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Dedication: Dedicated to all those who in my family and my home diverted me to the pains and pleasures of poetry
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Sydney,
New South Wales,:Elizabethan Press
, 1969 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Pulpit Rocki"A pinnacle, a place for eagles", single work poetry (p. 9)
- The She-Oak Nullah Nullahi"The black man stood before the universe", single work poetry (p. 10-11)
- The Old Coroboree Groundi"In olden days, as children always say,", single work poetry (p. 12)
- The Old Mount York Roadi"To come, Mrs Hawkins, in the golden dusk", single work poetry (p. 13)
- The Golddiggers on the Marchi"You scarcely troubled the wind", single work poetry (p. 14)
- Sir Henry Parkesi"If ghosts are with us, they are the ghosts of the famous", single work poetry (p. 15)
- The Bell Road at Nighti"Winding our way up gorge and steep", single work poetry (p. 16-17)
- De Faure's Rock, Mount Wilsoni"Stand and feel the aeons hum", single work poetry (p. 18-19)
- Mount Irvine Roadi"Look north and far along the Great Divide", single work poetry (p. 20)
- Boy at Apple Cottagei"Down by the creek a child is watching for birds", single work poetry (p. 21)
- The Cliff Climbersi"They live on the astronomical alps of the world", single work poetry (p. 22)
- Firefighters at Mt Victoria Lookouti"They stood in the bush, in the dry afternoon", single work poetry (p. 23)
- Mt Irvinei"No landscape in the world has kin to this,", single work poetry (p. 24-25)
- Mel Ward's Museumi"We have been free so long we do not know", single work poetry (p. 26)
- Slide Night in the Village Halli"Through a damp and drizzling night", single work poetry (p. 27)
- The Cyprus Grove, Blackheathi"Best servant of all is surely", single work poetry (p. 28)
- Death of a Treei"Murder is being done that causes no shout,", single work poetry (p. 29)
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The Hawkesbury Flood from Penrith Bridgei"The murderous waters pour grimly on",
single work
poetry
The poet wonders why science and engineering cannot overcome the threat of floods on the Hawkesbury: '...surely there is science and skill enough / to dam the dykes and free this ravaged land.'
- The Hawki"The hawk, the hawk was there,", single work poetry (p. 31)
- Snakes at Blackheathi"I've learned not to be afraid", single work poetry (p. 32-33)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Current Poetry
1971
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March vol. 10 no. 5 1971; (p. 91)
— Review of The Towers of Earth : Poems of the Blue Mountains 1969 selected work poetry ; Late Summer : Poems 1970 selected work poetry -
Untitled
1970
single work
review
— Appears in: Daily Telegraph , 26 December 1970; (p. 13)
— Review of The Towers of Earth : Poems of the Blue Mountains 1969 selected work poetry ; Late Summer : Poems 1970 selected work poetry -
[Review] The Towers of Earth
1970
single work
review
— Appears in: Advertiser , 17 October 1970; (p. 23)
— Review of The Towers of Earth : Poems of the Blue Mountains 1969 selected work poetry
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[Review] The Towers of Earth
1970
single work
review
— Appears in: Advertiser , 17 October 1970; (p. 23)
— Review of The Towers of Earth : Poems of the Blue Mountains 1969 selected work poetry -
Untitled
1970
single work
review
— Appears in: Daily Telegraph , 26 December 1970; (p. 13)
— Review of The Towers of Earth : Poems of the Blue Mountains 1969 selected work poetry ; Late Summer : Poems 1970 selected work poetry -
Current Poetry
1971
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March vol. 10 no. 5 1971; (p. 91)
— Review of The Towers of Earth : Poems of the Blue Mountains 1969 selected work poetry ; Late Summer : Poems 1970 selected work poetry
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