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Issue Details: First known date: 1989... 1989 The Honey Man and Other Poems
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Notes

  • Dedication: For Honor Mary

Contents

* Contents derived from the Braddon, North Canberra area, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory,:Aslan Publishing , 1989 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Honey Mani"Like liquid silk in golden eddies", Michael Thwaites , single work poetry (p. 11)
A Message to My Grandsoni"You chose a marvellous morning to be born,", Michael Thwaites , single work poetry (p. 12-13)
Ballad of Old Soxi"They're burning Old Sox's shack", Michael Thwaites , single work poetry (p. 14-15)
A Place of Meeting : Glimpses of a National Capital : The Namei"What's in a name? Much, if you think about it.", Michael Thwaites , single work poetry (p. 19)
A Place of Meeting : Glimpses of a National Capital, Michael Thwaites , single work poetry (p. 19-27)
A Place of Meeting : Glimpses of a National Capital : War Memoriali"Mount Ainslie haloes a green dome", Michael Thwaites , single work poetry (p. 20-21)
A Place of Meeting : Glimpses of a National Capital : Parliamenti"Stand on the War Memorial steps; your eye", Michael Thwaites , single work poetry (p. 22-23)
A Place of Meeting : Glimpses of a National Capital : St John's Churchi"Modestly apart from the statement of Anzac Parade", Michael Thwaites , single work poetry (p. 24-25)
A Place of Meeting : Glimpses of a National Capital : Psalm for an Artificial Cityi"When enemies cry against you", Michael Thwaites , single work poetry (p. 26)
A Place of Meeting : Glimpses of a National Capital : To Our Grandchildreni"What city, people, planet will you see", Michael Thwaites , single work poetry (p. 27)
On Mount Franklini"On the mountain-top, before the coming of snow,", Michael Thwaites , single work poetry (p. 28-29)
Space Window (for My Daughter in Another Hemisphere) Space Window (for My Daughter)i"George Frederick Handel! Listening, I think of you", Michael Thwaites , single work poetry (p. 30-31)
Last Stand : The Truchanas Huon Pine Reserve South West Tasmaniai"These trees reached up for light", Michael Thwaites , single work poetry (p. 32)
Sea Waif : At Kioloa Beachi"No dolphin it was, but a six-month suckling whale", Michael Thwaites , single work poetry (p. 33)
Splitting the Red Boxi"The tree-trunk rounds, a fallen Doric column,", Michael Thwaites , single work poetry (p. 34)
Mozart's Last Concertoi"He wrote in shadow of death", Michael Thwaites , single work poetry (p. 35)
Post Mortemi"When a man dies", Michael Thwaites , single work poetry (p. 36-37)
Sea Changei"Down the cliff path, in morning sun", Michael Thwaites , single work poetry (p. 38)
Rain After Droughti"Waking to a diapason in the downpipe", Michael Thwaites , single work poetry (p. 39)
Fragment of a Chinese Classic (For H.M.T. - A Birthday in Beijing)i"Catching the distinctive T'ang of old China", Michael Thwaites , single work poetry (p. 40-41)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Poet Who Had to Live a Secret Life Robert Hefner , 1993 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 4 April 1993; (p. 24)
Urbane Vision of a Bush Capital Peter Pierce , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 3 March 1990; (p. B5)

— Review of The Honey Man and Other Poems Michael Thwaites , 1989 selected work poetry ; Australian Things Timoshenko Aslanides , 1990 selected work poetry ; The Great Forest : Poetry Mark O'Connor , 1989 selected work poetry
Urbane Vision of a Bush Capital Peter Pierce , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 3 March 1990; (p. B5)

— Review of The Honey Man and Other Poems Michael Thwaites , 1989 selected work poetry ; Australian Things Timoshenko Aslanides , 1990 selected work poetry ; The Great Forest : Poetry Mark O'Connor , 1989 selected work poetry
Poet Who Had to Live a Secret Life Robert Hefner , 1993 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 4 April 1993; (p. 24)
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