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A collection of 90 poems from Maltese-Australian writer Rosanne Musu, a number of which were accorded commendations and/or awards. The published works appeared between 1978 and 1991 in such magazines, literary journals and newspapers as the Fremantle Arts Review, West Australian, Barbic Broadsheet, Rocky Hill Lines, Womanspeak, Scarp, Prints, Going Down Swinging, Mattoid, Luna, Verandah, the Small Times, Webber's Magazine, LiNQ, Outrider, Dis-locations, A Penny Dreadful, Redoubt, and the Canberra Times. Some of the poems were also read on radio.
For the 2011 edition, published under the name Rosanne Dingli, Rod Moran contributed the following blurb: 'Dingli’s sensual poetry focuses on emotion. Her sense of location and occasion explore overlaps of sensation prompted by a lifetime of changes and shifts to different places. The poems imbibe some of the more challenging aspects of life with a tongue-in-cheek defiance.'
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At least two alternative covers have been used for the 2011 edition.
Contents
- October Womani"She is a grevillea", single work poetry (p. 1)
- Still Music (to Yosl Bergner)i"Song - emotion's lilt", single work poetry (p. 2)
- Calli"Uncertain index wavers:", single work poetry (p. 3)
- Dream Loveri"My eyes ray horizontals of light", single work poetry (p. 4)
- Nighti"He is a long and huddled lump;", single work poetry (p. 5)
- Clarei"At the Regent in a fluoro-lit mirror", single work poetry (p. 6)
- Chant (for Sam Hunt)i"He knows the grasp of oar", single work poetry (p. 8)
- Port Phillip Bayi"Carter nursed an awkward fear of boats.", single work poetry (p. 9)
- Ground Leveli"How repelling", single work poetry (p. 10)
- Morningi"Monster arms are grabbing you", single work poetry (p. 11)
- Resortsi"Monosyllables are your only enclave.", single work poetry (p. 12)
- Rhus Vernicifera, or, Yu Lin Paints a Vasei"She ignores the last curtain call", single work poetry (p. 13)
- On the Jetty By the Murrumbidgeei"In the arbor the roses", single work poetry (p. 14)
- Convent School in Mdina 1961i"The climb used to tire me.", single work poetry (p. 15)
- Last Ridei"We met", single work poetry (p. 16)
- House at Dinglii"I have no fear as others do of cliffs.", single work poetry (p. 17)
- Backgardeni"When these cuttings take", single work poetry (p. 18)
- Mourningi"A week of temperatures", single work poetry (p. 19)
- Last Yeari"When it grew back his hair turned white.", single work poetry (p. 20)
- Flowersi"There were no chrysanthemums.", single work poetry (p. 21)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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Review
1991
single work
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— Appears in: Aversion : Poetry and Prose from the West and Beyond , Summer no. 2 1991; (p. 41-42)
— Review of All the Wrong Places 1991 selected work poetry
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Review
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Aversion : Poetry and Prose from the West and Beyond , Summer no. 2 1991; (p. 41-42)
— Review of All the Wrong Places 1991 selected work poetry
