ; Ultimately Female 1995 selected work poetry ; Rhythm in a Dorsal Fin 1995 selected work poetry ; Hair and Skin and Teeth 1995 selected work poetry ; Zoetrope : We See Us Moving 1995 selected work poetry ; Whisper Dark 1995 selected work poetry ; The Present Tense 1995 selected work short story poetry prose ; Making Country 1995 selected work poetry ; Eating the Sun 1995 selected work poetry -
A New Series from Five Islands Press
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 179 1996; (p. 45-46)
— Review of Whisper Dark 1995 selected work poetry ; Bitter Suite 1995 selected work poetry ; Ultimately Female 1995 selected work poetry ; Rhythm in a Dorsal Fin 1995 selected work poetry ; Hair and Skin and Teeth 1995 selected work poetry ; Zoetrope : We See Us Moving 1995 selected work poetry -
Untitled
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: Muse , February no. 148 1996; (p. 34-35)
— Review of Rhythm in a Dorsal Fin 1995 selected work poetry -
A Sunday Morning Chat with Peter Minter
Debbie Comerford
(interviewer),
2001
single work
interview
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies in the 21st Century 2001; (p. [30]-45)
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