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'In a collection evoking luminescent images, poet Rose Lucas explores nature and beauty, love and travel. Even in the Dark contains delicate poems of the lives of women and the exquisite beauty contained in the act of observation. The entire lifespan is present here, in vitro to the final hours, developing and then ageing bodies captured in whisps of lovely images, images that also contain danger and risk. In this, her first volume of poetry, Lucas has distilled years of writing into an impressive selection.' (Publisher's blurb)
Notes
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Dedication: For Pauline, Zoe and Eva
Contents
* 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.
- Heat Wave, Melbournei"A ring-tail possum,", single work poetry (p. 3-4)
- Raysi"In the lapping shallows by the pier at Inverloch", single work poetry (p. 5)
- Lavenderi"The creamy hum", single work poetry (p. 6-7)
- Country Swimming Pooli"All round the crackling", single work poetry (p. 8-9)
- Mallee Countryi"Beneath", single work poetry (p. 10)
- Autumn Pelicani"It's the lift of the heart that follows", single work poetry (p. 11)
- Leavingsi"Heading south", single work poetry (p. 12)
- Western District Landscape, mid Summeri"Straight line of the horizon -", single work poetry (p. 13)
- Liquidambari"Its silken gold oozing down rough, pitted bark", single work poetry (p. 14-15)
- Summer, Back Paddocki"Equipped with gumboots, folding chairs, aeroguard -", single work poetry (p. 16-17)
- Fronti"Late in a season lulled", single work poetry (p. 18-19)
- Flocki"White sails tip toward the breeze,", single work poetry (p. 20)
- Coming of the Raini"Contentment,", single work poetry (p. 21)
- Weekenderi"I hate to think of the house all shut up during the week;", single work poetry (p. 22)
- i) Road to Lake Mungoi"Unseasonable, miraculous rain sweeps down from the north,", single work poetry (p. 23-24)
- Lake Mungo : Series, sequence poetry (p. 23-29)
- ii) Winter Afternooni"In sturdy jacket and cap,", single work poetry (p. 24)
- iii) Mungo Womani"Wrapped in coracle", single work poetry (p. 25)
- iv) Mungo Timei"Spirits swell and spill from sandy ridges,", single work poetry (p. 26)
- v) Old Woolshedi"Splintered light runs like water all round the stark white", single work poetry (p. 27)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Cassandra O’Loughlin Reviews Even in the Dark by Rose Lucas
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Plumwood Mountain [Online] , February 2015;
— Review of Even in the Dark 2013 selected work poetry -
‘Distant and Kindred Analogies’ in Recent Australian Poetry
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , June vol. 59 no. 1 2014; (p. 144-163)
— Review of Threefer 2013 selected work poetry ; Towns in the Great Desert 2012 selected work poetry ; Hotel Hyperion 2013 selected work poetry ; The Best Australian Poems 2013 2013 selected work poetry ; The Vision of Error : A Sextet of Activist Poems 2013 selected work poetry ; Night Writing 2014 selected work poetry ; Even in the Dark 2013 selected work poetry ; Unbelievers, or 'The Moor' 2013 selected work poetry ; Ephemeral Waters 2013 selected work poetry ; New Selected Poems 2013 selected work poetry ; Leaves of Glass 2013 selected work poetry ; Unearthed 2013 selected work poetry ; Goad Omen 2013 selected work poetry -
Review Short : Rose Lucas’s Even in the Dark
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 May no. 46.0 2014;
— Review of Even in the Dark 2013 selected work poetry -
Review : Even in the Dark
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December 2013 - January 2014 no. 357 2013-2014; (p. 43)
— Review of Even in the Dark 2013 selected work poetry -
Words, Patters and Moments That Collapse Time
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 2-3 November 2013; (p. 22-23)
— Review of Free Logic 2013 selected work poetry ; Even in the Dark 2013 selected work poetry ; Novelties 2013 selected work poetry
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Words, Patters and Moments That Collapse Time
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 2-3 November 2013; (p. 22-23)
— Review of Free Logic 2013 selected work poetry ; Even in the Dark 2013 selected work poetry ; Novelties 2013 selected work poetry -
Review : Even in the Dark
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December 2013 - January 2014 no. 357 2013-2014; (p. 43)
— Review of Even in the Dark 2013 selected work poetry -
Review Short : Rose Lucas’s Even in the Dark
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 May no. 46.0 2014;
— Review of Even in the Dark 2013 selected work poetry -
‘Distant and Kindred Analogies’ in Recent Australian Poetry
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , June vol. 59 no. 1 2014; (p. 144-163)
— Review of Threefer 2013 selected work poetry ; Towns in the Great Desert 2012 selected work poetry ; Hotel Hyperion 2013 selected work poetry ; The Best Australian Poems 2013 2013 selected work poetry ; The Vision of Error : A Sextet of Activist Poems 2013 selected work poetry ; Night Writing 2014 selected work poetry ; Even in the Dark 2013 selected work poetry ; Unbelievers, or 'The Moor' 2013 selected work poetry ; Ephemeral Waters 2013 selected work poetry ; New Selected Poems 2013 selected work poetry ; Leaves of Glass 2013 selected work poetry ; Unearthed 2013 selected work poetry ; Goad Omen 2013 selected work poetry -
Cassandra O’Loughlin Reviews Even in the Dark by Rose Lucas
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Plumwood Mountain [Online] , February 2015;
— Review of Even in the Dark 2013 selected work poetry -
Even in the Dark
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 3 September 2013; (p. 7)
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