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Tim Metcalf Tim Metcalf i(A13902 works by) (a.k.a. Timothy John Metcalf)
Born: Established: 1961 Melbourne, Victoria, ;
Gender: Male
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1 y separately published work icon The Moon the Bone : Selected Poems 1986-2022 Tim Metcalf , Port Adelaide : Ginninderra Press , 2023 26939234 2023 selected work poetry 'Working in the Australian bush for almost forty years has brought forth from Tim Metcalf a robust, adaptable and independent poetry, the downside being that he is less known in the urban centres. This selection from his nine books aims to redress the situation and bring this wide-ranging and extensively published poet to broader attention.' (Publication summary) 
1 y separately published work icon Maybe Street : Selected Poems Anna Buck , Tim Metcalf (editor), Port Adelaide : Ginninderra Press , 2021 21948508 2021 selected work poetry

'One of the finest and most prolific poets ever to grace the Bega Valley Shire of New South Wales, Anna Buck was noted for her humour, attention to detail, and love of both people and the natural world. Her work, selected here by fellow poet Dr Tim Metcalf, stands as a unique and comprehensive record of this beautiful part of Australia.' (Production summary)

1 y separately published work icon Maybe Street Anna Buck , Tim Metcalf (editor), Port Adelaide : Ginninderra Press , 2021 21946074 2021 selected work poetry

'One of the finest and most prolific poets ever to grace the Bega Valley Shire of New South Wales, Anna Buck was noted for her humour, attention to detail, and love of both people and the natural world. Her work, selected here by fellow poet Dr Tim Metcalf, stands as a unique and comprehensive record of this beautiful part of Australia.'

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1 Resurface Tim Metcalf , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Anthology 2020; (p. 72)
1 Black Stump i "Fire in the willows, &", Tim Metcalf , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: I Protest! Poems of Dissent 2020; (p. 81)
1 This New Moon i "props its lopsided smile", Tim Metcalf , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Mountain Secrets 2019; (p. 133)
1 Paranoid Wind i "Six weeks of you, wind", Tim Metcalf , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Wild 2018; (p. 137)
1 y separately published work icon The Underwritten Plain Tim Metcalf , Port Adelaide : Ginninderra Press , 2018 14231976 2018 selected work poetry

'Set at an abandoned bore-hole in South’s Australia’s Nullarbor plain, this epic poem in four parts, sparse as the plain itself, offers its vast and solitudinous explanation of Australia.' (Publication summary)

1 Real Drone Tim Metcalf , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: First Refuge : Poems on Social Justice 2016; (p. 18)
1 y separately published work icon Red Song of the Earth Tim Metcalf , Adelaide : Ginninderra Press , 2016 13459287 2016 selected work poetry
1 y separately published work icon Last to Go and Other Poems Tim Metcalf , Warners Bay : Picaro Press , 2012 Z1932234 2012 selected work poetry
1 1 y separately published work icon Metabolism Metabolism : Australian Poetry Ltd Members Anthology 2012 Libby Hart (editor), 'Danny' Charles Lovecraft (editor), Lyn Vellins (editor), Vanessa Jones (editor), Susie Utting (editor), Heather Taylor Johnson (editor), John Pfitzner (editor), Tim Metcalf (editor), David Adès (editor), Melbourne : Australian Poetry , 2012 6680865 2012 anthology poetry
1 The Airman Rolls Away i "I have always found conversation a little stifled when wiping", Tim Metcalf , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: Indigo Book of Australian Prose Poems 2011; (p. 50-51) Falling and Flying : Poems on Ageing 2015; (p. 73-74)
1 1 y separately published work icon The Effective Butterfly Tim Metcalf , Port Adelaide : Ginninderra Press , 2011 Z1770560 2011 selected work poetry
1 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55,... i "1", Tim Metcalf , 2010 single work poetry
— Appears in: Law and Impulse : Maths and Chemistry Poems 2010; (p. 27)
1 Traffic Light i "Crossing red marble to the elevator doors,", Tim Metcalf , 2009 single work poetry
— Appears in: Five Bells , Autumn/Winter vol. 16 no. 2/3 2009; (p. 128)
1 Recession to a Point i "In the end there was only one job left.", Tim Metcalf , 2009 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 13 June 2009; (p. 14)
1 Untitled Tim Metcalf , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Five Bells , Spring/Summer vol. 15-16 no. 4/1 2008; (p. 160-161)

— Review of View from the Lucky Hotel Sandra Hill , 2008 selected work poetry
1 The Capital Man : The Prenuptial Agreement I wish I Had Seen i "A is for Artist, the first thing I don't want you to", Tim Metcalf , 2008 single work poetry
— Appears in: Capital Letters : ACT Writers Centre Poets' Lunch, 2008 2008; (p. 20)
1 An Unseen Wind Tim Metcalf , 2008 single work prose
— Appears in: Blast , no. 8 (New series) 2008; (p. 36-40)
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