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y Six Different Windows selected work poetry

Author:agent Paul Hetherington http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/hetherington-paul

Issue Details: First known date: 2013... 2013 Six Different Windows

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'Ranging across art and poetry, the past and the present, homelands and far-off lands, Six Different Windows meditates on childhood, riffs on mythology, and draws on the familiar. Paul Hetherington’s new collection chronicles life in all its beauty and strangeness.' (Publication summary)

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Dedication: For Ian Templeman, sunt lacrimae rerum

* Contents derived from the Crawley, Inner Perth, Perth, Western Australia,:UWA Publishing , 2013 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.

Corrugations, Paul Hetherington , sequence poetry (p. 1-21)

Mustang"We were children,", Paul Hetherington , single work poetry (p. 2-3)

Chicken"Later, as we were being suspended from school,", Paul Hetherington , single work poetry (p. 4)

Reeds"We cracked reeds by pressing long edges together", Paul Hetherington , single work poetry (p. 5)

Monterey Cypress"At the bottom of the oval", Paul Hetherington , single work poetry (p. 6-7)

Abstractions"Our grab-bag childish words", Paul Hetherington , single work poetry (p. 8)

Pale"As children, we were often beyond it -", Paul Hetherington , single work poetry (p. 9)

Slide"Dragging his bike to a halt", Paul Hetherington , single work poetry (p. 10-11)

Note: With first line: He skidded his bike to a halt

Early Ambition"It was to climb the knotted rope that hung", Paul Hetherington , single work poetry (p. 12)

Seeds"Those hard, dark seeds remain,", Paul Hetherington , single work poetry (p. 13)

Corrugations"Underneath the tank's slatted frame", Paul Hetherington , single work poetry (p. 14)

Bombs"One of my father's stories", Paul Hetherington , single work poetry (p. 15)

The Pond"Where we fished, throwing lines across the water's skin", Paul Hetherington , single work poetry (p. 16)

Parrots"Beaking and clawing, they strew the ground", Paul Hetherington , single work poetry (p. 17)

Brothers"They delved in mud under pine needles,", Paul Hetherington , single work poetry (p. 18)

Hatred"As a boy, he head trailed his friend,", Paul Hetherington , single work poetry (p. 19-20)

Snooker"When their four boys were teenagers,", Paul Hetherington , single work poetry (p. 21)

Five Abstractions of Blue, Paul Hetherington , sequence poetry (p. 23-34)

2. Refugee"Not night but the inside of a darkened cell", Paul Hetherington , single work poetry (p. 24)

1. Prussian Blue"It is in the dense compression of glaciers", Paul Hetherington , single work poetry (p. 24)

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Silvery Responsibility of Knowing Everything Peter Kenneally , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 22-23 March 2014; (p. 20-21)
— Review of Available Light : New Poems Graeme Kinross-Smith , 2012 selected work poetry ; Six Different Windows Paul Hetherington , 2013 selected work poetry

Rich Evocations of Harsh Realities : Paul Hetherington’s Six Different Windows Robyn Cadwallader , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Verity La , November 2013;
— Review of Six Different Windows Paul Hetherington , 2013 selected work poetry

Pleasures of Aporia Bronwyn Lea , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 354 2013; (p. 64)
— Review of Six Different Windows Paul Hetherington , 2013 selected work poetry

Review Short : Paul Hetherington’s Six Different Windows Stephen Edgar , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , September no. 43.0 2013;
— Review of Six Different Windows Paul Hetherington , 2013 selected work poetry

Russian Spies and Vivid Musings Peter Pierce , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 31 August 2013; (p. 25)
— Review of Six Different Windows Paul Hetherington , 2013 selected work poetry ; The Petrov Poems Lesley Lebkowicz , 2013 novel