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Notes
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Dedication: For my wife, Susan
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Epigraph: I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing / than teach ten thousand stars hoe not to dance - e.e. cummings
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Sydney,
New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson
, 1982 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Terrori"Terror is multiform.", single work poetry (p. 1)
- For Philipi"This is what death has done:", single work poetry (p. 2-3)
- Ospreysi"Further back, they looked like shags", single work poetry (p. 4)
- The Mantle of the Lampi"The moon is a mantle,", single work poetry (p. 5)
- Shelli"Life is no jewel", single work poetry (p. 6)
- Composition The Old Japanese Gardeneri"The old Japanese gardener", single work poetry (p. 7)
- Cocklesi"Waves slap the shore, hiss", single work poetry (p. 8)
- Motheri"She is alone, the gap", single work poetry (p. 9)
- Black Holesi"Everywhere, death. In deep space", single work poetry (p. 10)
- Consolationi"I remember: No breath", single work poetry (p. 11)
- For Susani"The tanks of the Imperial Courts", single work poetry (p. 12)
- Counterpoisei"Light refracting on the reach of the river;", single work poetry (p. 13)
- Welcome Swallows at Murdoch Universityi"To this foreboding place,", single work poetry (p. 14)
- Dog in the Raini"Padding through puddles,", single work poetry (p. 15)
- The Radishi"The radish", single work poetry (p. 16)
- Micai"As a fish twists in the water,", single work poetry (p. 17)
- Chokai"Dry seed-pods clatter", single work poetry (p. 18)
- On Poetryi"As we sit talking", single work poetry (p. 19)
- Sehnsuchti"Everyone else is asleep;", single work poetry (p. 20)
- Gonei"Gone! our son puzzles", single work poetry (p. 21)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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To the Catcher's Hands
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: Blocks and Tackles : Articles and Essays 1982 to 1990 1990; (p. 33-35)
— Review of Readings from Ecclesiastes : Poems 1982 selected work poetry ; Counterpoise : Poems 1982 selected work poetry -
Andrew Lansdown
1989
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Wordhord : A Critical Selection of Contemporary Western Australian Poetry 1989; (p. 122-124) -
Untitled
1983
single work
review
— Appears in: Image , December vol. 6 no. 3 1983; (p. 47)
— Review of Counterpoise : Poems 1982 selected work poetry -
Recent Poetry: Confidence and Simplicity
1983
single work
review
— Appears in: Island Magazine , Autumn no. 14 1983; (p. 51-53)
— Review of Readings from Ecclesiastes : Poems 1982 selected work poetry ; Head, Heart and Stone 1982 selected work poetry ; Full Moon Over Lumpini Park 1982 selected work poetry ; Counterpoise : Poems 1982 selected work poetry ; Addiction to False Landscapes 1981 selected work poetry ; Scarpdancer : Poems 1982 selected work poetry -
A Muster of Poets
1982
single work
review
— Appears in: Quadrant , August vol. 26 no. 8 1982; (p. 75-77)
— Review of Counterpoise : Poems 1982 selected work poetry
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Untitled
1983
single work
review
— Appears in: Image , December vol. 6 no. 3 1983; (p. 47)
— Review of Counterpoise : Poems 1982 selected work poetry -
Poetry Takes a Brave New Step
1982
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 19-20 June 1982; (p. 9)
— Review of Poem Pack One : Poems Accompanied by Author's Notes 1982 selected work poetry ; Readings from Ecclesiastes : Poems 1982 selected work poetry ; Counterpoise : Poems 1982 selected work poetry -
Continuing Legacy
1982
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 31 July 1982; (p. 14)
— Review of Readings from Ecclesiastes : Poems 1982 selected work poetry ; Counterpoise : Poems 1982 selected work poetry -
Selected Reviews
1982
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 6 March 1982; (p. 44)
— Review of Readings from Ecclesiastes : Poems 1982 selected work poetry ; Counterpoise : Poems 1982 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems : 1960-1980 1982 selected work poetry -
Recent Poetry: Confidence and Simplicity
1983
single work
review
— Appears in: Island Magazine , Autumn no. 14 1983; (p. 51-53)
— Review of Readings from Ecclesiastes : Poems 1982 selected work poetry ; Head, Heart and Stone 1982 selected work poetry ; Full Moon Over Lumpini Park 1982 selected work poetry ; Counterpoise : Poems 1982 selected work poetry ; Addiction to False Landscapes 1981 selected work poetry ; Scarpdancer : Poems 1982 selected work poetry -
Andrew Lansdown
1989
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Wordhord : A Critical Selection of Contemporary Western Australian Poetry 1989; (p. 122-124)
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