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Notes
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Dedication: For Sonja Dechian.
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The book comprises 4 parts, each preceded by an epigraph.
- Part 1 Epigraph: : The night is full of ambulances and dreamers. Peter Bakowski.
- Part 2 Epigraph: We might find our life in any landscape, but moreso here. Each city a turnstile of details, questions, private moments... David O'Meara.
- Part 3 Epigraph: No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself. Haruki Murakami.
- Part 4 Epigraph: No one has imagined us. Adrienne Rich.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Kent Town,
Norwood, Payneham & St Peters area,
Adelaide - North / North East,
Adelaide,
South Australia,:Wakefield Press
, 2008 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Begin With a Gifti"Begin to read", single work poetry (p. vii)
- Solitude. This is Not Lonelyi"Evening, and a transport sydtem pressing through the rain", single work poetry (p. 3)
- Birthday Dinneri"We sit around wine cups", single work poetry (p. 4-5)
- To Put Sense into Wordsi"Tonight, in a haze of whisky and beer", single work poetry (p. 6-7)
- In the Kitchen, You Cooki"Do not confuse your success in", single work poetry (p. 8-10)
- Thoughts About Laundry and Youi"Trust me", single work poetry (p. 11-13)
- Silence and Televisioni"Somebody has written on the page of a recipe book", single work poetry (p. 14-15)
- Inbox Poem 1i"Those lines you write", single work poetry (p. 16)
- Drift Backi"What can we do but wait", single work poetry (p. 17)
- Daisies and the Chill, single work prose (p. 18-21)
- On the Sauceri"The cup goes round three times", single work poetry (p. 22)
- The Landing is Harder in Real Timei"At midnight", single work poetry (p. 23-27)
- City Heat, Walking to the Pubi"Cop a load of us", single work poetry (p. 31)
- In the Chinese Grocery Shopi"You are always learning from others", single work poetry (p. 32-33)
- Music and Lovei"Someone said that we should dance", single work poetry (p. 34-35)
- To Take Awayi"You make the perfect flat white", single work poetry (p. 36-37)
- Val Kilmer is in Your Fortune Cookie, single work prose (p. 38-41)
- Festival Time in the Cityi"Sneakers squeak", single work poetry (p. 42-43)
- You Like Chinese Food - Message Found in a Fortune Cookiei"You like Chinese food slurped from tiny porcelain bowls to oily lips. You like it noisy.", single work poetry (p. 44)
- The Pub in Winteri"of course there are drinks and tiny snacks", single work poetry (p. 45)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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[Review] Ambulances and Dreamers
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Wet Ink , September no. 16 2009; (p. 58-59)
— Review of Ambulances and Dreamers 2008 selected work poetry -
At the Crossroads : Australian Poetry 2008-2009
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , July vol. 54 no. 1 2009; (p. 115-127)
— Review of The Golden Bird 2008 single work poetry ; View from the Lucky Hotel 2008 selected work poetry ; Theatre 2008 selected work poetry ; Letters to the Tremulous Hand 2007 selected work poetry ; Vincent Buckley : Collected Poems 2009 selected work poetry ; True Thoughts 2008 selected work poetry ; The Other Way Out 2007 single work poetry ; Bark 2008 selected work poetry ; Divine Comedy : Journeys Through Regional Geography 2008 selected work poetry prose ; Growing Up With Mr Menzies 2008 selected work poetry ; Man Wolf Man 2007 selected work poetry ; Aria 2008 selected work poetry ; Autographs : 56 Poems in Prose 2006 selected work poetry ; Ambulances and Dreamers 2008 selected work poetry ; Speed and Other Liberties 2008 selected work poetry ; Therapy Like Fish : New and Selected Poems 2008 selected work poetry ; Sixty Classic Australian Poems 2009 single work criticism ; Poems : 1980-2008 2008 selected work poetry ; The Incoming Tide 2007 selected work poetry ; Southern Edge : Three Stories in Verse 2009 selected work poetry -
Not What It Means : What It Is
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 195 2009; (p. 115-118)
— Review of The Kingsbury Tales 2008 selected work poetry ; Ambulances and Dreamers 2008 selected work poetry ; The Balcony 2008 selected work poetry ; After Meng Jiao : Responses to the Tang Poet 2008 selected work poetry ; Growing Up With Mr Menzies 2008 selected work poetry -
New Poets Mine Rich Seam of Language
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 21-22 February 2009; (p. 10-11)
— Review of When the Sky Caught Fire : Youngstreet Poets Anthology 2008 anthology poetry ; Ambulances and Dreamers 2008 selected work poetry
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New Poets Mine Rich Seam of Language
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 21-22 February 2009; (p. 10-11)
— Review of When the Sky Caught Fire : Youngstreet Poets Anthology 2008 anthology poetry ; Ambulances and Dreamers 2008 selected work poetry -
Not What It Means : What It Is
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 195 2009; (p. 115-118)
— Review of The Kingsbury Tales 2008 selected work poetry ; Ambulances and Dreamers 2008 selected work poetry ; The Balcony 2008 selected work poetry ; After Meng Jiao : Responses to the Tang Poet 2008 selected work poetry ; Growing Up With Mr Menzies 2008 selected work poetry -
At the Crossroads : Australian Poetry 2008-2009
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , July vol. 54 no. 1 2009; (p. 115-127)
— Review of The Golden Bird 2008 single work poetry ; View from the Lucky Hotel 2008 selected work poetry ; Theatre 2008 selected work poetry ; Letters to the Tremulous Hand 2007 selected work poetry ; Vincent Buckley : Collected Poems 2009 selected work poetry ; True Thoughts 2008 selected work poetry ; The Other Way Out 2007 single work poetry ; Bark 2008 selected work poetry ; Divine Comedy : Journeys Through Regional Geography 2008 selected work poetry prose ; Growing Up With Mr Menzies 2008 selected work poetry ; Man Wolf Man 2007 selected work poetry ; Aria 2008 selected work poetry ; Autographs : 56 Poems in Prose 2006 selected work poetry ; Ambulances and Dreamers 2008 selected work poetry ; Speed and Other Liberties 2008 selected work poetry ; Therapy Like Fish : New and Selected Poems 2008 selected work poetry ; Sixty Classic Australian Poems 2009 single work criticism ; Poems : 1980-2008 2008 selected work poetry ; The Incoming Tide 2007 selected work poetry ; Southern Edge : Three Stories in Verse 2009 selected work poetry -
[Review] Ambulances and Dreamers
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Wet Ink , September no. 16 2009; (p. 58-59)
— Review of Ambulances and Dreamers 2008 selected work poetry
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