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1988
The Vernacular Republic : Poems 1961-1983
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Notes
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Author's note: This collection comprises all of the verse, apart from the novel sequence The Boys Who Stole the Funeral, which the author wishes to preserve from his first twenty years' work. A number of the poems have been abridged, but no very extensive rewriting has been undertaken.
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Enlarged and revised edition of The Vernacular Republic : Poems 1961-1981. Contains twenty five additional poems.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
North Ryde,
Ryde - Gladesville - Hunters Hill area,
Northwest Sydney,
Sydney,
New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson
, 1988 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- The Forest Hit by Modern Usei"The forest, hit by modern use,", single work poetry (p. 149-150)
- Showeri"From the metal poppy", single work poetry (p. 150-151)
- The Quality of Sprawli"Sprawl is the quality", single work poetry (p. 151-152)
- Weightsi"Not owning a cart, my father", single work poetry (p. 152-153)
- Three Poems in Memory of My Mother, Miriam Murray nee Arnall (Born 13.5.1915, Died 19.4.1951), sequence poetry (p. 152-158)
- Midsummer Icei"Remember how I used", single work poetry (p. 153)
- The Steeli"I am older than my mother.", single work poetry (p. 153-158)
- Machine Portraits with Pendant Spacemani"The bulldozer stands short as a boot on its heel-high ripple soles;", single work poetry (p. 158-161)
- The International Poetry Festivals Thingi"Those conventions of the trade", single work poetry (p. 161-163)
- Little Boy Impelling a Scooteri"Little boy on a wet pavement", single work poetry (p. 163)
- Self-Portrait from a Photographi"If this picture has survived", single work poetry (p. 164-165)
- The Hypogeumi"Below the moveable gardens of this shopping centre", single work poetry (p. 165-166)
- An Immortali"Beckoner of hotheads, brag-tester, lord of the demi-suicides,", single work poetry (p. 166)
- Second Essay on Interest: The Emui"Weathered blond as a grass tree, a huge Beatles haircut", single work poetry (p. 166-168)
- A Retrospect of Humidityi"All the air conditioners now slacken", single work poetry (p. 168-169)
- The Chimes of Niegeschahi"The timeless state of Niegeschah", single work poetry (p. 170-171)
- The Smell of Coal Smokei"John Brown, glowing far and down,", single work poetry (p. 171-172)
- The Mouthless Image of God in the Hunter-Colo Mountainsi"Starting a dog, in the past-midnight suburbs, for a laugh,", single work poetry (p. 172-174)
- Time Traveli"To revisit the spitfire world", single work poetry (p. 174-175)
- Three Interiorsi"The mansard roof of the Barrier Industrial Council's", single work poetry (p. 175-176)
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