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Notes
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Dedication: To Mary-Ellen, with love
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Epigraph: 'Always after sunset the spider came out and waited for Venus.' - Elias Canetti
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Claremont,
Inner Perth,
Perth,
Western Australia,:Platypus Press
, 1996 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Something Like Magici"It was his final appearance", single work poetry (p. 1)
- Shadow Behind the Hearti"You see this shaded area, he said,", single work poetry (p. 2)
- Possessioni"He praised the god in the throat of the bird", single work poetry (p. 3)
- Flamencoi"It stamps its way across my afternoon", single work poetry (p. 4)
- Licking the Earthi"If as can easily happen", single work poetry (p. 5-6)
- How to Read a Stonei"You take it in your hand", single work poetry (p. 7)
- The Somnambulistsi"I walk into, among, the crowd", single work poetry (p. 8)
- Sailing from Byzantiumi"I have left those sages, left their cooling", single work poetry (p. 9-10)
- Internal Enquiryi"Lying on a beach the matrix", single work poetry (p. 11-12)
- Fuguei"With my house crowded with ghosts", single work poetry (p. 13-14)
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Here Be Dragonsi"Lights blink on",
single work
poetry
(p. 15)
Note: With first line: Lights blink
- Baby Stick-Insecti"A Frankenstein's monster of minuscule", single work poetry (p. 16)
- Clotheslinei"And if we once forget the circularity", single work poetry (p. 17)
- Possibilitiesi"Inside, hum of washing machine;", single work poetry (p. 17)
- Whereof We Cannot Speaki"You have said from a distance", single work poetry (p. 18)
- Night Journey in a Solitary Roomi"At night my mind becomes the Yucatan Peninsular", single work poetry (p. 19-20)
- The Ascenti"Before ascending some mountains", single work poetry (p. 21)
- Earthi"What am I but breathing earth", single work poetry (p. 22-23)
- Earth, Air, Fire and Water : A Dance Suite, sequence poetry (p. 22-30)
- Airi"Thus", single work poetry (p. 24-25)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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A Sort of Liberation
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 186 1996; (p. 55)
— Review of Shadow Behind the Heart 1996 selected work poetry ; The Apparition's Daybook 1995 selected work poetry ; The Ebony Gates : New and Wayside Poems 1996 selected work poetry
-
A Sort of Liberation
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 186 1996; (p. 55)
— Review of Shadow Behind the Heart 1996 selected work poetry ; The Apparition's Daybook 1995 selected work poetry ; The Ebony Gates : New and Wayside Poems 1996 selected work poetry
Awards
- 1998 shortlisted Western Australian Premier's Book Awards — Poetry
- 1988 winner Bicentennial Poetry Australia/UTA Award
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