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Notes
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Dedication: These poems owe their existence to many people, times and places but most of all to Imara on the Mornington Peninsula.
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Out and out one went further and further until at last one seemed to be on a narrow plank, perfectly alone over the sea. To the Lighthouse, Virginia Woolf.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
South Fremantle,
Fremantle area,
South West Perth,
Perth,
Western Australia,:Fremantle Press
, 1994 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- On the Peninsulai"Patchy rain five overnight", single work poetry (p. 11-21)
- Traveller's Tales, sequence poetry (p. 22-38)
- The Floating Islandi"Fireballs exploding", single work poetry (p. 25-27)
- The Island of Glassi"Exiles", single work poetry (p. 28-30)
- Lines to the Dark Toweri"Across the water meadows", single work poetry (p. 31-37)
- Lady's Choicei"So there he is in the mirror again", single work poetry (p. 38)
- The Blue Kingdom, sequence poetry (p. 41-65)
- The Blue Kingdomi"Childhood of giants and windmills", single work poetry (p. 42)
- The Valley of the Giantsi"In the burnt-out trunk", single work poetry (p. 43-44)
- Remembering...i"spring and summer", single work poetry (p. 45-46)
- Pet Lambi"The first stars burn through the dark", single work poetry (p. 47)
- Poddiesi"Riding the poddy calves", single work poetry (p. 48)
- Yealering in the Mindi"corrugated towns", single work poetry (p. 49)
- Deserted Farmhousei"In the dry distances", single work poetry (p. 50)
- The Witnessesi"Five years old", single work poetry (p. 51-52)
- Pylonsi"Thrumming with wind and light", single work poetry (p. 53)
- The Frogsi"Do you remember", single work poetry (p. 54)
- Summeri"This summer I will go back", single work poetry (p. 55-56)
- South Westi"The little town squats", single work poetry (p. 57)
- After Summeri"The wind gusts", single work poetry (p. 58)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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An Occasion to Celebrate : The Western Australian Premier's Book Awards
1995
single work
criticism
— Appears in: National Library of Australia News , March vol. 5 no. 6 1995; (p. 51-53) -
Dorothy Hewett
1995
single work
criticism
— Appears in: A Reader's Guide to Contemporary Australian Poetry 1995; (p. 119-124) -
Life, Biography, or the Poems?
1995
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 9 no. 2 1995; (p. 166-168)
— Review of Dorothy Hewett : Selected Critical Essays 1995 anthology criticism biography bibliography ; Peninsula 1994 selected work poetry -
Untitled
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: Fremantle Arts Review , June/July vol. 9 no. 3 1994; (p. 9)
— Review of Peninsula 1994 selected work poetry -
Untitled
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: Womanspeak , September-October vol. 16 no. 4 1994; (p. 21)
— Review of Peninsula 1994 selected work poetry
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A Miracle of voices
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: Voices , Summer (1994-1995) vol. 4 no. 4 1994; (p. 109-116)
— Review of Human Interest 1994 selected work poetry ; One Siren or Another 1994 selected work poetry ; Path of Ghosts : Poems 1986-93 1994 selected work poetry ; Anima and Other Poems 1994 selected work poetry ; The Familiar 1994 selected work poetry ; Absolute Event Horizon : Poems 1994 selected work poetry ; Between Glances 1993 selected work poetry ; Little Eva at Moonlight Creek and Other Aboriginal Song Poems 1994 anthology poetry ; Peninsula 1994 selected work poetry ; Up On All Fours 1993 selected work poetry ; Ghosting William Buckley 1993 single work poetry ; New and Selected Poems 1945-1993 1994 selected work poetry ; Killing Delilah 1994 selected work poetry -
On the Boundary for Six
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 137 1994; (p. 68-70)
— Review of Night Rainbows 1994 selected work poetry ; Acoustic Shadow 1993 selected work poetry ; Peninsula 1994 selected work poetry ; The Sad Anthropologist 1993 selected work poetry -
Compasses of Love
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 7 May 1994; (p. 8)
— Review of The Flame Tree Sakai Nobuo (translator), Meredith McKinney (translator), 1993 selected work poetry ; Collected Poems 1942-1985 1994 selected work poetry ; Peninsula 1994 selected work poetry -
Life, Biography, or the Poems?
1995
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 9 no. 2 1995; (p. 166-168)
— Review of Dorothy Hewett : Selected Critical Essays 1995 anthology criticism biography bibliography ; Peninsula 1994 selected work poetry -
Street of Rhythm and Rhyme
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 26 February 1994; (p. 10A)
— Review of Peninsula 1994 selected work poetry ; Voicing the Difference : Stories and Poems by South Australian Writers of Diverse Cultural Backgrounds 1994 anthology short story poetry ; Picture's Edge 1994 selected work poetry ; K is for Keeper A is for T.V. 1994 selected work poetry ; Friendly Street Poetry Reader : Eighteen 1994 anthology poetry -
An Occasion to Celebrate : The Western Australian Premier's Book Awards
1995
single work
criticism
— Appears in: National Library of Australia News , March vol. 5 no. 6 1995; (p. 51-53) -
Women Waltz Off with Banjo Book Awards
1994
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 25 June 1994; (p. 12) -
Write-Stuff Women Pluck the Banjos
1994
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: The Age , 25 June 1994; (p. 3) The Sydney Morning Herald , 25 June 1994; (p. 3) -
Dorothy Hewett
1995
single work
criticism
— Appears in: A Reader's Guide to Contemporary Australian Poetry 1995; (p. 119-124)
Awards
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