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Notes
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Dedication: For Jesse, Gillian and Ben.
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Epigraph: In terms of Feng shui, the geomancer's science of right location, the tortoise, symbolising solidity, middle earth, is at the centre, the South China Sea, the islands, Middle Kingdom at the top. China is the perfect country, their maps prove it. After G. Crane, Bones of the Master.
Affiliation Notes
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Associated with the AustLit subset Australian Literary Responses to 'Asia' as the entire work represents aspects of the Chinese presence in Australia. The poems are written from the 'Chinese perspective' and 'adopt Chinese voices'.
(Source: 'Winning or Losing in the Translation?' by Margaret Bradstock in Five Bells vol.8. no.1, January 2001, p.18-20.)
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Charnwood,
Belconnen area,
Canberra,
Australian Capital Territory,:Ginninderra Press
, 1999 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Longevity Medicinei"Spring comes early", single work poetry (p. 13)
- Sojourneri"At my command", single work poetry (p. 14-15)
- 'Let Your Light So Shine...'i"Because of Christian missionaries", single work poetry (p. 16)
- The Long Corridori"Wind wrinkles", single work poetry (p. 17-18)
- The Lesbian Silk-Spinners of Shunde County : Ii"There is the winter-flowering plum tree", single work poetry (p. 19)
- Moon Festivali"First time I saw you", single work poetry (p. 20)
- Epithalamiumi"I wanted to", single work poetry (p. 21)
- The Hairdressing Ceremonyi"Your face in the mirror", single work poetry (p. 22)
- The Winding Riveri"Like frogs at the bottom of a well", single work poetry (p. 23)
- Reeling the Silki"Like locusts the Japanese came", single work poetry (p. 24)
- Mak Sai Ying - Publican, 1829i"Out here at The Lion", single work poetry (p. 27)
- Chinaman's Lucki"Chinese driven from the diggings", single work poetry (p. 28)
- The Saga of Lambing Flati"'Rule Britannia!", single work poetry (p. 29)
- Cavenagh Street, Palmerston, 1881i"'Sun Wah Loong, Storekeeper and Importer", single work poetry (p. 30)
- Heavenly Flowersi"In China", single work poetry (p. 31-32)
- Tom See Poy, c1882i"He moved to Innisfail", single work poetry (p. 33)
- Wreck of the Chang Chow off Fraser Island, October 1884i"Maybe the compass needle spun wildly", single work poetry (p. 34)
- Opium Dream, Melbourne, 1888i"The green geese fly", single work poetry (p. 35)
- Mei Quong Tart (1850-1903)i"Born under the dragon throne", single work poetry (p. 36-38)
- Market Gardensi"Gardens above gardens", single work poetry (p. 39)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Writer in the Garden
2008
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Poetry Macao , September no. 2 2008; 'My paper looks at how I use poetry to write with personal, political and historical edge, showing the influences of Seamus Heaney, Jon Silkin, Ted Hughes and many Australians. I make specific mention of Margaret Bradstock. My emphasis focuses on the shape and purpose of poetic linguistics that describes or infuses poetry with a sense of place and placement.' -- From the introduction -
Pomelo Tree
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Idiom 23 , November vol. 18 no. 2006; (p. 108)
— Review of The Pomelo Tree 1999 selected work poetry -
Indicators : New Poetry
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 170 2003; (p. 135-138)
— Review of Otherland no. 8 2002 periodical issue ; Girl With Green Hair 2000 selected work poetry ; The Pomelo Tree 1999 selected work poetry ; Max is Missing 2001 selected work poetry ; Itinerant Blues 2002 selected work poetry ; Flying Blind 2002 selected work poetry ; The Clothes-Prop Man : Poems from the South Para Reservoir 2002 selected work poetry ; The Ventriloquist's Child 2001 selected work poetry short story -
Recent Writing
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Famous Reporter , December no. 26 2002; (p. 196-212)
— Review of Drowning Ophelia 2000 selected work poetry ; East Timor Poems 1979 selected work poetry ; The Pomelo Tree 1999 selected work poetry ; To Fly Again 2001 selected work poetry ; Island no. 89 Autumn 2002 periodical issue ; Home Town Burial : Personal and Autobiographical Poems 2002 selected work poetry ; Poems for a Paranoid Generation 2001 selected work poetry -
Talking Trilaterally
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: LiNQ , October vol. 29 no. 2 2002; (p. 91-95)
— Review of The Pomelo Tree 1999 selected work poetry ; Itinerant Blues 2002 selected work poetry
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Talking Trilaterally
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: LiNQ , October vol. 29 no. 2 2002; (p. 91-95)
— Review of The Pomelo Tree 1999 selected work poetry ; Itinerant Blues 2002 selected work poetry -
Recent Writing
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Famous Reporter , December no. 26 2002; (p. 196-212)
— Review of Drowning Ophelia 2000 selected work poetry ; East Timor Poems 1979 selected work poetry ; The Pomelo Tree 1999 selected work poetry ; To Fly Again 2001 selected work poetry ; Island no. 89 Autumn 2002 periodical issue ; Home Town Burial : Personal and Autobiographical Poems 2002 selected work poetry ; Poems for a Paranoid Generation 2001 selected work poetry -
Indicators : New Poetry
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 170 2003; (p. 135-138)
— Review of Otherland no. 8 2002 periodical issue ; Girl With Green Hair 2000 selected work poetry ; The Pomelo Tree 1999 selected work poetry ; Max is Missing 2001 selected work poetry ; Itinerant Blues 2002 selected work poetry ; Flying Blind 2002 selected work poetry ; The Clothes-Prop Man : Poems from the South Para Reservoir 2002 selected work poetry ; The Ventriloquist's Child 2001 selected work poetry short story -
Pomelo Tree
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Idiom 23 , November vol. 18 no. 2006; (p. 108)
— Review of The Pomelo Tree 1999 selected work poetry -
Writer in the Garden
2008
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Poetry Macao , September no. 2 2008; 'My paper looks at how I use poetry to write with personal, political and historical edge, showing the influences of Seamus Heaney, Jon Silkin, Ted Hughes and many Australians. I make specific mention of Margaret Bradstock. My emphasis focuses on the shape and purpose of poetic linguistics that describes or infuses poetry with a sense of place and placement.' -- From the introduction -
Winning or Losing in the Translation?
2000
single work
autobiography
— Appears in: Famous Reporter , December no. 22 2000; (p. 119-121) Five Bells , January vol. 8 no. 1 2001; (p. 18-20) Bradstock details her experience of writing 'a collection of poems on the Chinese presence in Australia'. She enunciates her reasons for the project, examines the ethical issues she faced and looks at the benefits she has received.
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