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Issue Details: First known date: 1999... 1999 Midnight Sun : Songs and Sonnets
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Notes

  • Dedication: For Uschi
  • Epigraph: Let your song be delicate. / Sing no loud hymn: / Death is abroad... oh, the black season! / The deep - the dim! -- John Shaw Neilson, Song Be Delicate

Contents

* Contents derived from the Wollongong, Wollongong area, Illawarra, South Coast, New South Wales,:Five Islands Press , 1999 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Herbert Glacier, Juneau (Alaska)i"first age forever young,", Manfred Jurgensen , single work poetry (p. 13)
Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve, Alaskai"virgin act. glacier's gift", Manfred Jurgensen , single work poetry (p. 14)
The Ghosts of Anchoragei"world theatre in the round.", Manfred Jurgensen , single work poetry (p. 15)
Sockeye Salmoni"a fatal birth. freshwater turning red.", Manfred Jurgensen , single work poetry (p. 16)
Point Barrow, Arctic Circlei"rock semen. cloud water air. earth fire storm.", Manfred Jurgensen , single work poetry (p. 17)
Katmai or the Genesis of Poetryi"once more the landscapes turn to speech,", Manfred Jurgensen , single work poetry (p. 18)
Alaskan Lullabyi"spring. bald eagles soar and fly", Manfred Jurgensen , single work poetry (p. 19)
Margin of Error (Ngoro Ngoro Crater, Tanzania)i"lightning flames, metallic hail,", Manfred Jurgensen , single work poetry (p. 20)
Camp Serengeti Southi"silhouettes burning our sight,", Manfred Jurgensen , single work poetry (p. 21)
A Remote and Lonely Place : For Peter Sculthorpei"punctured light,", Manfred Jurgensen , single work poetry (p. 22)
Suburban Addressi"don't speak. don't feed familiar doubts.", Manfred Jurgensen , single work poetry (p. 23)
Brisbanei"like river tugs, stilt houses tow", Manfred Jurgensen , single work poetry (p. 25-26)
The Gardeni"this is the place. our senses, raised by sun and rain,", Manfred Jurgensen , single work poetry (p. 27)
Metropolitan Museum, New Yorki"once more i climb the images that hold", Manfred Jurgensen , single work poetry (p. 28)
Casualty Ward - Manila Centrali"delivered from the human night,", Manfred Jurgensen , single work poetry (p. 29-30)
Placei"is this the urge that longs to be,", Manfred Jurgensen , single work poetry (p. 31)
Variation on Travellingi"the urge to be where we have never been,", Manfred Jurgensen , single work poetry (p. 32)
On the Beachi"a border, of sorts,", Manfred Jurgensen , single work poetry (p. 33)
Droughti"crippled growth of anti-season the river's", Manfred Jurgensen , single work poetry (p. 34-35)
Note: Dedication: for Geoffrey Dutton
Pastorale : 1 : Origini"heartscape. strokes of frog.", Manfred Jurgensen , single work poetry (p. 36)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

مانفريد يورغنسن: الحدود— خطوط نزاع، وبشائر نجاة Manfred Jurgensen : Al-Hodood — Khutoot Niza', Wa Basha'er Najat Raghid Nahhas , 2004 single work criticism
— Appears in: Kalimat : An International Periodical of English and Arabic Creative Writing , December no. 20 (Arabic) 2004; (p. 41-58)
Reviews Tom Collins , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Studio : A Journal of Christians Writing , Winter no. 79 2000; (p. 37)

— Review of Midnight Sun : Songs and Sonnets Manfred Jurgensen , 1999 selected work poetry
[Review] The Scarring Bev Braune , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Imago : New Writing , vol. 12 no. 1 2000; (p. 120-123)

— Review of The Scarring Geoff Page , 1999 single work novel ; Midnight Sun : Songs and Sonnets Manfred Jurgensen , 1999 selected work poetry ; Jaywalking Blues : poems Kevin Murray , 1999 selected work poetry
'Ease/ into Dark Water' : New Poetry Kerry Leves , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 158 2000; (p. 125-126)

— Review of Beautiful Veins Mal Morgan , 1999 selected work poetry ; Midnight Sun : Songs and Sonnets Manfred Jurgensen , 1999 selected work poetry ; The Scarring Geoff Page , 1999 single work novel ; Strip-Shopping for the Unemployed : Poems John Carey , 1999 selected work poetry ; In the Shadow of Van Diemen's Land Graeme Hetherington , 1999 selected work poetry ; Unmanned Stephen Oliver , 1999 selected work poetry ; Where the Trees Were Stephen Edgar , 1999 selected work poetry ; Free Song : Poems Leon Trainor , 1999 selected work poetry ; Iceman : An Expansive Narrative John Millett , 1999 sequence poetry ; Sofala : And Other Poems Kate Llewellyn , 1999 selected work poetry ; Search Engine Ted Nielsen , 1999 selected work poetry ; The Ocean in the Kitchen Gina Mercer , 1999 selected work poetry ; Hygienic Lily Keri Glastonbury , 1999 selected work poetry
Poetic Voices Deserve Recognition Ralph Elliott , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 9 October 1999; (p. 28)

— Review of Midnight Sun : Songs and Sonnets Manfred Jurgensen , 1999 selected work poetry ; This Winter Beach Mark Miller , 1999 selected work poetry
'Ease/ into Dark Water' : New Poetry Kerry Leves , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 158 2000; (p. 125-126)

— Review of Beautiful Veins Mal Morgan , 1999 selected work poetry ; Midnight Sun : Songs and Sonnets Manfred Jurgensen , 1999 selected work poetry ; The Scarring Geoff Page , 1999 single work novel ; Strip-Shopping for the Unemployed : Poems John Carey , 1999 selected work poetry ; In the Shadow of Van Diemen's Land Graeme Hetherington , 1999 selected work poetry ; Unmanned Stephen Oliver , 1999 selected work poetry ; Where the Trees Were Stephen Edgar , 1999 selected work poetry ; Free Song : Poems Leon Trainor , 1999 selected work poetry ; Iceman : An Expansive Narrative John Millett , 1999 sequence poetry ; Sofala : And Other Poems Kate Llewellyn , 1999 selected work poetry ; Search Engine Ted Nielsen , 1999 selected work poetry ; The Ocean in the Kitchen Gina Mercer , 1999 selected work poetry ; Hygienic Lily Keri Glastonbury , 1999 selected work poetry
[Review] The Scarring Bev Braune , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Imago : New Writing , vol. 12 no. 1 2000; (p. 120-123)

— Review of The Scarring Geoff Page , 1999 single work novel ; Midnight Sun : Songs and Sonnets Manfred Jurgensen , 1999 selected work poetry ; Jaywalking Blues : poems Kevin Murray , 1999 selected work poetry
Finding the Heart Kevin Brophy , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 215 1999; (p. 37-38)

— Review of Midnight Sun : Songs and Sonnets Manfred Jurgensen , 1999 selected work poetry ; This Winter Beach Mark Miller , 1999 selected work poetry
Poetic Voices Deserve Recognition Ralph Elliott , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 9 October 1999; (p. 28)

— Review of Midnight Sun : Songs and Sonnets Manfred Jurgensen , 1999 selected work poetry ; This Winter Beach Mark Miller , 1999 selected work poetry
Reviews Tom Collins , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Studio : A Journal of Christians Writing , Winter no. 79 2000; (p. 37)

— Review of Midnight Sun : Songs and Sonnets Manfred Jurgensen , 1999 selected work poetry
مانفريد يورغنسن: الحدود— خطوط نزاع، وبشائر نجاة Manfred Jurgensen : Al-Hodood — Khutoot Niza', Wa Basha'er Najat Raghid Nahhas , 2004 single work criticism
— Appears in: Kalimat : An International Periodical of English and Arabic Creative Writing , December no. 20 (Arabic) 2004; (p. 41-58)
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