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Dedication: for Di, David, Ben, Adam, Jez and Liam and in memory of my mother Mina Florence Morgan (1910-1994): she didn't teach me flowers she taught the heart.
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Epigraph: I'll leave you nebbich poems like these / Made to be read by five or six readers. / Then we'll go off, each intent on his own cares, / Since, as I was saying, it has grown late. - Primo Levi.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Reviews
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: Studio : A Journal of Christians Writing , Spring no. 76 1999; (p. 37)
— Review of Out of the Fast Lane 1998 selected work poetry -
Things to Say That are Not Just a Matter of Form
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 2 January 1999; (p. 7)
— Review of New Selected Poems 1998 selected work poetry ; Not Quite the Man for the Job 1998 selected work poetry ; Out of the Fast Lane 1998 selected work poetry -
Mal Morgan : L'Chaim to Life
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: Ulitarra , December no. 14 1998; (p. 127-131) The Poetic Eye : Occasional Writings 1982-2012 2016; (p. 352-356)
— Review of Out of the Fast Lane 1998 selected work poetry Mal Morgan's fifth book of poems is in the fullest sense refreshing. He makes the world attractive in spite of the pain he's familiar with, and which friends and fellow beings suffer everywhere. Morgan has experience more than most: these poems chart the heartache and loss of fore-bears, lovers, children, and those encountered in his career as suburban and hospital pharmacist. The drugs we use, including poetry, to make the going smoother: he knows these, as Jacques Prevert, an admired model, knew the 'charm' in the lovely speech that softens blows and lets the mind out 'on parole' (Introduction)
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Poetry Shorts
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 204 1998; (p. 39)
— Review of Nitty Gritty 1997 selected work poetry ; Out of the Fast Lane 1998 selected work poetry ; Old Time Religion and Other Poems 1998 selected work poetry -
Don't Play Games, I Want to Be Woken Up
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: LiNQ , October vol. 25 no. 2 1998; (p. 97-100)
— Review of The Impossible : And Other Poems 1998 selected work poetry ; Songs of the Last Chinese Poet 1997 sequence poetry ; Out of the Fast Lane 1998 selected work poetry ; Surface Tension 1998 selected work poetry ; The Hanging of Jean Lee 1998 single work novel
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Mal Morgan : L'Chaim to Life
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: Ulitarra , December no. 14 1998; (p. 127-131) The Poetic Eye : Occasional Writings 1982-2012 2016; (p. 352-356)
— Review of Out of the Fast Lane 1998 selected work poetry Mal Morgan's fifth book of poems is in the fullest sense refreshing. He makes the world attractive in spite of the pain he's familiar with, and which friends and fellow beings suffer everywhere. Morgan has experience more than most: these poems chart the heartache and loss of fore-bears, lovers, children, and those encountered in his career as suburban and hospital pharmacist. The drugs we use, including poetry, to make the going smoother: he knows these, as Jacques Prevert, an admired model, knew the 'charm' in the lovely speech that softens blows and lets the mind out 'on parole' (Introduction)
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Don't Play Games, I Want to Be Woken Up
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: LiNQ , October vol. 25 no. 2 1998; (p. 97-100)
— Review of The Impossible : And Other Poems 1998 selected work poetry ; Songs of the Last Chinese Poet 1997 sequence poetry ; Out of the Fast Lane 1998 selected work poetry ; Surface Tension 1998 selected work poetry ; The Hanging of Jean Lee 1998 single work novel -
Things to Say That are Not Just a Matter of Form
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 2 January 1999; (p. 7)
— Review of New Selected Poems 1998 selected work poetry ; Not Quite the Man for the Job 1998 selected work poetry ; Out of the Fast Lane 1998 selected work poetry -
Poetry Shorts
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 204 1998; (p. 39)
— Review of Nitty Gritty 1997 selected work poetry ; Out of the Fast Lane 1998 selected work poetry ; Old Time Religion and Other Poems 1998 selected work poetry -
Reviews
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: Studio : A Journal of Christians Writing , Spring no. 76 1999; (p. 37)
— Review of Out of the Fast Lane 1998 selected work poetry
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