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* Contents derived from the
South Fremantle,
Fremantle area,
South West Perth,
Perth,
Western Australia,:Fremantle Press
, 1993 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Abracadabrai"Taking off is like itself:", single work poetry (p. 12-14)
- No-One Ever Found Youi"No-one ever found you self-seeking or dishonest.", single work poetry (p. 15)
- Threadsi"So the trip is over. All the cases empty,", single work poetry (p. 16)
- Ulyssesi"To scent awareness of companionship", single work poetry (p. 17)
- In New Bangkoki"On daylight buses orange monks", single work poetry (p. 18-20)
- Stepsi"A man stepped along the packed granules of Geraldton coast", single work poetry (p. 21)
- Freo in Januaryi"The wind might almost be", single work poetry (p. 22-23)
- Night Flighti"Entering this symmetrical hulk of metal which will fling us", single work poetry (p. 24)
- Holland Parki"Out of Holland Park tube", single work poetry (p. 25-26)
- A Valediction: On Departing the Nation's Capitali"And it's farewell to the egg yellow sheets", single work poetry (p. 27-28)
- Letter to a Friend Who has Gone Back to the Place of His Childhoodi"This is a short, poor spell", single work poetry (p. 29-30)
- TN8i"First, take-off's dark ecstasy:", single work poetry (p. 31)
- The Mitchell Freewayi"Straight and smooth and stretched", single work poetry (p. 32)
- Possibilityi"To begin where dusk builds", single work poetry (p. 33-34)
- At Greenwood, a Meditationi"In a humdrum household", single work poetry (p. 35)
- Rush Hour, Irelandi"Looking for all the world", single work poetry (p. 36-37)
- Letter to Rosemaryi"Rosemary, because we are not likely", single work poetry (p. 38-39)
- Fremantle, 1987i"Whipped cream, ice cups, and restaurants galore", single work poetry (p. 40)
- Flying West, Driving Westwardi"The wheels rock on the runway, skitter", single work poetry (p. 41-43)
- In the Distancei"The grass so green,", single work poetry (p. 44)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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The Poetry of Dennis Haskell : Stylisation and Elegy
2019
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Asiatic , December vol. 13 no. 2 2019; (p. 19-35) 'In this essay I concentrate on the elegiac poetry of the Australian poet Dennis Haskell. I argue that the emphasis in Haskell’s work on the quotidian, clarity of expression and the communication of emotion, has a material effect on the ways in which Haskell approaches the elegiac project: the poetic expression of grief in the face of loss. In the essay I identify three main classes of elegy in Haskell’s oeuvre: elegies for fellow poets (which, after Lawrence Lipking, I call “tombeaux”); the familial elegy; and the spousal elegy. Haskell’s engagement with the genre of the elegy therefore occupies a spectrum between what might be termed “public” elegies, and “intimate” elegies. As I discuss, the intimate elegies indicate a more profound, and sometimes troubled, engagement with the genre of elegy, tipping on occasion in anti -elegy and self-elegy. By undertaking textual analyses of various poems from within the three classes of elegy practised by Haskell, I illustrate the different ways in which he deals with one of the most profound problems that faces an elegist: how to express the profound emotion of grief through the affordances of poetic stylisation.' (Publication abstract) -
Untitled
1995
single work
review
— Appears in: Imago : New Writing , July vol. 7 no. 2 1995; (p. 96-98)
— Review of The Painter of Icons 1993 selected work poetry ; View from the Turret : (World War II) 1994 sequence poetry ; The Life on Water and the Life Beneath 1995 selected work poetry ; Abracadabra 1993 selected work poetry -
A Window on the Suburbs
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 19-20 February 1994; (p. rev 6)
— Review of Between Glances 1993 selected work poetry ; New and Selected Poems 1993 selected work poetry ; Abracadabra 1993 selected work poetry -
Untitled
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: Fremantle Arts Review , October/November vol. 8 no. 8 1993; (p. 14)
— Review of Abracadabra 1993 selected work poetry ; Tuesday Night Live : Fifteen Years of Friendly Street 1993 anthology poetry criticism -
A Poet Who Places Value on Life's `Small' Things
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 23 October 1993; (p. C11)
— Review of Abracadabra 1993 selected work poetry
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Untitled
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: Fremantle Arts Review , October/November vol. 8 no. 8 1993; (p. 14)
— Review of Abracadabra 1993 selected work poetry ; Tuesday Night Live : Fifteen Years of Friendly Street 1993 anthology poetry criticism -
Untitled
1995
single work
review
— Appears in: Imago : New Writing , July vol. 7 no. 2 1995; (p. 96-98)
— Review of The Painter of Icons 1993 selected work poetry ; View from the Turret : (World War II) 1994 sequence poetry ; The Life on Water and the Life Beneath 1995 selected work poetry ; Abracadabra 1993 selected work poetry -
A Window on the Suburbs
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 19-20 February 1994; (p. rev 6)
— Review of Between Glances 1993 selected work poetry ; New and Selected Poems 1993 selected work poetry ; Abracadabra 1993 selected work poetry -
Letters Ripple Off the Tongue
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 155 1993; (p. 48)
— Review of Abracadabra 1993 selected work poetry -
A Poet Who Places Value on Life's `Small' Things
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 23 October 1993; (p. C11)
— Review of Abracadabra 1993 selected work poetry -
The Poetry of Dennis Haskell : Stylisation and Elegy
2019
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Asiatic , December vol. 13 no. 2 2019; (p. 19-35) 'In this essay I concentrate on the elegiac poetry of the Australian poet Dennis Haskell. I argue that the emphasis in Haskell’s work on the quotidian, clarity of expression and the communication of emotion, has a material effect on the ways in which Haskell approaches the elegiac project: the poetic expression of grief in the face of loss. In the essay I identify three main classes of elegy in Haskell’s oeuvre: elegies for fellow poets (which, after Lawrence Lipking, I call “tombeaux”); the familial elegy; and the spousal elegy. Haskell’s engagement with the genre of the elegy therefore occupies a spectrum between what might be termed “public” elegies, and “intimate” elegies. As I discuss, the intimate elegies indicate a more profound, and sometimes troubled, engagement with the genre of elegy, tipping on occasion in anti -elegy and self-elegy. By undertaking textual analyses of various poems from within the three classes of elegy practised by Haskell, I illustrate the different ways in which he deals with one of the most profound problems that faces an elegist: how to express the profound emotion of grief through the affordances of poetic stylisation.' (Publication abstract)
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