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A House by the River sequence   poetry  
  • Author:agent Diane Fahey http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/fahey-diane
Issue Details: First known date: 2002... 2002 A House by the River
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Includes

The Onset i "Back in the kingdom of rain. Paths and roads", Diane Fahey , 2002 single work poetry
— Appears in: Unfamiliar Tides : The Newcastle Poetry Prize 2001/2002 2002; The Canberra Times , 31 May 2003; (p. 7a)
Cloud Life i "Last evening, nebulous eaves and spires", Diane Fahey , 2002 single work poetry
— Appears in: Unfamiliar Tides : The Newcastle Poetry Prize 2001/2002 2002; The Canberra Times , 13 December 2003; (p. 6a)
Indian Summer i "A time to be still, let wonder hold sway.", Diane Fahey , 2002 single work poetry
— Appears in: Unfamiliar Tides : The Newcastle Poetry Prize 2001/2002 2002; Southerly , vol. 63 no. 2 2003; (p. 117)
After the Rain i "Outside the door, I step into winter's", Diane Fahey , 2002 single work poetry
— Appears in: Unfamiliar Tides : The Newcastle Poetry Prize 2001/2002 2002; Southerly , vol. 64 no. 1 2004; (p. 20)
Upstream i "Light chevrons flat water; a shirtless", Diane Fahey , 2002 single work poetry
— Appears in: Unfamiliar Tides : The Newcastle Poetry Prize 2001/2002 2002; Sea Wall and River Light 2006;
On the Pier i "On the bronze swirl, a floating silhouette", Diane Fahey , 2002 single work poetry
— Appears in: Unfamiliar Tides : The Newcastle Poetry Prize 2001/2002 2002;
Sabrina i "We call her 'the white cloud'. She can be seen", Diane Fahey , 2002 single work poetry
— Appears in: Unfamiliar Tides : The Newcastle Poetry Prize 2001/2002 2002; The Weekend Australian , 30-31 July 2005; (p. 14)
Walking the Dog i "Near the gate I break threads of daylight", Diane Fahey , 2002 single work poetry
— Appears in: Unfamiliar Tides : The Newcastle Poetry Prize 2001/2002 2002;

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Works about this Work

[Review Essay] Australian Poetry Peter Kenneally , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 7 January 2017; (p. 16)
'Local in scale, domestic in setting, Diane Fahey’s A House by the River (Puncher & Wattmann, 93pp, $25) is nonetheless epic and monumental in its almost geological study of grief: prospective, overwhelmingly present and fading into what becomes normal life. The book covers a period of 11 years or so: six spent as carer for her mother in the family home at Barwon Heads, Victoria, and the five after her mother’s death, grieving, surviving, reconciling.' (Introduction)
'Fragments' by Antigone Kefala and 'A House by the River' by Diane Fahey Gig Ryan , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June-July no. 392 2017;
'Antigone Kefala’s Fragments, her fifth book of poems and first since Absence: New and selected poems (1992), is often menaced by the past, like her first collection, The Alien (1973). Here too are some subtly demolishing portraits, as well as buoyant poems such as ‘Metro Cellist’ and the slightly brooding ‘Summer at Derveni’: ‘Afternoon heat / empty of voices / on the foil surface / heads drifting / like heavy ornaments.’ While early work transmuted the impact of her migrations from Romania to Greece to New Zealand to Australia into a pervasive sense of loss, these new poems allude to, rather than relate, such journeys that pass through languages and decades: ‘When they came back / their eyes were scorched / their hands like open wounds / the road, they said, / nothing but fire / no coolness / as they were promised / in the fables’ (‘Pilgrims’ Tales’).' (Introduction)
'Fragments' by Antigone Kefala and 'A House by the River' by Diane Fahey Gig Ryan , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June-July no. 392 2017;
'Antigone Kefala’s Fragments, her fifth book of poems and first since Absence: New and selected poems (1992), is often menaced by the past, like her first collection, The Alien (1973). Here too are some subtly demolishing portraits, as well as buoyant poems such as ‘Metro Cellist’ and the slightly brooding ‘Summer at Derveni’: ‘Afternoon heat / empty of voices / on the foil surface / heads drifting / like heavy ornaments.’ While early work transmuted the impact of her migrations from Romania to Greece to New Zealand to Australia into a pervasive sense of loss, these new poems allude to, rather than relate, such journeys that pass through languages and decades: ‘When they came back / their eyes were scorched / their hands like open wounds / the road, they said, / nothing but fire / no coolness / as they were promised / in the fables’ (‘Pilgrims’ Tales’).' (Introduction)
[Review Essay] Australian Poetry Peter Kenneally , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 7 January 2017; (p. 16)
'Local in scale, domestic in setting, Diane Fahey’s A House by the River (Puncher & Wattmann, 93pp, $25) is nonetheless epic and monumental in its almost geological study of grief: prospective, overwhelmingly present and fading into what becomes normal life. The book covers a period of 11 years or so: six spent as carer for her mother in the family home at Barwon Heads, Victoria, and the five after her mother’s death, grieving, surviving, reconciling.' (Introduction)
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