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Author:agent Alan Gould http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/gould-alan

Issue Details: First known date: 2005... 2005 The Past Completes Me : Selected Poems 1973-2003

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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

Dedication: For Anne
Epigraph: 'A billion fathoms of sea and space cocoon us here and yet we are most deeply in our home.' 'Tropic'.
Content indexing in process.

* 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.

Trees"There at dusk I've crossed from the nation of drab", Alan Gould , single work poetry (p. 2)

1 : Snake Forest"Snake forest. Your uncanny arrival. Beware sleek", Alan Gould , single work poetry (p. 3)

3 : Wagram 1809 (the Most Pyrrhic of Napoleon's Victories.)"Boots, hooves, their resonance is with you, on roads", Alan Gould , single work poetry (p. 4)

4 : News of the Surrender (Saigon, 1975)"A north skyline eloquent, where two banners stream", Alan Gould , single work poetry (p. 5)

Wind"Restive brother - will not abide", Alan Gould , single work poetry (p. 6-7)

Note: first line: Restive brother - won't abide

Self Possession : 1 : the Dancer"My feet, which are the keenest pencils,", Alan Gould , single work poetry (p. 12)

Self Possession : Heir Apparent"My cherryboot's in the stirrup,", Alan Gould , single work poetry (p. 12)

A Change of Season : After a Newsreel of a Himalayan Spring Ritual"Sleepless on Capricorn:", Alan Gould , single work poetry (p. 14)

Homage to Joseph Conrad"Beyond all an eye, eloquent as the wrecking sea,", Alan Gould , single work poetry (p. 16)

Note: first line: Beyond the words here was an eye

Reykjavik"No doubt impatient with the bravura", Alan Gould , single work poetry (p. 20)

Note: first line: Maybe impatient with the Viking eclat

Heimaey 1973"A palaeozic tenure", Alan Gould , single work poetry (p. 21)

Note: With title: Heimaey Eruption, 1973

Valleys on the Road to Dalvik"Green to indigo,", Alan Gould , single work poetry (p. 21)

Note: First line: From green to indigo

Akureyri"An Irish Viking built", Alan Gould , single work poetry (p. 22)

Listening to Irish [Gaelic] Music"Concussions in Belfast, weeping in Derry", Alan Gould , single work poetry (p. 23-24)

Note: first line: The concussions in Belfast, Derry's weeping

The Vinlanders : Gudrid Thorbjornsdaughter"Serene as morning, oversafe in God,", Alan Gould , single work poetry (p. 34-35)

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Untitled Martin Langford , 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 Alan Gould , 2005 selected work poetry

Place and Identity in New Australian Poetry S. C. Harrex , 2005 single work review criticism
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 50 no. 2005; (p. 96-111)

Gould's Shipping News Martin Duwell , 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 Alan Gould , 2005 selected work poetry

Poetry of the Complex Circuits Stephen McInerney , 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 Alan Gould , 2005 selected work poetry

His Words Together Oliver Dennis , 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 Bruce Beaver , 2005 selected work poetry ; The Past Completes Me : Selected Poems 1973-2003 Alan Gould , 2005 selected work poetry

Poetic Passages to Sail Seven Seas Jaya Savige , 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 Alan Gould , 2005 selected work poetry

Voyage into Poetry's Calm Waters Peter Pierce , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 14 May 2005; (p. 15)
— Review of The Past Completes Me : Selected Poems 1973-2003 Alan Gould , 2005 selected work poetry

Studies in Character Gillian Dooley , 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 Alan Gould , 2005 selected work poetry

Place and Identity in New Australian Poetry S. C. Harrex , 2005 single work review criticism
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 50 no. 2005; (p. 96-111)

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