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Death's Directives : I
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"When life was all about me",
1979
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The New Australian Poetry 1979; (p. 15-17) The Penguin Book of Modern Australian Verse 1981; (p. 41-43) New and Selected Poems 1960-1990 1991; (p. 160-161) -
Death's Directives : II
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"Death beckoned me towards the beach",
1979
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The New Australian Poetry 1979; (p. 17-18) New and Selected Poems 1960-1990 1991; (p. 161-163) -
Death's Directives : III
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"Death offered me ecstasy or suffering,",
1991
single work
poetry
— Appears in: New and Selected Poems 1960-1990 1991; (p. 163-164) The Oxford Book of Modern Australian Verse 1996; (p. 77-78) -
Death's Directives : IV
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"Death showed me the grail",
1991
single work
poetry
— Appears in: New and Selected Poems 1960-1990 1991; (p. 164-165) -
Death's Directives : V (to E.H.)
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"Death looked much the same as I did;",
1991
single work
poetry
— Appears in: New and Selected Poems 1960-1990 1991; (p. 165-168) -
Death's Directives : VII
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"As I was dreaming of the breasts",
1991
single work
poetry
— Appears in: New and Selected Poems 1960-1990 1991; (p. 166-167) -
Death's Directives : VIII
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"Not for the first time",
1991
single work
poetry
— Appears in: New and Selected Poems 1960-1990 1991; (p. 168-171) -
Death's Directives : IX
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"I have admitted to death",
1991
single work
poetry
— Appears in: New and Selected Poems 1960-1990 1991; (p. 171-173) -
Death's Directives : X
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"I was reminded again by death",
1991
single work
poetry
— Appears in: New and Selected Poems 1960-1990 1991; (p. 173-175) -
Death's Directives : XI
i
"Death, how could I fail to celebrate her?",
1991
single work
poetry
— Appears in: New and Selected Poems 1960-1990 1991; (p. 173-175) The Oxford Book of Australian Love Poems 1993; (p. 146-147) -
Death's Directives : XII
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"Death had illuminated my dreaming",
1976
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Aspect : Art and Literature , vol. 2 no. 2 1976; (p. 33-34) -
Death's Directives : XIII
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"Death has no need for incense,",
1991
single work
poetry
— Appears in: New and Selected Poems 1960-1990 1991; (p. 175-178) -
Death's Directives : XIV
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"Was Bruckner death-centred?",
1991
single work
poetry
— Appears in: New and Selected Poems 1960-1990 1991; (p. 181) -
Death's Directives : XVI
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"What news of Neftali Reyes? I asked death.",
1980
single work
poetry
— Appears in: New South : Australian Poetry of the Late 1970s : A Selection 1980; (p. 11-13) -
Death's Directives : XV
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"The naming of the shadow, said death",
1991
single work
poetry
— Appears in: New and Selected Poems 1960-1990 1991; (p. 178-180) -
Death's Directives : XVII
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"Death met the Chairman yesterday,",
1991
single work
poetry
— Appears in: New and Selected Poems 1960-1990 1991; (p. 182-183) -
Death's Directives : XVIII
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"Beautiful Anne Sexton's name",
1991
single work
poetry
— Appears in: New and Selected Poems 1960-1990 1991; (p. 182-183) -
Death's Directives : XIX
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"Bewilderedly, bewilderedly,",
1991
single work
poetry
— Appears in: New and Selected Poems 1960-1990 1991; (p. 183-187) -
Death's Directives : XX
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"I perceive now that death came to me originally",
1991
single work
poetry
— Appears in: New and Selected Poems 1960-1990 1991; (p. 187-189)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Messages in Bottles
1992
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Island , Winter no. 51 1992; (p. 40-43) -
The Visionary Editor
1979
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , December vol. 39 no. 4 1979; (p. 462-478)
— Review of Death's Directives 1978 single work sequence poetry ; Remembering the Rural Life 1978 selected work poetry ; Idols of the Market Place and Other Poems 1978 selected work poetry ; Friendly Street Poetry Reader No.2 1978 anthology poetry ; Under Cover Agent 1978 selected work poetry ; Invitation to a Marxist Lesbian Party 1978 selected work poetry ; Knabel 1978 selected work poetry ; Under the Weather 1978 selected work poetry ; The Gods Ash Their Cigarettes 1978 selected work poetry ; Cup Full of River 1978 selected work poetry ; Blindspot 1977 selected work poetry ; Collecting the Weather 1978 selected work poetry ; Life Death and Some Words About Them 1978 selected work poetry ; Parabolas : Prose Poems 1976 selected work poetry ; The Aviary : Poems (1975-1977) 1978 selected work poetry ; Replacing Mirrors 1975 selected work poetry ; Foot Falls and Notes 1976 selected work poetry ; HongKong Suicide and Other Poems 1976 selected work poetry -
Inklings of Immortality an Appreciation
1979
single work
review
— Appears in: New Poetry , vol. 27 no. 1 1979; (p. 73-74)
— Review of Death's Directives 1978 single work sequence poetry -
Untitled
1979
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 14 1979; (p. 12)
— Review of Death's Directives 1978 single work sequence poetry
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Untitled
1979
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 14 1979; (p. 12)
— Review of Death's Directives 1978 single work sequence poetry -
Inklings of Immortality an Appreciation
1979
single work
review
— Appears in: New Poetry , vol. 27 no. 1 1979; (p. 73-74)
— Review of Death's Directives 1978 single work sequence poetry -
The Visionary Editor
1979
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , December vol. 39 no. 4 1979; (p. 462-478)
— Review of Death's Directives 1978 single work sequence poetry ; Remembering the Rural Life 1978 selected work poetry ; Idols of the Market Place and Other Poems 1978 selected work poetry ; Friendly Street Poetry Reader No.2 1978 anthology poetry ; Under Cover Agent 1978 selected work poetry ; Invitation to a Marxist Lesbian Party 1978 selected work poetry ; Knabel 1978 selected work poetry ; Under the Weather 1978 selected work poetry ; The Gods Ash Their Cigarettes 1978 selected work poetry ; Cup Full of River 1978 selected work poetry ; Blindspot 1977 selected work poetry ; Collecting the Weather 1978 selected work poetry ; Life Death and Some Words About Them 1978 selected work poetry ; Parabolas : Prose Poems 1976 selected work poetry ; The Aviary : Poems (1975-1977) 1978 selected work poetry ; Replacing Mirrors 1975 selected work poetry ; Foot Falls and Notes 1976 selected work poetry ; HongKong Suicide and Other Poems 1976 selected work poetry -
Messages in Bottles
1992
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Island , Winter no. 51 1992; (p. 40-43)
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