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Notes
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Dedication: for Syd Harrex.
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Epigraph: Consists of a quotation by W. H. Auden.
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Includes some poems with Australian content.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Carlton,
Parkville - Carlton area,
Melbourne - North,
Melbourne,
Victoria,:Meanjin Press
, 1992 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Ironyi"That neither feeds, clothes nor shelters;", single work poetry (p. 9)
- Feejeei"Exists to give cartographers malignant tumours;", single work poetry (p. 10-19)
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An Indo-Fijian's Search for Solid Formsi"I have ambled through tottering bridges",
single work
poetry
(p. 20-21)
Note: With title: Solid Forms
- Tandavai"Two weeks on a feast of Upanishads;", single work poetry (p. 21)
- Detaineei"Images intensify in prison;", single work poetry (p. 22-23)
- Detainee IIi"That night my vague jailers left a mattress", single work poetry (p. 24)
- Flighti"On high-flying days the aircraft reclines", single work poetry (p. 25)
- O Hannah!i"I was born in the execrable city of Suva", single work poetry (p. 26)
- Dear Sydi"I live behind chequered grilles in Nasese,", single work poetry (p. 27-29)
- Opium-Eateri"Drain a bushel of caffeine and remark", single work poetry (p. 29)
- A Beautiful Prospecti"A fish plops into the minting river;", single work poetry (p. 30-31)
- Perth, December 1987i"I, trekking through this simulated city,", single work poetry (p. 32-34)
- A Tropical Babui"Where are those bone-breaking, flesh-tearing days", single work poetry (p. 34)
- Epistlei"I will write steadily about many things, Valmiki,", single work poetry (p. 35-36)
- The Spotted Geckoi"This envelope has nostalgia affixed to it:", single work poetry (p. 37)
- Portrait of a Dictator at Breakfasti"He broils in the nightmare of a tundra", single work poetry (p. 38-39)
- Sparrowi"Mulling hearts is easier than mulling wine;", single work poetry (p. 39)
- Haunted Linesi"I sit in grease at Reeky Hong's", single work poetry (p. 40-41)
- A Welli"Breezily from the sod marigolds lolled giraffe", single work poetry (p. 42)
- Self-Reflectioni"A stiff wind fills up the neighbour's laundry.", single work poetry (p. 43)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Untitled
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: Span , October no. 36 1993; (p. 684-688)
— Review of Tandava 1992 selected work poetry -
Untitled
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: World Literature Today , Autumn vol. 67 no. 4 1993; (p. 892-893)
— Review of Tandava 1992 selected work poetry -
Poetry Born in Exile
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 17 July 1993; (p. 8)
— Review of Tandava 1992 selected work poetry ; The Barge 1993 selected work poetry -
Profusion of Poetry
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 130 1993; (p. 90-92)
— Review of Tandava 1992 selected work poetry ; Australian Alphabet 1992 selected work poetry ; The Edge of It 1992 selected work poetry ; Triggers : Turning Experiences into Poetry 1992 single work criticism ; Spiral : A Collection of Poems 1992 selected work poetry ; Once Father and God 1992 selected work poetry ; The Exorcism Trip 1992 selected work poetry -
The Poems of an Angry Exile
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 10 April 1993; (p. C9)
— Review of Tandava 1992 selected work poetry
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Meanjin Bites the (Fijian) Bullet
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The CRNLE Reviews Journal , no. 1 1992; (p. 127-130)
— Review of Tandava 1992 selected work poetry -
Fijian Realities : Nations, Power, Language
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The CRNLE Reviews Journal , no. 2 1992; (p. 38-44)
— Review of Tandava 1992 selected work poetry -
Feejee and the Weight of Kali
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , September no. 106 1992; (p. 28-29)
— Review of Tandava 1992 selected work poetry -
Try to Avoid Halving Your Tetrameters
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 19-20 September 1992; (p. rev 6)
— Review of Tandava 1992 selected work poetry ; Gravel Corners : Poems 1992 selected work poetry ; One Day She Catches Fire 1992 selected work poetry -
The Poems of an Angry Exile
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 10 April 1993; (p. C9)
— Review of Tandava 1992 selected work poetry
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