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Radiation Victim
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"Beneath your cooling coverlet you lie,",
1960
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Meanjin , December vol. 19 no. 4 1960; (p. 428) In Charcoal and Conte 1966; (p. 67) On Native Grounds : Australian Writing from Meanjin Quarterly 1967; (p. 460) A Book of Australian Verse 1968; (p. 258-259) Selected Verse 1970; (p. 10) The New Oxford Book of Australian Verse 1986; (p. 213) -
Pacific Crossing
i
"Somewhere here Magellan must have crossed--",
1960
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Overland , Winter-Spring no. 18 1960; (p. 7) Man in a Landscape 1960; (p. 41-42) Selected Verse 1970; (p. 14) -
Eclipse
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"IN THE TIME of the black moon we wept and ran -",
1957
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Meanjin , Winter vol. 16 no. 2 1957; (p. 144) Man in a Landscape 1960; (p. 3) Selected Verse 1970; (p. 9) The Best of Colin Thiele 1980; (p. 243-244) -
The Passing
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"This love's pale night sky",
1944
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Angry Penguins , Autumn no. [6] 1944; (p. 78) Selected Verse 1970; (p. 26) -
To Roost
i
"Past sundown, the west hung with heaven,",
1957
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 12 June vol. 78 no. 4035 1957; (p. 8) Man in a Landscape 1960; (p. 26) Songs for All Seasons : 100 Poems for Young People 1967; (p. 61) Selected Verse 1970; (p. 17) -
City Accident
i
"Yesterday where two street-canyons met",
1957
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 24 July vol. 78 no. 4041 1957; (p. 8) Man in a Landscape 1960; (p. 21) Selected Verse 1970; (p. 11) -
Boy Watches Girl Bury Baby
i
"Above the animal surge of the homeward crowds,",
1970
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Selected Verse 1970; (p. 3-4) -
Massacre at Waterloo Bay
i
"Down, far down, where the rocks ring and cry",
1960
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Man in a Landscape 1960; (p. 29-31) Selected Verse 1970; (p. 5-7) -
The Improvers
i
"I see they are at it again with their bloody bulldozers,",
1970
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Selected Verse 1970; (p. 8) -
Mountain Funeral
i
"Heads half in mist the pines, like candles",
1960
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Man in a Landscape 1960; (p. 45) Southern Festival : A Collection of South Australian Writing 1960; (p. 145) Selected Verse 1970; (p. 11) -
Bird in the Classroom
i
"The students drowsed and drowned",
1960
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Man in a Landscape 1960; (p. 9) This Land : An Anthology of Australian Poetry for Young People 1968; (p. 136-137) Selected Verse 1970; (p. 12) Poetry Unlocked: An Anthology Arranged in Themes 2006; (p. 2) -
City Noise
i
"All day long man pummels and punches his head",
1960
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Man in a Landscape 1960; (p. 18) Selected Verse 1970; (p. 13) -
The Trilobite
i
"I turn a stone, and the light like a metal fist",
1960
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Man in a Landscape 1960; (p. 32) Selected Verse 1970; (p. 15) -
Dark Room
i
"At the whip of the switch the huge and plunging dark",
1966
single work
poetry
— Appears in: In Charcoal and Conte 1966; (p. 65) Selected Verse 1970; (p. 16) -
Why Did They Knock Down the Trees, Daddy?
i
"It's a question of standards, boy; standards of living.",
1970
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Selected Verse 1970; (p. 17) The Independent Weekly , 27 May - 2 June no. 86 2006; (p. 2) -
Evening Silhouette
i
"The skyline, etched with man's endeavour,",
1960
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Man in a Landscape 1960; (p. 19) Selected Verse 1970; (p. 18) -
Babel
i
"An unseen speaker gives us facts",
1960
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Man in a Landscape 1960; (p. 46) Selected Verse 1970; (p. 19) -
Love on the Lawns
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"The warm light leaps across the lawns,",
1960
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Man in a Landscape 1960; (p. 22) Selected Verse 1970; (p. 20) -
In the Library
i
"What answer was I searching for in you",
1966
single work
poetry
— Appears in: In Charcoal and Conte 1966; (p. 68) Selected Verse 1970; (p. 21) The Independent Weekly , 10-16 June no. 88 2006; (p. 2) The Independent Weekly , 8-14 July no. 92 2006; (p. 2) -
Shall Such a Love?
i
"Shall such a love burn but for this -",
1961
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry 1961 1961; (p. 68) In Charcoal and Conte 1966; (p. 69) Selected Verse 1970; (p. 21) -
The Secret Heart
i
"Draw close and never break apart",
1966
single work
poetry
— Appears in: In Charcoal and Conte 1966; (p. 61) Selected Verse 1970; (p. 22) -
We, the Young - 1940
i
"We have grown old, even in our youth",
1945
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Splinters and Shards : Poems 1945; (p. 7) Selected Verse 1970; (p. 23) -
Northern Dawn : 1943
i
"This, Nature's guerdon - breathless skies -",
1945
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Splinters and Shards : Poems 1945; (p. 10) Selected Verse 1970; (p. 24) -
P.O.W.s 1945
i
"There is no need to look into their faces,",
1970
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Selected Verse 1970; (p. 25) -
Midday to the Morning
i
"The river has run through a hole in the day,",
1966
single work
poetry
— Appears in: In Charcoal and Conte 1966; (p. 62) Selected Verse 1970; (p. 27)
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