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Adaptation of
Römische Elegien
1914
selected work
poetry
Issue Details:
First known date:
1999...
1999
Melbourne Elegies : Being an Adaptation and Extension of Goethe's Romische Elegien
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Notes
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Dedication: For Hannah
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Author's note: Some of these poems have appeared in Quadrant and Divan.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Fitzroy North,
Fitzroy - Collingwood area,
Melbourne - North,
Melbourne,
Victoria,:Black Pepper
, 1999 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Southbanki"If bluestone would just speak out and terrace house offer something", single work poetry (p. 1)
- Ms Ania Walwicz' Cati"Suddenly the unexpected illness of a cat altered Melbourne", single work poetry (p. 2)
- Comparable Cityi"Kenneth Davidson's critical eye, sane on economy in "The Age",", single work poetry (p. 3)
- Crossing the Yarrai"The luck that I've profited by's more beautiful than I suspected;", single work poetry (p. 4-5)
- History Makersi"Now don't regret a moment that you gave yourself so quickly;", single work poetry (p. 6-7)
- Lamplighti"Why swtich on my lamp? It's not yet dark and I'm just wasting", single work poetry (p. 8)
- Unemployment and Its Friendsi"I'm really elated now, inspired on Brunswick Street;", single work poetry (p. 9)
- In Memoriam: John Truscotti"Returned from cool plush of your interior designed Arts Centre", single work poetry (p. 10-11)
- The Sun, Like Arthur Boydi"In Melbourne I'm so relieved when I think of the time", single work poetry (p. 12-13)
- Archbishop Rayner's Prayeri"Dr Keith Rayner Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne", single work poetry (p. 14-15)
- Yabbiesi"Young Gordon Byers, my Caulfield Ginger Meggs", single work poetry (p. 16)
- Portsea and South of the Yarrai"Honour whomever you will! I am beyond all that now", single work poetry (p. 17-18)
- By Merri Creek (1)i"We shrug the fears that go the rounds, rumour, innuendo, lies.", single work poetry (p. 19)
- Jury Dutyi"Murder is brutal in Melbourne. It denigrates all whom it touches,", single work poetry (p. 20)
- Comedy Festivali"Hey, listen to those laughs from the Comedy Festival crowd.", single work poetry (p. 21-23)
- 570 Bourkei"Repository of hatreds that each started out as love", single work poetry (p. 24)
- On the Death of His Motheri"On our only fine late winter day his mother died", single work poetry (p. 25-26)
- Resurrectionsi"The flame gleams autumnal in the urbane sociable hearth,", single work poetry (p. 27)
- Of All Thingsi"Well of all things there is one thing that irritates me most", single work poetry (p. 28-29)
- Green Grocersi"After the strange event, the opening of a green grocers in North Fitzroy", single work poetry (p. 30-31)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Poetry from Black Pepper
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Mattoid , no. 55 2006; (p. 203-208)
— Review of Melbourne Elegies : Being an Adaptation and Extension of Goethe's Romische Elegien 1999 selected work poetry ; The Dining Car Scene 2001 selected work poetry ; Russian Ink 2001 selected work poetry ; Bread 2000 selected work poetry -
Two Very Different 'Melbourne' Dreamings
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: Ulitarra , July no. 17/18 2000; (p. 213-216)
— Review of Infinite City : 100 Sonnetinas 1999 selected work poetry ; Melbourne Elegies : Being an Adaptation and Extension of Goethe's Romische Elegien 1999 selected work poetry -
Untitled
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , no. 6-7 2000; (p. 32)
— Review of Melbourne Elegies : Being an Adaptation and Extension of Goethe's Romische Elegien 1999 selected work poetry -
Earth Has Not Anything to Show More Fair : Songs of the City
1999
single work
review
criticism
— Appears in: Sidewalk , August vol. 3 no. 1999; (p. 47-51)
— Review of Melbourne Elegies : Being an Adaptation and Extension of Goethe's Romische Elegien 1999 selected work poetry -
Echoes of the Object of Affection
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 13 no. 2 1999; (p. 134)
— Review of Melbourne Elegies : Being an Adaptation and Extension of Goethe's Romische Elegien 1999 selected work poetry ; Songs of the Last Chinese Poet 1997 sequence poetry
-
Two Very Different 'Melbourne' Dreamings
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: Ulitarra , July no. 17/18 2000; (p. 213-216)
— Review of Infinite City : 100 Sonnetinas 1999 selected work poetry ; Melbourne Elegies : Being an Adaptation and Extension of Goethe's Romische Elegien 1999 selected work poetry -
Poetry from Black Pepper
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Mattoid , no. 55 2006; (p. 203-208)
— Review of Melbourne Elegies : Being an Adaptation and Extension of Goethe's Romische Elegien 1999 selected work poetry ; The Dining Car Scene 2001 selected work poetry ; Russian Ink 2001 selected work poetry ; Bread 2000 selected work poetry -
Urbane Poetry
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 211 1999; (p. 34-35)
— Review of Body-Flame : Poems 1998 selected work poetry ; Melbourne Elegies : Being an Adaptation and Extension of Goethe's Romische Elegien 1999 selected work poetry -
Untitled
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , no. 6-7 2000; (p. 32)
— Review of Melbourne Elegies : Being an Adaptation and Extension of Goethe's Romische Elegien 1999 selected work poetry -
Echoes of the Object of Affection
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 13 no. 2 1999; (p. 134)
— Review of Melbourne Elegies : Being an Adaptation and Extension of Goethe's Romische Elegien 1999 selected work poetry ; Songs of the Last Chinese Poet 1997 sequence poetry
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