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Is part of
The Way Out at Last Cycle
series - author
(number
1
in series)
Issue Details:
First known date:
1986...
1986
The Way Out at Last and Other Poems
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Notes
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Dedication:
for my brothers Christopher and Andrew
and in memory of Philip Benham
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Book one in The Way Out at Last Cycle.
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Due to a typographical error, this work was published with the author's surname spelled 'Allan' on the title page.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Sydney,
New South Wales,:Hale and Iremonger
, 1986 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Half-lighti"Half-light", single work poetry (p. 11)
- Songi"In the rain of night I awoke", single work poetry (p. 12)
- Hong Kongi"Suzy Wong put Hollywood into a syringe", single work poetry (p. 13-15)
- The No. 1.i"the No. 1 as in one big red building block", single work poetry (p. 16-18)
- Hommage a Duchamp etci"me what am i doing", single work poetry (p. 19-21)
- Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sydney (but Were Afraid to Ask)i"We kind of slipped together she thinking it", single work poetry (p. 22)
- A German Christmasi"Germany is a grey place with many factories", single work poetry (p. 23)
- Slaughter Nowi"Suddenly into the after-dinner night she screamed with a voice", single work poetry (p. 24-25)
- In Praise of Bodily Functionsi"Vulgar obscene filth", single work poetry (p. 27)
- Untitledi"tapestries of mist", single work poetry (p. 28)
- Sonnet That Used to be Second-Hand but is Now Brand Newi"only when the magician pulls a dead pigeon out of a hat", single work poetry (p. 29)
- P.L.U.G.i"slaters in the tub", single work poetry humour (p. 30-31)
- Epithalamioni"O my", single work poetry (p. 32-33)
- Plan Aheadi"plan ahead", single work poetry humour (p. 34-36)
- Scrolli"it is said that", single work poetry (p. 37)
- Personai"I am the dirty old man", single work poetry (p. 38)
- Californiai"You were California to me", single work poetry humour (p. 39)
- Withdrawali"do not speak", single work poetry (p. 40)
- Eating Ini"When the city melts like butter", single work poetry (p. 41)
- Toolshedi"the tools in the shed", single work poetry (p. 42)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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A Difference of Poets : And a New Voice Out of Nowhere
1987
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 90 1987; (p. 30-32)
— Review of The Way Out at Last and Other Poems 1986 selected work poetry ; The Bitumen Rhino 1986 selected work poetry ; A Marking of Fire : Poems 1986 selected work poetry ; On the Beautiful Trail : poems 1983 selected work poetry
-
A Difference of Poets : And a New Voice Out of Nowhere
1987
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 90 1987; (p. 30-32)
— Review of The Way Out at Last and Other Poems 1986 selected work poetry ; The Bitumen Rhino 1986 selected work poetry ; A Marking of Fire : Poems 1986 selected work poetry ; On the Beautiful Trail : poems 1983 selected work poetry
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