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Contents
* Contents derived from the
Ringwood,
Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area,
Melbourne - East,
Melbourne,
Victoria,:Penguin
, 1990 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Good Thingsi"A start is a good thing, because it can begin a search", single work poetry (p. 1)
- Bad Thingsi"It's possible to believe that no one else believes,", single work poetry (p. 2)
- Things Supposedly Pleasant and Which Arei"Overseas with sense, Australia with senses. Travel in love", single work poetry (p. 3)
- Things Supposedly Pleasant but Which Generally Are Noti"Close-hauled and tacking south off Cape Tribulation,", single work poetry (p. 4)
- Things About Which Something Should Be Donei"Adjectives and arts administrators, building societies", single work poetry (p. 5)
- Things You Know You Can Do Nothing Abouti"Showers in Far North Queensland which, without warning,", single work poetry (p. 6)
- Inspiring Thingsi"It's fitting that the best song should come from Canberra,", single work poetry (p. 7)
- Depressing Thingsi"Anyone who hates their job. The bell-like ring on bull-", single work poetry (p. 8)
- Things That Could Be Comparedi"The book and the beginning. The burrow and any hole", single work poetry (p. 9)
- Things That Cannot Be Comparedi"Lying in bed for the morning sun to stripe my back", single work poetry (p. 10)
- Embarrassing Thingsi"The Office. Going to work", single work poetry (p. 11)
- Attractive Thingsi"You'd have to see Mt Taylor on a winter morning,", single work poetry (p. 12)
- Elegant Thingsi"If Lake George retreats to the corner of my eye,", single work poetry (p. 13)
- Vulgar Thingsi"Purple cars with bald tyres and teddy bears on the mirror;", single work poetry (p. 14)
- Things Worth Havingi"Health, Jenny, house and wine. My computer. As well,", single work poetry (p. 15)
- A Thing Worth Knowingi"Just as water is the best of things, beside which the bushwalker", single work poetry (p. 16)
- Delightful Things Not Repeatable At Willi"A visit from a friend who stays the night and next", single work poetry (p. 17)
- Delightful Things Not Repeatable At Alli"`...two hundred years and you had to be there. They trucked", single work poetry (p. 18)
- Things That Must Be Watchedi"Remember when you last watched the ABC?", single work poetry (p. 19)
- Things That Should Be Larger, Exposed or Emphasisedi"Eureka Stockade, Vinegar Hill and the Battle of Parramatta.", single work poetry (p. 20)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Asien in zeitgenoessischen australischen Gedichtsequenzen [Asia in contemporary Australian poetry sequences]
1993
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australien zwischen Europa und Asien 1993; (p. 109-121) -
Things that Could Be Compared
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: LiNQ , vol. 19 no. 1 1992; (p. 129-132)
— Review of Mouth to Mouth 1990 selected work poetry ; The Inner Courtyard : A South Australian Anthology of Love Poetry 1990 anthology poetry ; Seventy Seven 1990 selected work poetry ; Australian Things 1990 selected work poetry -
Hot and Cold Traces of Mid-Winter Trips
1990
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 25 February 1990; (p. 20) -
Enjoyable with a Couple of Reservations
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 120 1990; (p. 21)
— Review of Australian Things 1990 selected work poetry -
Australian Books in Review
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , April vol. 69 no. 1003 1990; (p. 27-28)
— Review of Australian Things 1990 selected work poetry
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Overwhelming Memories of Friendly Street
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 10 March 1990; (p. 78)
— Review of Animal Warmth 1990 selected work poetry ; Singing the Snake : Poems from the Western Desert 1979-1988 1990 selected work poetry ; After the War: Poems 1990 selected work poetry ; Fingerprints on Light 1990 selected work poetry ; Perverse Serenity 1990 selected work poetry ; Australian Things 1990 selected work poetry ; Seventy Seven 1990 selected work poetry ; Edison Doesn't Invent the Car 1990 selected work poetry ; The Inner Courtyard : A South Australian Anthology of Love Poetry 1990 anthology poetry ; Friendly Street Poetry Reader : Fourteen 1990 anthology poetry -
Keeping Close to the Ground
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , December vol. 50 no. 4 1990; (p. 524-528)
— Review of To the Ocean; and Scheherazade 1989 selected work poetry ; Australian Things 1990 selected work poetry ; The Women Who Live on the Ground : Poems 1978-1988 1990 selected work poetry ; Schoolgirls at Borobudur 1990 selected work poetry ; Fingerprints on Light 1990 selected work poetry ; Animal Warmth 1990 selected work poetry -
Four Reasons to Celebrate
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Herald , 18 March 1990; (p. 39)
— Review of Singing the Snake : Poems from the Western Desert 1979-1988 1990 selected work poetry ; Australian Things 1990 selected work poetry ; Perverse Serenity 1990 selected work poetry -
Things that Could Be Compared
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: LiNQ , vol. 19 no. 1 1992; (p. 129-132)
— Review of Mouth to Mouth 1990 selected work poetry ; The Inner Courtyard : A South Australian Anthology of Love Poetry 1990 anthology poetry ; Seventy Seven 1990 selected work poetry ; Australian Things 1990 selected work poetry -
Interaction of Forms a Cornucopia of Charms
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 8-9 September 1990; (p. rev 6)
— Review of Fingerprints on Light 1990 selected work poetry ; Australian Things 1990 selected work poetry ; Perverse Serenity 1990 selected work poetry -
Hot and Cold Traces of Mid-Winter Trips
1990
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 25 February 1990; (p. 20) -
Asien in zeitgenoessischen australischen Gedichtsequenzen [Asia in contemporary Australian poetry sequences]
1993
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australien zwischen Europa und Asien 1993; (p. 109-121)
Awards
- 1988 joint second ABC / ABA Bicentennial Literary Award For the Poetry Australia Literary Award
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