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This selection of the author's previously published poetry is comprised of some 194 short, titled poems. Slight variations from previously published versions are apparent in some poems.
Notes
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Dedication: For Anne
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Epigraph: 'A billion fathoms of sea and space cocoon us here and yet we are most deeply in our home.' 'Tropic'.
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Content indexing in process.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
St Lucia,
Indooroopilly - St Lucia area,
Brisbane - North West,
Brisbane,
Queensland,:University of Queensland Press
, 2005 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Treesi"There at dusk I've crossed from the nation of drab", single work poetry (p. 2)
- 1 : Snake Foresti"Snake forest. Your uncanny arrival. Beware sleek", single work poetry (p. 3)
- 3 : Wagram 1809 (the Most Pyrrhic of Napoleon's Victories.)i"Boots, hooves, their resonance is with you, on roads", single work poetry (p. 4)
- 4 : News of the Surrender (Saigon, 1975)i"A north skyline eloquent, where two banners stream", single work poetry (p. 5)
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Windi"Restive brother - will not abide",
single work
poetry
(p. 6-7)
Note: first line: Restive brother - won't abide
- Self Possession : 1 : the Danceri"My feet, which are the keenest pencils,", single work poetry (p. 12)
- Self Possession : Heir Apparenti"My cherryboot's in the stirrup,", single work poetry (p. 12)
- A Change of Season : After a Newsreel of a Himalayan Spring Rituali"Sleepless on Capricorn:", single work poetry (p. 14)
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Homage to Joseph Conradi"Beyond all an eye, eloquent as the wrecking sea,",
single work
poetry
(p. 16)
Note: first line: Beyond the words here was an eye
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Reykjaviki"No doubt impatient with the bravura",
single work
poetry
(p. 20)
Note: first line: Maybe impatient with the Viking eclat
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Heimaey 1973i"A palaeozic tenure",
single work
poetry
(p. 21)
Note: With title: Heimaey Eruption, 1973
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Valleys on the Road to Dalviki"Green to indigo,",
single work
poetry
(p. 21)
Note: First line: From green to indigo
- Akureyrii"An Irish Viking built", single work poetry (p. 22)
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Listening to Irish [Gaelic] Musici"Concussions in Belfast, weeping in Derry",
single work
poetry
(p. 23-24)
Note: first line: The concussions in Belfast, Derry's weeping
- The Vinlanders : Gudrid Thorbjornsdaughteri"Serene as morning, oversafe in God,", single work poetry (p. 34-35)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Untitled
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: Five Bells , Spring vol. 12 no. 4 2005; (p. 51-52)
— Review of The Past Completes Me : Selected Poems 1973-2003 2005 selected work poetry -
Place and Identity in New Australian Poetry
2005
single work
review
criticism
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 50 no. 2005; (p. 96-111) Contends that the map of Australian verse has been progressively configured since 1975, and that this is evident in poems published during the the year 2004 - 2005. -
Gould's Shipping News
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 275 2005; (p. 50)
— Review of The Past Completes Me : Selected Poems 1973-2003 2005 selected work poetry -
Poetry of the Complex Circuits
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: Quadrant , September vol. 49 no. 9 2005; (p. 93-94)
— Review of The Past Completes Me : Selected Poems 1973-2003 2005 selected work poetry -
His Words Together
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 5 August no. 5340 2005; (p. 27)
— Review of The Long Game and Other Poems 2005 selected work poetry ; The Past Completes Me : Selected Poems 1973-2003 2005 selected work poetry
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Poetic Passages to Sail Seven Seas
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 14 - 15 May 2005; (p. 7)
— Review of The Past Completes Me : Selected Poems 1973-2003 2005 selected work poetry -
Voyage into Poetry's Calm Waters
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 14 May 2005; (p. 15)
— Review of The Past Completes Me : Selected Poems 1973-2003 2005 selected work poetry -
Studies in Character
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , 22 July - 4 August no. 273 2005; (p. 26)
— Review of The Past Completes Me : Selected Poems 1973-2003 2005 selected work poetry -
His Words Together
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 5 August no. 5340 2005; (p. 27)
— Review of The Long Game and Other Poems 2005 selected work poetry ; The Past Completes Me : Selected Poems 1973-2003 2005 selected work poetry -
Poetry of the Complex Circuits
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: Quadrant , September vol. 49 no. 9 2005; (p. 93-94)
— Review of The Past Completes Me : Selected Poems 1973-2003 2005 selected work poetry -
Place and Identity in New Australian Poetry
2005
single work
review
criticism
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 50 no. 2005; (p. 96-111) Contends that the map of Australian verse has been progressively configured since 1975, and that this is evident in poems published during the the year 2004 - 2005.
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