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"Each four-square limestone monument",
1962
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October vol. 1 no. 12 1962; (p. 154) Australian Poetry 1963 1963; (p. 12-13) In Charcoal and Conte 1966; (p. 24-25) Selected Verse 1970; (p. 79-80) The Penguin Book of Australian Verse 1972; (p. 317-318) The Penguin Book of Australian Humorous Verse 1984; (p. 36-37) -
Tree at the Tin-Hut Camp
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"All night long the tree's agony",
1957
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 18 no. 4 1957; (p. 191) Man in a Landscape 1960; (p. 4) Selected Verse 1970; (p. 78) -
The Ruin
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"Here was a fruitful hour, a harvest, and grist",
1950
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Meanjin , Summer vol. 9 no. 4 1950; (p. 263) Man in a Landscape 1960; (p. 38) Selected Verse 1970; (p. 106) -
On a Lithograph of Grandpa's Four-Poster
The Old Family Four-Poster;
On a Lithograph of an Old Four-Poster
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"At night the farmyard shadows jerked with fright,",
1961
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Australian Letters , June vol. 3 no. 4 1961; (p. 39) In Charcoal and Conte 1966; (p. 59-60) Selected Verse 1970; (p. 85) -
Middleback Range
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"Crouching with bellies flat on the vast plain -",
1950
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 4 January vol. 71 no. 3647 1950; (p. 12) Selected Verse 1970; (p. 98) -
Aircraft, Landing
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"The landscape, suspended from our loins,",
1970
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Selected Verse 1970; (p. 87) This World : An Anthology of Poetry for Young People 1976; (p. 131) -
Murray Mouth
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"So this is where it ends at last!",
1960
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Man in a Landscape 1960; (p. 14) Selected Verse 1970; (p. 83) My Country : Australian Poetry and Short Stories, Two Hundred Years 1985; (p. 556) The Independent Weekly , 24-30 June no. 90 2006; (p. 2) -
Swagman Day
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"Day, gone, lights his camp-fire in the west -",
1948
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Jindyworobak Anthology, 1948 1948; (p. 30) Selected Verse 1970; (p. 92) The Jindyworobaks 1979; (p. 186-187) -
Fisherman, Moonlight Bay
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"Here, where the land lies drowsing, face-downward,",
1954
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 7 July vol. 75 no. 3882 1954; (p. 12) Man in a Landscape 1960; (p. 11) Selected Verse 1970; (p. 88) -
The Mushroomer
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"Over the brow of the hill the mushroomer, walking,",
1954
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 4 August vol. 75 no. 3886 1954; (p. 12) The Boomerang Book of Australian Poetry 1956; (p. 117) The Penguin Book of Australian Verse 1958; (p. 251-252) Man in a Landscape 1960; (p. 7) Selected Verse 1970; (p. 77) Can I Call You Colin? : The Authorised Biography of Colin Thiele 2004; (p. 147) -
Kapunda Morning
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"Morning drains, between the hills,",
1956
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 31 October vol. 77 no. 4003 1956; (p. 13) Man in a Landscape 1960; (p. 55) Selected Verse 1970; (p. 105) -
Spencer Gulf Jetty
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"I have seen a strange old reptile,",
1947
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Jindyworobak Anthology, 1947 1947; (p. 30-31) Selected Verse 1970; (p. 93-94) -
Below Goolwa
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"Below Goolwa, in a world of reeds and wide water,",
1960
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Man in a Landscape 1960; (p. 12-13) Australian Poets Speak 1961; (p. 140-141) Selected Verse 1970; (p. 81-82) -
Sturt Creek
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"The creek, on holiday, skittered and shook",
1957
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 18 no. 2 1957; (p. 102-103) Man in a Landscape 1960; (p. 17) Southern Festival : A Collection of South Australian Writing 1960; (p. 74-75) Selected Verse 1970; (p. 84) -
Flying the Bight
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"Imperturbable and dour",
1966
single work
poetry
— Appears in: In Charcoal and Conte 1966; (p. 60) Selected Verse 1970; (p. 86) -
Portrait from Yardea
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"Look at this land, lean and leathery,",
1960
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Man in a Landscape 1960; (p. 8) Selected Verse 1970; (p. 89) -
The Seven Hills
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"These, with backs braced in their powerful stoop:",
1946
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Jindyworobak Anthology, 1946 1946; (p. 59) Australia Writes : An Anthology 1953; (p. 258-9) Selected Verse 1970; (p. 90) -
Yaccas
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"At night the yaccas stride in keen black files",
1948
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Jindyworobak Anthology, 1948 1948; (p. 29) New Song in an Old Land 1954; (p. 99) Selected Verse 1970; (p. 91) -
Spring Rain
Spring Shower
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"An army of raindrops went marching up the road",
1960
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Man in a Landscape 1960; (p. 50) Selected Verse 1970; (p. 91) -
Winter Day
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"With Winter's day a cone of steel -",
1970
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Selected Verse 1970; (p. 95) -
Fishing
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"Fishing near Port Lincoln",
1948
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Jindyworobak Anthology, 1948 1948; (p. 31-32) Selected Verse 1970; (p. 96-97) -
The Trapped Rabbit
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"A moment ago you said, with your eye,",
1950
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Jindyworobak Anthology, 1950 1950; (p. 15) Selected Verse 1970; (p. 99) -
Shark
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"Stay, look! As one the rowers freeze,",
1970
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Selected Verse 1970; (p. 100) -
The Carob Tree
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"Grave against the August sky",
1960
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Man in a Landscape 1960; (p. 51) Selected Verse 1970; (p. 101) -
Thanksgiving for Water
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"And we give thanks exceedingly for water!",
1960
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Man in a Landscape 1960; (p. 49) Selected Verse 1970; (p. 102) -
Princes Highway, with Showers
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"Like a low-flying bird in the swift rush of flight -",
1960
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Man in a Landscape 1960; (p. 53) Selected Verse 1970; (p. 103) -
September Morning
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"The wattle was busy hanging the face of a cutting",
1960
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Man in a Landscape 1960; (p. 52) Selected Verse 1970; (p. 104) -
Country Schoolboy
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"He pads the road with barefoot, swagman steps,",
1960
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Man in a Landscape 1960; (p. 39) Selected Verse 1970; (p. 107) -
Hit and Run
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"They said he was done for - broken spine and all -",
1970
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Selected Verse 1970; (p. 108-109) -
Centralian Sandhill
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"Draining the lurid sun",
1944
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Jindyworobak Anthology, 1944 1944; (p. 61) Splinters and Shards : Poems 1945; (p. 8) Selected Verse 1970; (p. 110)
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