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y separately published work icon Golden Builders and Other Poems selected work   poetry  
  • Author:agent Vincent Buckley http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/buckley-vincent
Issue Details: First known date: 1976... 1976 Golden Builders and Other Poems
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson , 1976 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Lightning and Water : 4 : From the Darki"Under wood and glass the striking latch", Vincent Buckley , single work poetry (p. 24)
A Summer Like Thisi"You opening a gate", Vincent Buckley , single work poetry (p. 25)
Lightning and Water : 5 : City Droughti"Under the heat clouds", Vincent Buckley , single work poetry (p. 25)
Willing Servantsi"Amazing to watch them climb down from Watergate,", Vincent Buckley , single work poetry (p. 26)
Gunsyndi"Yes, the stride announces, coming forward", Vincent Buckley , single work poetry (p. 27)
Brought Up to be Timid (for Ronald Ayling)i""I was brought up to be timid." Yes, you had small", Vincent Buckley , single work poetry (p. 28)
Closed Housei"The doorway is high enough, but everyone stoops a little", Vincent Buckley , single work poetry (p. 29)
Seeing Snowline (for Robert Wilson)i"To draw a fingerline", Vincent Buckley , single work poetry (p. 30-31)
Animal Tankai"In the light, smiling,", Vincent Buckley , single work poetry (p. 32)
Coming from Oregoni"Thus, the long green prickle of hillsides", Vincent Buckley , single work poetry (p. 33-34)
Untitledi"In the loose-box, horse. Her palm", Vincent Buckley , single work poetry (p. 35)
Kilmore Racesi"This the spring of the timber country", Vincent Buckley , single work poetry (p. 36)
Youth and the Old Womani"the light ringing hoof the wheel", Vincent Buckley , single work poetry (p. 37-41)
Golden Builders (for Leonard French), Vincent Buckley , single work poetry (p. 45-81)
Golden Builders : Ii"The hammers of iron glow down Faraday.", Vincent Buckley , single work poetry (p. 46)
Golden Builders : IIi"God knows what it is about Town Halls.", Vincent Buckley , single work poetry (p. 47)
Golden Builders : III : Practising Not Dying (i)i"Even if there'd been prayers", Vincent Buckley , single work poetry (p. 48-49)
Golden Builders : IVi"They are digging everywhere. From street to street", Vincent Buckley , single work poetry (p. 50-51)
Golden Builders : Vi"Purblind walls", Vincent Buckley , single work poetry (p. 52)
Golden Builders : VI : Practising Not Dying (ii)i"Here, though, the fine cool air", Vincent Buckley , single work poetry (p. 53)
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