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'A collection of poems that explores the marks left upon us by the world and by each other.' (From the publisher's website.)
Notes
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Dedication: For all my family.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Fremantle,
Fremantle area,
South West Perth,
Perth,
Western Australia,:Fremantle Press
, 2008 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Scar Revisioni"At first I say: I have only three", single work poetry (p. 9-16)
- Snow Babyi"Gem in a dead setting", single work poetry (p. 17-18)
- Monitori"Your exhalations spread around the house -", single work poetry (p. 19)
- Confluencei"Faces known or reported", single work poetry (p. 20-21)
- Graspi"Second-guesser, forestaller, laying my life's cloak out", single work poetry (p. 22)
- Softfall, sequence poetry (p. 22-25)
- Gravityi"Watching you fall in the same way twice is", single work poetry (p. 23)
- Amphibiani"After a bath, slippery pup, tadpole, you love to", single work poetry (p. 23)
- To Earthwardi"The way you crave", single work poetry (p. 24)
- Bruiseri"I watch each one in turn", single work poetry (p. 24-25)
- Tagging His Clothesi"It's like writing lines", single work poetry (p. 26-27)
- The Gapi"Once an ur-continent,", single work poetry (p. 28)
- Torndirrup, sequence poetry (p. 28-31)
- The Natural Bridgei"Eventually, so the sign says", single work poetry (p. 29-30)
- Jimmy Newell's Harbouri"They don't know who he was -", single work poetry (p. 31)
- Love Knoti"Sifting and dragging through years of paper like", single work poetry (p. 34)
- Sonnets after the Potuguesei"Theocritus is more your bag than mine,", single work poetry (p. 35-37)
- An Outingi"It's the old argument of form and content,", single work poetry (p. 38)
- Keyholei"Point of entry matched", single work poetry (p. 39-40)
- Searchi"St Marylebone Cemetery was", single work poetry (p. 41-48)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Making the Leap : Australian Poetry 2007-2008
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 53 no. 2008; (p. 130-145)
— Review of Mr Wittgenstein's Lion 2007 selected work poetry ; Seriatim 2007 selected work poetry ; Transit 2007 selected work poetry ; I Could Be Rain 2007 selected work poetry ; Shades of the Sublime and Beautiful 2008 selected work poetry ; Over There : Poems from Singapore and Australia 2008 anthology poetry ; Navigation 2007 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems 1986 selected work poetry ; Elsewhere 2007 selected work poetry ; Revolving Days : Selected Poems 2008 selected work poetry ; Two Kinds of Silence 2007 selected work poetry ; The Best Australian Poems 2007 2007 anthology poetry ; The Best Australian Poetry 2007 2007 anthology poetry ; Scar Revision 2008 selected work poetry -
Taken to the Sea's Verge
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July-August no. 303 2008; (p. 53)
— Review of Scar Revision 2008 selected work poetry -
The Weighing of the Heart and Scar Revision
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Indigo , Autumn no. 2 2008; (p. 112-114)
— Review of The Weighing of the Heart : An Anthology of Emerging West Australian Poets 2007 anthology poetry ; Scar Revision 2008 selected work poetry -
Elemental Exhalations
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , March vol. 3 no. 2 2008; (p. 22-23)
— Review of Event : Poems 2007 selected work poetry ; Press Release 2007 selected work poetry ; An Illustrated History of Dairies 2007 selected work poetry ; Scar Revision 2008 selected work poetry
-
Elemental Exhalations
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , March vol. 3 no. 2 2008; (p. 22-23)
— Review of Event : Poems 2007 selected work poetry ; Press Release 2007 selected work poetry ; An Illustrated History of Dairies 2007 selected work poetry ; Scar Revision 2008 selected work poetry -
The Weighing of the Heart and Scar Revision
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Indigo , Autumn no. 2 2008; (p. 112-114)
— Review of The Weighing of the Heart : An Anthology of Emerging West Australian Poets 2007 anthology poetry ; Scar Revision 2008 selected work poetry -
Taken to the Sea's Verge
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July-August no. 303 2008; (p. 53)
— Review of Scar Revision 2008 selected work poetry -
Making the Leap : Australian Poetry 2007-2008
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 53 no. 2008; (p. 130-145)
— Review of Mr Wittgenstein's Lion 2007 selected work poetry ; Seriatim 2007 selected work poetry ; Transit 2007 selected work poetry ; I Could Be Rain 2007 selected work poetry ; Shades of the Sublime and Beautiful 2008 selected work poetry ; Over There : Poems from Singapore and Australia 2008 anthology poetry ; Navigation 2007 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems 1986 selected work poetry ; Elsewhere 2007 selected work poetry ; Revolving Days : Selected Poems 2008 selected work poetry ; Two Kinds of Silence 2007 selected work poetry ; The Best Australian Poems 2007 2007 anthology poetry ; The Best Australian Poetry 2007 2007 anthology poetry ; Scar Revision 2008 selected work poetry
Awards
- 2008 shortlisted Western Australian Premier's Book Awards — Poetry
- 2008 shortlisted The Age Book of the Year Award — Dinny O'Hearn Poetry Prize
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