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Prelude sequence   poetry  
Issue Details: First known date: 2005... 2005 Prelude
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Notes

  • Epigraph: I have crossed an ocean/ I have lost my tongue/ From the root of the old one a new one has sprung - Grace Nichols
  • Epigraph: Reality's the growing again of the right arm (which so we missed in our misleading days) & the popping back in of eyes. - John Berryman

Includes

A Life in the Day of the Fly (America/Afghanistan, 2001) i "O what a rush!! Twenty-four hours (from", Mal McKimmie , 2002 single work poetry
— Appears in: Blue Dog : Australian Poetry , vol. 1 no. 1 2002; (p. 26) Poetileptic 2005; (p. 65)
The Chamber i "Whose wings are these that brush me in this dark?", Mal McKimmie , 2002 single work poetry
— Appears in: Blue Dog : Australian Poetry , November vol. 1 no. 2 2002; (p. 24) Poetileptic 2005; (p. 78)
Villanelle to the Muse from a Disgruntled Poet i "Tonight the moon and every star is heavy;", Mal McKimmie , 2004 single work poetry
— Appears in: Blue Dog : Australian Poetry , June vol. 3 no. 5 2004; (p. 54) Poetileptic 2005; (p. 66)
I, Incitatus i "I, Incitatus,", Mal McKimmie , 2004 single work poetry
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 49 no. 2004; (p. 39-40) Poetileptic 2005; (p. 70-71)
The Sleeping i "I sleep to wake and take my waking fast.", Mal McKimmie , 2004 single work poetry
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 49 no. 2004; (p. 40-41) Poetileptic 2005; (p. 72)
The Judas Impulse i "judas still swings,", Mal McKimmie , 1991 single work poetry
— Appears in: Salt , June vol. [1] no. 2 1991; (p. 28-30) W.A. Ink... : Poetry by Western Australians 1991; (p. 109-110) The Judas Impulse 1994; (p. 1-3) Poetileptic 2005; (p. 67-69)
Spastic Poet at the Beach i "His spasticity is not", Mal McKimmie , 2005 single work poetry
— Appears in: Poetileptic 2005; (p. 73-75)
Viaticum i "I rose this morning slowly from a dream", Mal McKimmie , 2005 single work poetry
— Appears in: Poetileptic 2005; (p. 76-77)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Poetileptic Mal McKimmie , Melbourne : Five Islands Press , 2005 Z1276877 2005 selected work poetry Melbourne : Five Islands Press , 2005 pg. 63-78
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