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* Contents derived from the
Sandy Bay,
Hobart,
Southeast Tasmania,
Tasmania,:Twelvetrees Publishing
, 1985 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Holiday Girlsi"Let Beryl Cook paint this triptych. First,", single work poetry (p. 1-2)
- Day Trip to Macaoi"The yellow Harbour permeates the town", single work poetry (p. 3)
- Goat Songi"Below Mycenae, on a day of showers,", single work poetry (p. 4)
- Reculver Bayi"In cool seas of September click the stones,", single work poetry (p. 5)
- Snow Falli"Slowly flutters the snow from the ashen sky; the shouting,", single work poetry (p. 6)
- Iconsi"The darker, the holier: they are black cherries.", single work poetry (p. 7)
- Don't Talk About Your Childhoodi"Don't talk about your childhood.", single work poetry (p. 8)
- The Professions of Poetsi"For all our talk of `making',", single work poetry (p. 9)
- Athenian Grave Stelei"The dead girl receives in her lap", single work poetry (p. 10)
- The Mermaids' Lagooni"Look at it this way, Peter:", single work poetry (p. 11)
- Frost Pocketi"`This house was built in a frost pocket:", single work poetry (p. 12)
- Beaker Buriali"Oh, it's no fun being under", single work poetry (p. 13)
- Snow in Lisle Streeti"In the restaurant, a dozen faces dip", single work poetry (p. 14)
- Young Model, Walk Upi"Katrina, forty at least, leans on the sill.", single work poetry (p. 14)
- Ever Afteri"You cannot see the bruise -", single work poetry (p. 15)
- The People, Noi"You never hear `the People' now:", single work poetry (p. 16)
- Green Ideas Sleep Furiouslyi"In Plato-land the nurses cross", single work poetry (p. 17)
- Two Elegies : Ii"You are imprisoned under the surface", single work poetry (p. 18)
- Two Elegies : IIi"You have become paper.", single work poetry (p. 18)
- Bad Corneri"This is that corner, difficult to turn,", single work poetry (p. 19)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Untitled
1987
single work
review
— Appears in: Preludes : A Literary Annual , October no. 3 1987; (p. 22-23)
— Review of Holiday Girls and Other Poems 1985 selected work poetry -
Three New Poets, Two New Presses
1986
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , July no. 103 1986; (p. 78-79)
— Review of Holiday Girls and Other Poems 1985 selected work poetry ; The Unborn Child Speaks to the Sea 1985 selected work poetry ; The Cast Changes : Poems 1985 selected work poetry -
Two First Collections
1986
single work
review
— Appears in: Island Magazine , Summer/Autumn no. 25/26 1986; (p. 110-112)
— Review of Queuing for the Mudd Club 1985 selected work poetry ; Holiday Girls and Other Poems 1985 selected work poetry -
New Poetry : With Occasional Lapses
1986
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 80 1986; (p. 30-31)
— Review of Queuing for the Mudd Club 1985 selected work poetry ; Passengers to the City 1985 selected work poetry ; Holiday Girls and Other Poems 1985 selected work poetry ; Luxury 1985 selected work poetry -
Elders and Betters? : Judith Wright, Amy Witting, Alan Gould and Others : Recent Australian Poetry
1986
single work
review
— Appears in: Quadrant , July-August vol. 30 no. 7-8 1986; (p. 114-118)
— Review of Phantom Dwelling 1985 selected work poetry ; Poems for an Exhibition 1985 selected work poetry ; Travel Diary : Poems 1985 selected work poetry ; The Solitary Islands 1985 selected work poetry ; Passengers to the City 1985 selected work poetry ; Holiday Girls and Other Poems 1985 selected work poetry ; Poems from a Peach Melba Hat 1985 selected work poetry ; The Twofold Place 1986 selected work poetry ; Queuing for the Mudd Club 1985 selected work poetry
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Elders and Betters? : Judith Wright, Amy Witting, Alan Gould and Others : Recent Australian Poetry
1986
single work
review
— Appears in: Quadrant , July-August vol. 30 no. 7-8 1986; (p. 114-118)
— Review of Phantom Dwelling 1985 selected work poetry ; Poems for an Exhibition 1985 selected work poetry ; Travel Diary : Poems 1985 selected work poetry ; The Solitary Islands 1985 selected work poetry ; Passengers to the City 1985 selected work poetry ; Holiday Girls and Other Poems 1985 selected work poetry ; Poems from a Peach Melba Hat 1985 selected work poetry ; The Twofold Place 1986 selected work poetry ; Queuing for the Mudd Club 1985 selected work poetry -
New Poetry : With Occasional Lapses
1986
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 80 1986; (p. 30-31)
— Review of Queuing for the Mudd Club 1985 selected work poetry ; Passengers to the City 1985 selected work poetry ; Holiday Girls and Other Poems 1985 selected work poetry ; Luxury 1985 selected work poetry -
Two First Collections
1986
single work
review
— Appears in: Island Magazine , Summer/Autumn no. 25/26 1986; (p. 110-112)
— Review of Queuing for the Mudd Club 1985 selected work poetry ; Holiday Girls and Other Poems 1985 selected work poetry -
Three New Poets, Two New Presses
1986
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , July no. 103 1986; (p. 78-79)
— Review of Holiday Girls and Other Poems 1985 selected work poetry ; The Unborn Child Speaks to the Sea 1985 selected work poetry ; The Cast Changes : Poems 1985 selected work poetry -
Untitled
1987
single work
review
— Appears in: Preludes : A Literary Annual , October no. 3 1987; (p. 22-23)
— Review of Holiday Girls and Other Poems 1985 selected work poetry -
The Poet Versus the Po-Faced
1986
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 23-30 December vol. 108 no. 5550 1986; (p. 86-87)
Awards
- 1986 winner Commonwealth Poetry Prize — Best First-Time Published
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