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Notes
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Dedication: To Philip Martin, a true friend.
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Epigraph:
Length of days for the dying,
Blank cheques for pain,
Food for the gluttonous,
No end of rain
For the roofless, the starving,
No sign of cloud
For the blister-lipped farmer,
For the lonely a crowd
Of dreams going begging,
For the tramp, the police,
For the peace-loving, war,
For the war-lovers, peace.
Not blindfold, this justice,
But cross-eyed, in truth,
Which asks (in all fairness)
An eye for a tooth.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Melbourne,
Victoria,:Cheshire
, 1968 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- The Victimsi"Around 1 a.m., after the last bus home,", single work poetry (p. 1)
- The Tree Pulled Downi"The wagtail's sweet switch of sound", single work poetry (p. 2)
- The Not-So-Good Earthi"For a while there we had 25-inch Chinese peasant families", single work poetry satire (p. 3)
- By as Little as A Look...i"By as little as a look,", single work poetry (p. 4)
- Which One's the Dogi"`Which one's the dog?' you find yourself saying", single work poetry satire (p. 5)
- The Fiction of Silencei"This house has silence the way other houses have noise.", single work poetry (p. 6)
- Weeks In A House Alonei"The clothes-line bears its squad of unpaid ghosts", single work poetry (p. 7)
- The Rock-Throweri"Out in the suburbs I hear", single work poetry (p. 8-9)
- Government Statisticsi"Once they had wives and sweethearts", single work poetry (p. 10-11)
- Name the Nation...i"who were never wrong", single work poetry (p. 12)
- Beatitudesi"Blessed are the files marked ACTION in the INWARD tray", single work poetry (p. 13)
- Driftersi"One day soon he'll tell her it's time to start packing,", single work poetry (p. 14)
- Presciencei"To think that out of dreaming I must wake", single work poetry (p. 15)
- The Scavengersi"What you first notice when you get to Hell", single work poetry (p. 16)
- Near Murgoni"Speak to him. Ask him the way to Murgon", single work poetry (p. 17)
- Bring Out Your Christsi"We tried to hold him back", single work poetry (p. 18)
- A Gloom of One's Owni"Being only a small creature", single work poetry (p. 19)
- For Inscription on a Statue Facing Eastwardsi"Give us your leaders who've seen better days,", single work poetry (p. 20)
- On the Conferring of an Honorary Doctorate of Law on a Politiciani"Let snakes be shod! Prepare the mare her nest!", single work poetry (p. 21)
- In the New Landscapei"In the new landscape there will be only cars", single work poetry (p. 22-23)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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'A' is for? Representations of Asia in the Poetry of Bruce Dawe
2000
single work
criticism
— Appears in: New Directions in Australian Studies : Papers of the Inaugural Conference of The Asian Association for the Study of Australia (ASAA), "Creative Configurations", Kerala, India (1997) 2000; (p. 343-352) Attuned to Alien Moonlight : The Poetry of Bruce Dawe 2002; (p. 88-101) -
The Singer of Concerns : A Profile of Bruce Dawe
1987
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Overland , September no. 108 1987; (p. 38-48) -
Patricians and Makers
1969
single work
review
— Appears in: Nation , 22 February 1969; (p. 22)
— Review of Selected Poems 1942-1968 1968 selected work poetry ; An Eye for a Tooth : Poems 1968 selected work poetry ; Poems Soft and Loud 1967 selected work poetry -
Reviewers' '68 Choice
1968
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 28 December 1968; (p. 9)
— Review of An Eye for a Tooth : Poems 1968 selected work poetry ; The White Thorntree : A Novel 1968 single work novel ; The Unlucky Australians 1968 single work non-fiction ; The Invasion 1968 single work novel ; The Little Lives of Certain Chairs a Table or Two and Other Inanimates of Our Acquaintance 1998 selected work prose biography -
[Review] An Eye for a Tooth
1968
single work
review
— Appears in: Twentieth Century , (1968-1969) vol. 23 no. 1968; (p. 84-85)
— Review of An Eye for a Tooth : Poems 1968 selected work poetry
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Public Worlds: Private Places : A Review of Recent Australian Poetry
1968
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 28 no. 2 1968; (p. 145-160)
— Review of Elijah's Ravens : Poems 1968 selected work poetry ; An Eye for a Tooth : Poems 1968 selected work poetry ; The Rock and the Pool 1967 selected work poetry ; Grendel 1967 selected work poetry ; Poems Soft and Loud 1967 selected work poetry ; Hammers and Seagulls : Poems 1966 selected work poetry ; Collected Poems 1936-1967 1967 selected work poetry ; Bungalow and Hurricane : new poems 1967 selected work poetry ; The Dolphin 1967 selected work poetry ; Segments of the Bowl 1967 selected work poetry ; East of Living 1967 selected work poetry ; The Rebel General 1967 selected work poetry -
Poems Here and There
1968
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , October no. 3 1968; (p. 52-57)
— Review of A Taste of Salt Water : Poems 1967 selected work poetry ; Segments of the Bowl 1967 selected work poetry ; The Rock and the Pool 1967 selected work poetry ; Grendel 1967 selected work poetry ; An Eye for a Tooth : Poems 1968 selected work poetry ; Poems Soft and Loud 1967 selected work poetry -
New Impulses in Poetry
1968
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Spring no. 39 1968; (p. 49-51)
— Review of Understandings : Poems 1967 selected work poetry ; Eyewitness : Poems 1967 selected work poetry ; New Impulses in Australian Poetry 1968 anthology poetry ; An Eye for a Tooth : Poems 1968 selected work poetry ; Poems : Volume 2 1968 selected work poetry ; Poems Soft and Loud 1967 selected work poetry ; Sheaf Tosser and Other Poems 1967 selected work poetry ; Frozen Section 1967 selected work poetry -
[Review] Segements of the Bowl [and] An Eye for a Tooth
1968
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 27 April 1968; (p. 17)
— Review of Segments of the Bowl 1967 selected work poetry ; An Eye for a Tooth : Poems 1968 selected work poetry -
[Review] Segments of the Bowl [et al]
1968
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 9 March 1968; (p. 24)
— Review of Segments of the Bowl 1967 selected work poetry ; An Eye for a Tooth : Poems 1968 selected work poetry ; Poems Soft and Loud 1967 selected work poetry -
The Singer of Concerns : A Profile of Bruce Dawe
1987
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Overland , September no. 108 1987; (p. 38-48) -
'A' is for? Representations of Asia in the Poetry of Bruce Dawe
2000
single work
criticism
— Appears in: New Directions in Australian Studies : Papers of the Inaugural Conference of The Asian Association for the Study of Australia (ASAA), "Creative Configurations", Kerala, India (1997) 2000; (p. 343-352) Attuned to Alien Moonlight : The Poetry of Bruce Dawe 2002; (p. 88-101)
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