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Simon Patton Simon Patton i(A35693 works by)
Writing name for: S. J. J. F. Rutherford
Born: Established: Melbourne, Victoria, ;
Gender: Male
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1 Simon Patton Reviews An Open Book by David Malouf Simon Patton , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: Plumwood Mountain [Online] , February 2019;
— Review of An Open Book David Malouf , 2018 selected work poetry
1 Simon Patton Reviews up through Branches by Kit Kelen Simon Patton , 2018 single work review
— Appears in: Plumwood Mountain [Online] , August 2018;
— Review of Up through Branches : Poems - Paintings - Photographs Christopher Kelen , 2017 selected work poetry
1 Simon Patton Reviews Homing by Shevaun Cooley Simon Patton , 2018 single work review
— Appears in: Plumwood Mountain [Online] , February 2018;
— Review of Homing Shevaun Cooley , 2016 selected work poetry
1 Ping Shan 屏山 i "Outside a gravel carpark near 上璋圍 Sheung Cheung Wai,", Simon Patton , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cha : An Asian Literary Journal , December no. 38 2017;
1 Amazing People Do Not Just Happen i "Hold On for Just One More Day • Liver Pool • You Make My World • Hippy This Is", Simon Patton , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cha : An Asian Literary Journal , December no. 38 2017;
1 Lovers, Dogs, ETC (Cheung Shue Tan Village 樟樹灘) i "Love walks the lovers down the hill with practised elegance until—", Simon Patton , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cha : An Asian Literary Journal , December no. 38 2017;
1 Sulphur-Crested Cockatoos i "They rip strips of sky starkly in two", Simon Patton , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Plumwood Mountain : An Australian Journal of Ecopoetry and Ecopoetics , August vol. 4 no. 2 2017;
1 1 In Short Measures Simon Patton , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , July 2017;

'In 1971, the poet and critic Alexander Craig declared that Australian poetry was suffering from a fatal virus. He presented his diagnosis in the following damning terms:

'The typical Australian poet writes a good line, then adds three or four lines explaining it: not trusting the reader, he [sic] dilutes any poetic force with a watery, discursive prosiness. This ailment of our poetry seems to be breathed in with our Australian air, a virus permanently attacking our verse all the more viciously because no one knows or admits that it’s there (and that it has been, ever since verse was first written in English on this continent).' (Introduction)
1 Shock Treatment : Simon Patton Reviews ‘Year of the Wasp’ by Joel Deane Simon Patton , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , April - June no. 22 2017; 'In 2012, Joel Deane suffered a huge shock to the system that could have ended his life. In Year of the Wasp, he tries to come to terms with this devastating experience, attempting — by means of novel and often weird imagery — to reproduce in the reader something of the intensity and alienation he felt. But how do you convey a highly unusual life-episode without toning down its otherness? And how do you convey such otherness in a way that enables others to share in it? These are two questions that reverberate throughout Deane’s Wasp.' (Introduction)
1 Thirteen Swifties i "The water", Simon Patton , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 May vol. 80 no. 2017;
1 Blind Choir (Nam Shan Estate) i "Between the concrete wall of a block of flats", Simon Patton , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Journal , vol. 5 no. 1 2015; (p. 25)
1 The Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple i "Hardly a temple: it's more like a zoo", Simon Patton , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Journal , vol. 5 no. 1 2015; (p. 24)
1 Mountains finally make themselves i "It's eerie to see how here", Simon Patton , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Journal , vol. 5 no. 1 2015; (p. 24)
1 King Hong Kong Simon Patton , 2015 sequence poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Journal , vol. 5 no. 1 2015; (p. 24-25)
1 We i "An if you find me", Simon Patton , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Mozzie , December vol. 23 no. 10 2015;
1 Questions, Ambiguities, Bodies : Simon Patton Reviews ‘The Thin Bridge’ by Andy Jackson Simon Patton , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , April - June no. 14 2015;
— Review of The Thin Bridge Andy Jackson , 2014 selected work poetry
1 Goldfish i "First up, a goldfish can be described in terms of other objects capable of motion", Yu Jian , Simon Patton (translator), Naikan Tao (translator), 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 74 no. 3 2014; (p. 52-61)
1 Translating Yu Jian : Encounter and Transmission Simon Patton , 2014 single work essay
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Journal , vol. 4 no. 2 2014; (p. 66-79)
1 Bully-Proof Simon Patton , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , February 2014;
— Review of In the Shade of the Shady Tree : Stories of Wheatbelt Australia John Kinsella , 2012 selected work short story ; Tide John Kinsella , 2013 selected work short story ; Armour John Kinsella , 2011 selected work poetry ; The Vision of Error : A Sextet of Activist Poems John Kinsella , 2013 selected work poetry
1 Review : Tempo, Sarah Day Simon Patton , 2014 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Latest Writing 2014-2016;
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