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  • Author:agent Vivian Smith http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/smith-vivian
Issue Details: First known date: 1995... 1995 New Selected Poems
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

Collection of poems divided into six sections: the first five sections include previously published work, and the final section includes works that appear for the first time in this collection.

Exhibitions

Notes

  • Dedication: For Sybille, Vanessa, Gabrielle and Nicholas

Contents

* Contents derived from the Pymble, Turramurra - Pymble - St Ives area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson , 1995 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Bedlam Hillsi"Corroded flat as hills allow,", Vivian Smith , single work poetry (p. 2)
Bird Sanctuaryi"I came down to the tideless bay", Vivian Smith , single work poetry (p. 3)
Old Men are Facts : The Ship's Graveyard, Risdon, Tasmaniai"When I was a boy I heard the sea upstairs in a shell.", Vivian Smith , single work poetry (p. 4-5)
Fishermen, Winteri"In the bay across the broken threshold sand", Vivian Smith , single work poetry (p. 6)
Winter Foreshorei"The drilling wind, the whittling air", Vivian Smith , single work poetry (p. 7)
Aloes and Seai"The aloes stand along the shore", Vivian Smith , single work poetry (p. 8)
Penguin : Near Fluted Capei"You strut above the littered shore", Vivian Smith , single work poetry (p. 9)
Fishermen, Drowned Beyond the West Coasti"Someone said dead men make islands in the sea", Vivian Smith , single work poetry (p. 10)
Man with Greyhoundsi"A man walks greyhounds on the morning frost.", Vivian Smith , single work poetry (p. 11)
In Summer Raini"While summer rain makes green the air", Vivian Smith , single work poetry (p. 12)
Deserted Bandstand, Kingston Beachi"Turning from the sketched pines", Vivian Smith , single work poetry (p. 13-14)
Portuguese Laurel Floweringi"Distance can put beauty on", Vivian Smith , single work poetry (p. 15)
The Last Summeri"The hawk with heavy-lidded eyes", Vivian Smith , single work poetry (p. 16)
Late Autumn Dovei"O see where settling now and taking shape", Vivian Smith , single work poetry (p. 17)
Equinoxi"Hills, the slow anxiety of change,", Vivian Smith , single work poetry (p. 18)
Praying Mantisi"O yogi, mantis, preying leaf", Vivian Smith , single work poetry (p. 19)
The Other Meaningi"There is another meaning here--in birds", Vivian Smith , single work poetry (p. 20)
Alceste's Resolution Alceste (to Gwen Harwood)i""My need too for beginnings drove me here", Vivian Smith , single work poetry (p. 21)
The Shadowi"Something in the landscape", Vivian Smith , single work poetry (p. 22)
Thylacinei"They'll not find him in the hills", Vivian Smith , single work poetry (p. 23)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Untapped , 2021 .
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      Extent: 1v.p.
      ISBN: 9781922749048

Works about this Work

The Place of Poetry: The Work of Vivian Smith Noel Rowe , 1996 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , Winter vol. 56 no. 2 1996; (p. 46-66)
A First Acquaintance with Vivian Smith in New Selected Poems Lesley Walter , 1996 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , Winter vol. 56 no. 2 1996; (p. 75-86)
Still Life: Art and Nature in Vivian Smith's Poetry David McCooey , 1995 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October vol. 17 no. 2 1995; (p. 157-165)
A City Bard Michael Costigan , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 170 1995; (p. 53)

— Review of New Selected Poems Vivian Smith , 1995 selected work poetry
Poetry that Suggests Rather than Defines Geoff Page , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 18 February 1995; (p. C12)

— Review of New and Selected Poems Kevin Hart , 1995 selected work poetry ; New Selected Poems Vivian Smith , 1995 selected work poetry
Sometimes a Poem is a Darn Good Read Doris Leadbetter , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 141 1995; (p. 86-88)

— Review of Abrasion Jenny Boult , 1984 single work poetry ; Hot Collation Jenny Boult , Sue Moss , Coral Hull , Chris Mansell , 1994 anthology selected work poetry ; New Selected Poems Vivian Smith , 1995 selected work poetry ; New and Selected Poems Kevin Hart , 1995 selected work poetry ; The Life on Water and the Life Beneath J. S. Harry , 1995 selected work poetry ; The Upwardly Downward Mobility Blues Sue Moss , 1994 selected work poetry ; In the Dog Box of Summer Coral Hull , 1994 selected work poetry ; Day Easy Sunlight Fine Chris Mansell , 1994 selected work poetry
Anthology and Collection Resonate Herbert C. Jaffa , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 9 no. 2 1995; (p. 163-165)

— Review of Fivefathers : Five Australian Poets of the Pre-Academic Era 1994 anthology poetry ; New Selected Poems Vivian Smith , 1995 selected work poetry
Poets, Like Fine Wine, Get Better with Age Don Anderson , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 11 November 1995; (p. 10A)

— Review of Selected Poems : 1956-1994 Chris Wallace-Crabbe , 1995 selected work poetry ; New Selected Poems Vivian Smith , 1995 selected work poetry
Poetry that Suggests Rather than Defines Geoff Page , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 18 February 1995; (p. C12)

— Review of New and Selected Poems Kevin Hart , 1995 selected work poetry ; New Selected Poems Vivian Smith , 1995 selected work poetry
A City Bard Michael Costigan , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 170 1995; (p. 53)

— Review of New Selected Poems Vivian Smith , 1995 selected work poetry
The Place of Poetry: The Work of Vivian Smith Noel Rowe , 1996 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , Winter vol. 56 no. 2 1996; (p. 46-66)
A First Acquaintance with Vivian Smith in New Selected Poems Lesley Walter , 1996 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , Winter vol. 56 no. 2 1996; (p. 75-86)
Still Life: Art and Nature in Vivian Smith's Poetry David McCooey , 1995 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October vol. 17 no. 2 1995; (p. 157-165)
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