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Notes
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This collection is '... selected from James Gleeson's poem-drawings from the period 1938-1942, and [was] published to coincide with the Surrealism in Australia Exhibition, curated by the National Gallery of Australia' -- back cover.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Pymble,
Turramurra - Pymble - St Ives area,
Sydney Northern Suburbs,
Sydney,
New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson
, 1993 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Canto Onei"Little ago, the dawn heaved", single work poetry (p. 1-3)
- The Principles of Murder and Storm and Their Popular Coincidence...i"Above the many freeholds and I:", single work poetry (p. 4-8)
- Five Short Poems to be Set to Music : Porcelaini"C'hi Liang dreams in the singing gardens:", single work poetry (p. 9)
- Five Short Poems to be Set to Music : Cadencei"Rafu, robed in woven dreams,", single work poetry (p. 9)
- Five Short Poems to be Set to Music : Departurei"If she should pass in the amber light", single work poetry (p. 9)
- Five Short Poems to Be Set to Music, single work poetry (p. 9-10)
- Five Short Poems to be Set to Music : Galai"Laugh, little pink-hat girl your bird-song thoughts;", single work poetry (p. 9-10)
- Five Short Poems to be Set to Music : A Flower-Piecei"A quick new light", single work poetry (p. 10)
- And they Convinced Us (a Poem Written Upon the Destruction of Canton, 1938)i"And they convinced us.", single work poetry (p. 11-12)
- Asymptotic Pain Imagei"seldom in the effect has it caught", single work poetry (p. 13)
- Two Sonnetsi"Because the image of this hour will shift", single work poetry (p. 14)
- Wherein I am Dubiousi"if I search heaven and hell what would I find?", single work poetry (p. 15)
- Winter Landscapei"The quick-crop'd", single work poetry (p. 16)
- The God-Headi"Donors of the world and sixpence", single work poetry (p. 17)
- I, Janus-Toldi"my eyes look out on myself repeated a million-fold,", single work poetry (p. 18-19)
- Aloes Theatrei"All woolly white in soldered rows", single work poetry (p. 20)
- Commentaryi"I EMBROIDER THE NIGHT WITH THE BLOOD OF A TIME", single work poetry (p. 21-22)
- Some Livesi"the blueness of most proper steel", single work poetry (p. 23)
- Words to be Whispered by a Treble Voice at Three Hours After Midnight (if the Tide be Ebbing)i"the feeling of a door opening before the entrance:", single work poetry (p. 24-25)
- On the Destruction of the Face as Authentic Phenomenoni"I am hearing the killing inside myself", single work poetry (p. 26)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Artist as Poet; Poet as Travelling Teacher
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: Quadrant , January-February vol. 38 no. 1-2 1994; (p. 117-118)
— Review of Feeding the Ghost 1993 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems 1993 selected work poetry ; Dancing Table: Poems and Drawings 1986-1991 1992 selected work poetry -
Floating on Currents of Creativity
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 24-25 July 1993; (p. rev 7)
— Review of Selected Poems 1993 selected work poetry ; The Barge 1993 selected work poetry -
A Poetry Particularly Vulnerable to Parody
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 22 May 1993; (p. C8)
— Review of Selected Poems 1993 selected work poetry -
Spiders Under the Armpit
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July no. 152 1993; (p. 43-44)
— Review of The Distribution of Voice 1993 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems 1993 selected work poetry -
Untitled
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: Imago : New Writing , December vol. 5 no. 3 1993; (p. 88-90)
— Review of Blackberry Season 1993 selected work poetry ; The Dancing Scorpion 1993 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems 1993 selected work poetry ; A Savage Coast 1993 selected work poetry
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Untitled
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: Imago : New Writing , December vol. 5 no. 3 1993; (p. 88-90)
— Review of Blackberry Season 1993 selected work poetry ; The Dancing Scorpion 1993 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems 1993 selected work poetry ; A Savage Coast 1993 selected work poetry -
Artist as Poet; Poet as Travelling Teacher
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: Quadrant , January-February vol. 38 no. 1-2 1994; (p. 117-118)
— Review of Feeding the Ghost 1993 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems 1993 selected work poetry ; Dancing Table: Poems and Drawings 1986-1991 1992 selected work poetry -
Spiders Under the Armpit
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July no. 152 1993; (p. 43-44)
— Review of The Distribution of Voice 1993 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems 1993 selected work poetry -
A Poetry Particularly Vulnerable to Parody
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 22 May 1993; (p. C8)
— Review of Selected Poems 1993 selected work poetry -
Floating on Currents of Creativity
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 24-25 July 1993; (p. rev 7)
— Review of Selected Poems 1993 selected work poetry ; The Barge 1993 selected work poetry -
Putting Ern Malley in His Place
1993
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Meridian , October vol. 12 no. 2 1993; (p. 152-158) -
After Poetry (17) : A Quarterly Account of Recent Poetry : the Unknown
1993
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 131 1993; (p. 42-48)
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