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AbstractHistoryArchive Description
This is the author's sixth poetry collection.
Notes
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Dedication: Dedicated with respect and affection to James Devaney a master of the craft.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
St Lucia,
Indooroopilly - St Lucia area,
Brisbane - North West,
Brisbane,
Queensland,:University of Queensland Press
, 1971 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- New Englandi"Poplar country, weeping-willow country", single work poetry (p. 1)
- Interviewi"But, gentlemen, I fear you've been misled!", single work poetry (p. 2)
- Outer Suburbsi"It seems you can't have gracious living and", single work poetry satire (p. 3)
- Office Blocki"The main construction is in flexibrick,", single work poetry (p. 4)
- Peasant Revolti"The psychediscodelics were a frost;", single work poetry satire (p. 5)
- L'Embarquement pour Cytherei"Watteau was slightly silly to equip", single work poetry (p. 6)
- Antony and Cleopatrai"The pair on the high terrace saw, below", single work poetry (p. 7)
- Helen and Theseusi"Nemesis' daughter, priestess of the moon,", single work poetry (p. 8)
- Tancred and Clorindai"Smartly the Saracen emerges", single work poetry (p. 9)
- Anti-Wagnerian Sonneti"I am no Tristan; you, my love, are not", single work poetry (p. 10)
- Indochinoiseriei"No, it's not you I love just now,", single work poetry (p. 11)
- Abyssinia and Vietnami"To get a lyric thrill from bombing black", single work poetry (p. 12)
- The Day the Firing Stopped...i"The day the firing stopped, we were in pines", single work poetry (p. 13)
- Patterns of Flighti"Pelicans' ponderous pattern,", single work poetry (p. 14)
- Ocean Beachi"Visitors with three weeks' tan", single work poetry (p. 15)
- Country Bus Stopi"Sour soil, breeder of paperbark, swamp gum", single work poetry (p. 16)
- Flute Girli"Blow, little angel, your bamboo,", single work poetry (p. 17)
- Address to Tyto Albai"Owl, be welcome. Sit in the mulberry tree", single work poetry (p. 18)
- Enigmai"She's quite an aged lady now : a person", single work poetry (p. 19)
- Bogong Jack and the Trooperi"There's a story told about Bogong Jack", single work poetry humour (p. 20-22)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Untitled
1972
single work
review
— Appears in: Outposts Poetry Quarterly (UK) , no. 92 1972; (p. 31-33)
— Review of Op 8 : Poems 1961-69 1971 selected work poetry -
Urban Heroes
1971
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 14 August vol. 93 no. 4768 1971; (p. 47-48)
— Review of The Branch of Dodona and Other Poems: 1969-1970 1970 selected work poetry ; Wilderness 1970 selected work poetry ; Calendar Adam 1971 selected work poetry ; Op 8 : Poems 1961-69 1971 selected work poetry -
Untitled
1971
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March vol. 10 no. 5 1971; (p. 90)
— Review of Op 8 : Poems 1961-69 1971 selected work poetry -
Untitled
1971
single work
review
— Appears in: New Poetry , vol. 19 no. 2 1971; (p. 32-33)
— Review of Op 8 : Poems 1961-69 1971 selected work poetry -
Untitled
1971
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 3 July 1971; (p. 20)
— Review of Op 8 : Poems 1961-69 1971 selected work poetry
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Recent Australian Poetry
1971
single work
review
— Appears in: Poetry Australia , no. 40 1971; (p. 52-56)
— Review of Collected Poems 1936-1970 1971 selected work poetry ; Judith Wright : Collected Poems, 1942-1970 1971 selected work poetry ; The Cool Change 1971 selected work poetry ; Single Eye 1971 selected work poetry ; The Deer Under the Skin 1971 selected work poetry ; The Question 1971 selected work poetry ; Altjeringa and Other Aboriginal Poems 1970 selected work poetry ; Op 8 : Poems 1961-69 1971 selected work poetry -
Old Verse
1971
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 31 no. 3 1971; (p. 227-240)
— Review of The Book of Bligh 1969 selected work poetry ; Rodney Hall Reads 'Romulus and Remus' 1970 selected work poetry ; Rosemary Dobson Reads from Her Own Work 1970 selected work poetry ; Altjeringa and Other Aboriginal Poems 1970 selected work poetry ; Findings and Keepings : Selected Poems, 1939-1969 1970 selected work poetry ; My People : A Kath Walker Collection 1970 selected work poetry essay ; The Branch of Dodona and Other Poems: 1969-1970 1970 selected work poetry ; Dunciad Minor 1970 sequence poetry ; James McAuley Reads from His Own Work 1970 selected work poetry ; The First-Born and Other Poems 1970 selected work poetry ; Op 8 : Poems 1961-69 1971 selected work poetry -
Poems from a Balladeer
1971
single work
review
— Appears in: Makar , vol. 7 no. 2 1971; (p. 41-43)
— Review of Op 8 : Poems 1961-69 1971 selected work poetry -
Untitled
1971
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 29 May 1971; (p. 15)
— Review of Op 8 : Poems 1961-69 1971 selected work poetry -
Untitled
1971
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 3 July 1971; (p. 20)
— Review of Op 8 : Poems 1961-69 1971 selected work poetry
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