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Issue Details: First known date: 2013... 2013 Sense, Shape, Symbol : An Investigation of Australian Poetry
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'Sense, Shape, Symbol is an investigation of Australian poetry. It explores the ways in which poets succeed, or fail, in their attempts to bring their experience to life.

Their primary raw materials are the five senses - sight, sound, smell, taste and touch - the means by which we all experience our world.

Poets also like to experiment with the shape of their writing, starting with the qualities of vowels and consonants, of syllables, and of rhyme, metre and rhythm.

Working poets make particular use of the metaphor, of the connections that they suggest between normally unlike things, to express their response to their subject.

The collection explores the work of five poets who have played an important, influential part in the development of Australian poetry: Judith Wright, Oodgeroo Noonuccal, David Malouf, Les Murray and Mark O’Connor.

The final chapter looks at some of the common concerns that can create conflict in our lives, such as gender, race, age, and socio-economic status, and other issues that create fear and that encourage hope.

The collection is intended to allow readers to become familiar with the techniques that poets use, and to develop their own poetic writing in an informed way.' (Publisher's blurb)

Contents

* Contents derived from the Putney, Ryde - Gladesville - Hunters Hill area, Northwest Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,:Phoenix Education , 2013 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Introduction, Brian Keyte , single work criticism (p. 1-2)
Sense - The Poet's Raw Materials, Brian Keyte , single work criticism (p. 3)
Sonnets IV : The Five Senses : Backyard Afternooni"To see is to credit that clouds are incorrigible drifters,", Thomas Shapcott , single work poetry (p. 4)
The Colours of Lighti"This is not easy to understand", Dorothea Mackellar , single work poetry (p. 4-5)
Sunset Sky Near Coober Pedyi"Streak, dash, fluff, apricot radiation,", Chris Wallace-Crabbe , single work poetry (p. 6)
Carnationsi"From the green cartridge an explosion of", Chris Wallace-Crabbe , single work poetry (p. 6)
Bert Schultzi"Bert Schultz on his West Coast farm", Colin Thiele , single work poetry (p. 7)
Admiring the Handiworki"it's just the right size", Jenny Boult , single work poetry (p. 8)
Sonnets IV : The Five Senses : At the Gravel Crossingi"It is the sound of gravel in my jaw, it is the river sound", Thomas Shapcott , single work poetry (p. 11)
The Night-Ridei"Gas flaring on the yellow platform; voices running up and down;", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 11)
There is a Haunting Music Round the Bay (for Anthony Lawrence)i"There is a haunting music round the bay -", Judith Beveridge , single work poetry (p. 12-13)
Windy Gapi"As I was going through Windy Gap", David Campbell , single work poetry (p. 13)
The Singer in the Female Wardi"The singer in the female ward", Craig Powell , single work poetry (p. 14)
Drums in the Suburbi"Saturday afternoons", Judith Rodriguez , single work poetry (p. 15)
Sonnets IV : The Five Senses : Earth Floweri"The smell of rain chambers into my apertures", Thomas Shapcott , single work poetry (p. 18)
My Mother's Gardeni"Banksias, lemon gums, golden wattle: fire-prone", Katherine Gallagher , single work poetry (p. 18)
The Smell on the Landingi"Where the decay begins, the sun", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 19)
Smells of the Wheatbelti"Yes, the smell of hay being cut when slightly damp,", John Kinsella , single work poetry (p. 20)
The Signsi"The smell of eucalyptus oil", Geoff Page , single work poetry (p. 21)
Bunsi"I hate the smell", Rhyll McMaster , single work poetry (p. 21)

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