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Notes
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'The Uncommercial Traveller' was produced stereophonically for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation by Ivan Smith in 1968.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
St Lucia,
Indooroopilly - St Lucia area,
Brisbane - North West,
Brisbane,
Queensland,:University of Queensland Press
, 1972 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Madami"There's no courtesan like her in time.", single work poetry (p. ix)
- Name Mei"I am that man more solitary than brandy", single work poetry (p. 1)
- The Trouble with Designi"The kindly sherry stood on stems and glittered:", single work poetry (p. 2)
- The Wrong Beachi"When word flew round a pink and shivering lady,", single work poetry humour (p. 3)
- The Last Candlei"We are not yielding. Beyond our window", single work poetry (p. 4)
- The American Agei"In smoky weather Mal and I strolled the south sector,", single work poetry (p. 5)
- The Sons of Godi"Haltingly, the sons of God descend", single work poetry (p. 6)
- The Troublei"Our fellow Jones, whom we elected pacemaker,", single work poetry (p. 7)
- A Winter Rosei"Only his words amazed him. He'd decided", single work poetry (p. 8)
- Circe Boilingi"So that giggly bit Nausicaa's got him, has she?", single work poetry (p. 9-10)
- Not Tonight, Pandorai"Some must suffer. I'm drinking tea", single work poetry (p. 11)
- Our Kennyi"On Flinders Station steps when the air was infected", single work poetry (p. 12)
- Ulysses off Ithacai"Nine years he fought, caught in the isolate whirlpool", single work poetry (p. 13)
- A Few Words from his Sponsori"He'd have chiselled a pretty packet, that boy,", single work poetry (p. 14-15)
- Love of Learningi"A solemn lewdness on a neighbour's lawn", single work poetry (p. 16)
- The Bread Interviewi"The dark brown plush of his eye warmed me,", single work poetry (p. 17)
- Three Greeksi"For no reason except my evening is to let,", single work poetry (p. 18)
- The Impenitent Ladyi"You simply don't know how to punish or to claim", single work poetry (p. 19)
- The Green Sorti"She's a diffident sweet gripped in the ridiculous;", single work poetry (p. 20)
- One Disenchanted Eveningi"I've downed too much, you rule, and snatch the bottle", single work poetry (p. 21)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Rereadings IV : Richard Packer : Being Out of Order
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Review , no. 15 2020;
— Review of Being Out of Order : Some Poems and 'The Uncommercial Traveller' 1972 selected work poetry drama'This “Rereading”, like that of Norman Talbot’s Son of a Female Universe, takes its impetus not from the desire to investigate an entire book so much as to celebrate a much loved poem. In this case it is Richard Packer’s “The American Age” which I first saw in Tom Shapcott’s 1970 anthology Australian Poetry Now and then again, in its more natural habitat as part of a poet’s consistent output, in Being Out of Order, published two years later. I’ve known it, in other words, for just about half a century and I could still, if pressed, quote most of it from memory.' (Introduction)
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[Review] Being Out of Order
1973
single work
review
— Appears in: Twentieth Century , Autumn vol. 27 no. 1973; (p. 283-284)
— Review of Being Out of Order : Some Poems and 'The Uncommercial Traveller' 1972 selected work poetry drama -
The Tasman's Other Side
1972
single work
review
— Appears in: Poetry Australia , no. 44 1972; (p. 50-52)
— Review of Being Out of Order : Some Poems and 'The Uncommercial Traveller' 1972 selected work poetry drama -
[Review] Being Out of Order
1972
single work
review
— Appears in: Makar , May vol. 8 no. 1 1972; (p. 34-37)
— Review of Being Out of Order : Some Poems and 'The Uncommercial Traveller' 1972 selected work poetry drama -
Present Poetry
1972
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , Autumn [June] vol. 11 no. 1972; (p. 250)
— Review of Being Out of Order : Some Poems and 'The Uncommercial Traveller' 1972 selected work poetry drama
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Didacticism and Romanticism : A Review of Some Recent Australian Verse
1972
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , December vol. 32 no. 4 1972; (p. 302-317)
— Review of Being Out of Order : Some Poems and 'The Uncommercial Traveller' 1972 selected work poetry drama ; Snow and Other Poems 1971 selected work poetry ; Brother and Brother 1972 selected work poetry ; Diver 1972 selected work poetry -
A Service to Our Poetry
1972
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Spring no. 53 1972; (p. 62-63)
— Review of Being Out of Order : Some Poems and 'The Uncommercial Traveller' 1972 selected work poetry drama -
Present Poetry
1972
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , Autumn [June] vol. 11 no. 1972; (p. 250)
— Review of Being Out of Order : Some Poems and 'The Uncommercial Traveller' 1972 selected work poetry drama -
[Review] Being Out of Order
1972
single work
review
— Appears in: Makar , May vol. 8 no. 1 1972; (p. 34-37)
— Review of Being Out of Order : Some Poems and 'The Uncommercial Traveller' 1972 selected work poetry drama -
The Tasman's Other Side
1972
single work
review
— Appears in: Poetry Australia , no. 44 1972; (p. 50-52)
— Review of Being Out of Order : Some Poems and 'The Uncommercial Traveller' 1972 selected work poetry drama
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