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y separately published work icon The Autobiography of a Gorgon and Other Poems selected work   poetry  
  • Author:agent Rodney Hall http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/hall-rodney
Issue Details: First known date: 1968... 1968 The Autobiography of a Gorgon and Other Poems
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:Cheshire , 1968 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Old Russiai"The woodman's dwelling humbly squats", Rodney Hall , single work poetry (p. 25)
Flowers of Mildewi"I've written poems with a fingernail upon a plaster wall", Tudor Arghezi , Rodney Hall (translator), Victoria Constantinescu (translator), John Hudisteanu (translator), single work poetry (p. 26)
Dialogue of Wind and Seai"- I am the stranger, the featureless wayfarer", Nina Cassian , Rodney Hall (translator), Victoria Constantinescu (translator), John Hudisteanu (translator), single work poetry (p. 27)
The Death of a Stagi"One final gun report and the dogs fell mute", Victor Tulbure , Rodney Hall (translator), Victoria Constantinescu (translator), John Hudisteanu (translator), single work poetry (p. 28)
The Ballade of the Ravensi"Gloomily - with probing claw", George Topirceanu , Rodney Hall (translator), Victoria Constantinescu (translator), John Hudisteanu (translator), single work poetry (p. 29)
Period Piecei"Thunderheads collect", Rodney Hall , single work poetry (p. 30)
Writeri"Two friends in that bare studio", Rodney Hall , single work poetry (p. 31)
Studio at Anticoli Corrado, Rodney Hall , sequence poetry (p. 31-32)
Painteri"We forced a window open", Rodney Hall , single work poetry (p. 32)
Spain 1936-1966 1936-1966i"There are moments in the white", Rodney Hall , single work poetry (p. 33)
Oracle For a Journeyi"A dream disquiets my day", Rodney Hall , single work poetry (p. 34-35)
Evolution : Pass and Repassi"The warrior (tufted headpiece", Rodney Hall , single work poetry (p. 36-37)
The Two Staircases of Consummationi"He began to climb", Rodney Hall , single work poetry (p. 38-39)
Courtshipi"Adrift! All night their dingy tilted tilted", Rodney Hall , single work poetry (p. 40)
Mercy-Call at Tahitii"We hove to, mid-Pacific, fished a man aboard", Rodney Hall , single work poetry (p. 41)
Note: Dedication: for David Rowbotham.
The Autobiography of a Gorgon : A Progressioni"Now my heart is slow", Rodney Hall , single work poetry (p. 43-91)
Note: Dedication: for Judith Wright, as friend and artist.
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