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Notes
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Short author biography follows author's note dated 1 August 1977, explaining the use of graphics, on unnumbered pages after last page.
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Author's note: 'The graphics employed in this collection are in part to entice the print weary but also because they push the poem forward... are part of the matrix of the poem... to share with you that from which I drew perception.'
Nigel Roberts
Balmain
1 August 1977 -
Note on unnumbered page after last page of poetry state that poems in the collection have appeared in The Ear in a Wheatfield, Mok, Free Poetry, New Poetry, Bush Telegraph, The Digger, We Took Their Orders and Are Dead: an anti war anthology [1971], Australian Poetry Now (1970), Applestealers (1974), and Shades of Happiness (1974).
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Half-title pages have black and white stills from the movie Casablanca with text.
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Page following title page has 'A Prepucal Face for Nigel Roberts' by Robert Duncan date September 1976.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Sydney,
New South Wales,:Wild and Woolley
, 1977 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Poem for Davnet / Concluding with a Line from Bogarti"She/ has left the party", single work poetry (p. 9-10)
- Untitled / Onei"that something", single work poetry (p. 11)
- As Brian Bell Saidi"Naked as-", single work poetry (p. 12-13)
- As Bruce Beaver Does Jesus/Robert Gravesi"jesus/robert graves", single work poetry (p. 14-15)
- Spunkyi"Spunky", single work poetry (p. 16)
- Outside / Jimmy Sharman'si"outside / jimmy sharman's", single work poetry (p. 17)
- Note / to a Friend / on a Communei"well i guess / that", single work poetry satire (p. 18)
- Untitledi"this poem is", single work poetry (p. 19)
- Untitledi"vincent-", single work poetry (p. 20-21)
- Be a Man // Sell Outi"thanks / but", single work poetry (p. 22)
- The Anthem / Sami"if / you would shoot", single work poetry (p. 23)
- Max Factor Pinki"in yr absence/i", single work poetry (p. 24)
- Dialogue with John Forbesi"Nige -", single work poetry (p. 25)
- Roxy / Reservationi"During this matinee", single work poetry (p. 26-27)
- Untitled After / the Moratorium Readingi"the marie antoinette / slice", single work poetry (p. 28)
- Radio Priest / Apple Musici"when-", single work poetry (p. 29)
- Burn / All Wooden Horsesi"perhaps", single work poetry (p. 30-31)
- Flavour of the Monthi"Penelope / this poem", single work poetry (p. 32-33)
- Disorder at the Borderi"Bill has left", single work poetry (p. 34-35)
- A Tongue / in your Ear / Madami"& again / to love", single work poetry (p. 36)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Separating the Myths : The Poetry of Nigel Roberts
1984
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , September vol. 44 no. 3 1984; (p. 337-349) -
Growing Old Gracefully : The Generation of '68
1978
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Autumn vol. 37 no. 1 1978; (p. 76-86) The Temperament of Generations : Fifty Years of Writing in Meanjin 1990; (p. 268-278)
— Review of New Devil, New Parish 1976 selected work poetry ; Shakti 1977 selected work poetry ; East : Poems 1970-74 1976 selected work poetry ; Chemical Cart 1977 selected work poetry ; In Casablanca for the Waters 1977 selected work poetry ; Hear Me Eating 1977 selected work poetry ; Cross the Border 1977 selected work poetry ; Tropical Skiing 1976 selected work poetry ; On The Beach 1977 selected work poetry ; Mastication Poems 1977 selected work poetry -
Books Received and Brief Reviews
1978
single work
review
— Appears in: LiNQ , vol. 6 no. 2 1978; (p. 85-92)
— Review of Martin Boyd 1977 single work bibliography ; In Casablanca for the Waters 1977 selected work poetry ; The Sea-Cucumber 1978 selected work poetry ; The Departure 1978 selected work poetry ; Icelandic Solitaries 1978 selected work poetry ; The Water Lily and Other Poems 1977 selected work poetry ; Collected Verse 1978 selected work poetry ; Image vol. 2 no. 1 January 1978 periodical issue ; The Harold Kesteven Prize Poems : the Prize-Winning Poems from the Harold Kesteven Poetry Prize Competitions, 1970 to 1976 1977 anthology poetry ; Image vol. 2 no. 2 April 1978 periodical issue -
Form and Content
1978
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , no. 72 1978; (p. 57-59)
— Review of The Tenth Lady 1977 selected work poetry ; In Casablanca for the Waters 1977 selected work poetry ; Crying in Early Infancy : 100 sonnets 1977 sequence poetry
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Growing Old Gracefully : The Generation of '68
1978
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Autumn vol. 37 no. 1 1978; (p. 76-86) The Temperament of Generations : Fifty Years of Writing in Meanjin 1990; (p. 268-278)
— Review of New Devil, New Parish 1976 selected work poetry ; Shakti 1977 selected work poetry ; East : Poems 1970-74 1976 selected work poetry ; Chemical Cart 1977 selected work poetry ; In Casablanca for the Waters 1977 selected work poetry ; Hear Me Eating 1977 selected work poetry ; Cross the Border 1977 selected work poetry ; Tropical Skiing 1976 selected work poetry ; On The Beach 1977 selected work poetry ; Mastication Poems 1977 selected work poetry -
Form and Content
1978
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , no. 72 1978; (p. 57-59)
— Review of The Tenth Lady 1977 selected work poetry ; In Casablanca for the Waters 1977 selected work poetry ; Crying in Early Infancy : 100 sonnets 1977 sequence poetry -
Books Received and Brief Reviews
1978
single work
review
— Appears in: LiNQ , vol. 6 no. 2 1978; (p. 85-92)
— Review of Martin Boyd 1977 single work bibliography ; In Casablanca for the Waters 1977 selected work poetry ; The Sea-Cucumber 1978 selected work poetry ; The Departure 1978 selected work poetry ; Icelandic Solitaries 1978 selected work poetry ; The Water Lily and Other Poems 1977 selected work poetry ; Collected Verse 1978 selected work poetry ; Image vol. 2 no. 1 January 1978 periodical issue ; The Harold Kesteven Prize Poems : the Prize-Winning Poems from the Harold Kesteven Poetry Prize Competitions, 1970 to 1976 1977 anthology poetry ; Image vol. 2 no. 2 April 1978 periodical issue -
Separating the Myths : The Poetry of Nigel Roberts
1984
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , September vol. 44 no. 3 1984; (p. 337-349)
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