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2004...
vol.
11
no.
4
Spring
2004
of
Five Bells
est. 1994
Five Bells
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* Contents derived from the 2004 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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(p. 4)Louis corrects an error in Mary Hawthorne's account of the establishment of the Central Coast Poets Society. Hawthorne's article referred to the founders as Lionel and Elaine 'Pearson'. In fact, their names were Lionel and Elaine Pearce.
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(p. 4)Ross takes issue with reviews by Glen Hooper and Kevin Gillam of Philip Hammial's In the Year of Our Lord Slaughter's Children and Michael Farrell's Ode, Ode respectively.
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(p. 5-6)Rowland contrasts the place of poetry in Irish culture 'where poetry and its spirit and usefulness still thrive' to that in Australia where children are rarely exposed to poetry in their school lives.
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(p. 7)Steley compares his love of woodworking with his pleasure in poetry writing.
- The Verse Novel: Best of Two Worlds or a Contradiction in Terms?, single work criticism (p. 8-9)
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Narrative Poetry: Ancient to Modern,
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(p. 10-14)Sheppard considers the demise of narrative poetry among modern poets. However, he is gladdened by some outstanding proponents of the form, notably Les Murray and Dorothy Porter.
- Narrative Poetry, single work criticism (p. 15-18)
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Narrative Verse,
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(p. 19-21)In her discussion of narrative poetry Weir cites some Australian exponents of the form in addition to Homer's Odyssey, Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and other other classic examples.
- Launch Speech for Ask the Rain, the 2004 Poets Union Anthology, single work prose (p. 22-23)
- Numbers of Reasons to be Gratefuli"Waking again (for the nineteenth time) to despair, despair", single work poetry (p. 24)
- Indian Summeri"I wanted a wigwam", single work poetry (p. 25)
- Cabin Fever Dreami"If I walk and walk", single work poetry (p. 26)
- Dry Lakesi"once an expanse of syenite sky", single work poetry (p. 26)
- Yearningi"laughter weariness knit a round table", single work poetry (p. 26)
- The Reptile Showi"Snakes", single work poetry (p. 26)
- On the Occasion of a Baptismi"Water, like Love can be known by many names.", single work poetry (p. 27)
- Monaro Morningi"The Monaro waits -", single work poetry (p. 27)
- Wishful Thinkingi"Gliding Ginninderra Lake at noon", single work poetry (p. 27)
- Once Upon a Timei"an eagle in the flower of youthful strength and arrogance", single work poetry fable (p. 27)
- Nanjing Massacre Memoriali"In the Ground of the Lost Souls,", single work poetry (p. 28)
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