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Notes
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Dedication: For John Scott, Margot Scott and Greg St. John
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Epigraph: we need no dreamislands, / water to any earth, a landfall / for our separate expeditions. / stay near my humane friends, / all forms of endearment be / spoken over the world.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
St Lucia,
Indooroopilly - St Lucia area,
Brisbane - North West,
Brisbane,
Queensland,:University of Queensland Press
, 1976 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Go On, Tell Me the Season is Overi"but listen,", single work poetry (p. 1)
- Remembering Marjorie Asleepi"if from our music", single work poetry (p. 2)
- Extracts From a Competent Noveli"At home when I was 12", single work poetry (p. 3-10)
- Grammar Boys Changing Trainsi"School, out, the matriculants", single work poetry (p. 11)
- Notions for a Late Surveyor (Keith Watson 1894-1915)i"(i) Winter has finished and, for leaves,", single work poetry (p. 12-14)
- Eating Out (for Robin Rattray-Wood)i"Gentle, inaffluent,", single work poetry (p. 15-17)
- For the End of Evensong (for Robert Westcott)i"Not the dark but the getting dark. 4.30 and", single work poetry (p. 18-23)
- Out Here, selected work poetry (p. [25]- 82)
- Yes? 'Just' : Lucy Martinson, Deputy Principal of a High School in an Affluent Areai"I viewed the eddies of the Viney maelstrom.", single work poetry (p. 27-31)
- Home : Marian Viney, a Mother, Wife, and Part-Time Market Researcheri"One's heard of women out here", single work poetry (p. 32-37)
- P.S. Etc : Russell Viney, Marian's Husband, a Sales Manageri"Thus then the road, I drive", single work poetry (p. 38-46)
- Miss Cheryl Browne : Cheryl Browne, Russell's Girl-Friend, a Stenographeri"Cheryl is as Cheryl does and", single work poetry (p. 47-52)
- Homes : Athol McNab, Marian and Lorraine's Father, a Master-Builderi"Too generous, not generous enough.", single work poetry (p. 53-59)
- Out There : Lorraine McNab, Marian's Youngest Sister, a Radical Nursei"Darling, the great McNab reception", single work poetry (p. 60-65)
- Growing : Tracey Izzard, Brett's Girl-Friend, a High School Studenti"There's someone's homing pigeons", single work poetry (p. 66-71)
- Like It's Some Ghost Town : Brett Viney, Russell and Marian's Eldest Child, a High School Studenti"There was a corridor,", single work poetry (p. 72-78)
- Midnight Thru Dawn : Paul Izzard, Tracey's Father, a Public Servanti"I may be asked to, as were, round off", single work poetry (p. 79-82)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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The Nastiness of Something Out There
1980
single work
review
— Appears in: Makar , June vol. 14 no. 2 1980; (p. 51-53)
— Review of New Devil, New Parish 1976 selected work poetry ; My Mother and the Trees 1977 selected work poetry -
Growing Old Gracefully : The Generation of '68
1978
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Autumn vol. 37 no. 1 1978; (p. 76-86) The Temperament of Generations : Fifty Years of Writing in Meanjin 1990; (p. 268-278)
— Review of New Devil, New Parish 1976 selected work poetry ; Shakti 1977 selected work poetry ; East : Poems 1970-74 1976 selected work poetry ; Chemical Cart 1977 selected work poetry ; In Casablanca for the Waters 1977 selected work poetry ; Hear Me Eating 1977 selected work poetry ; Cross the Border 1977 selected work poetry ; Tropical Skiing 1976 selected work poetry ; On The Beach 1977 selected work poetry ; Mastication Poems 1977 selected work poetry -
Untitled
1977
single work
review
— Appears in: LiNQ , vol. 5 no. 3 1977; (p. 74-76)
— Review of New Devil, New Parish 1976 selected work poetry ; Absence in Strange Countries 1976 selected work poetry ; Poems from Murrumbeena 1976 selected work poetry -
The Sense of an Audience
1977
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , December vol. 37 no. 4 1977; (p. 446-460)
— Review of New Devil, New Parish 1976 selected work poetry ; Water Life 1976 selected work poetry ; Crazy Woman and Other Poems 1976 selected work poetry ; These Ducks and Other Poems 1977 selected work poetry ; Friendly Street Poetry Reader [no.1] 1977 anthology poetry ; Absence in Strange Countries 1976 selected work poetry ; The Green Wheelbarrow 1976 selected work poetry ; Poems from Murrumbeena 1976 selected work poetry
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Untitled
1977
single work
review
— Appears in: LiNQ , vol. 5 no. 3 1977; (p. 74-76)
— Review of New Devil, New Parish 1976 selected work poetry ; Absence in Strange Countries 1976 selected work poetry ; Poems from Murrumbeena 1976 selected work poetry -
Growing Old Gracefully : The Generation of '68
1978
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Autumn vol. 37 no. 1 1978; (p. 76-86) The Temperament of Generations : Fifty Years of Writing in Meanjin 1990; (p. 268-278)
— Review of New Devil, New Parish 1976 selected work poetry ; Shakti 1977 selected work poetry ; East : Poems 1970-74 1976 selected work poetry ; Chemical Cart 1977 selected work poetry ; In Casablanca for the Waters 1977 selected work poetry ; Hear Me Eating 1977 selected work poetry ; Cross the Border 1977 selected work poetry ; Tropical Skiing 1976 selected work poetry ; On The Beach 1977 selected work poetry ; Mastication Poems 1977 selected work poetry -
The Sense of an Audience
1977
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , December vol. 37 no. 4 1977; (p. 446-460)
— Review of New Devil, New Parish 1976 selected work poetry ; Water Life 1976 selected work poetry ; Crazy Woman and Other Poems 1976 selected work poetry ; These Ducks and Other Poems 1977 selected work poetry ; Friendly Street Poetry Reader [no.1] 1977 anthology poetry ; Absence in Strange Countries 1976 selected work poetry ; The Green Wheelbarrow 1976 selected work poetry ; Poems from Murrumbeena 1976 selected work poetry -
The Nastiness of Something Out There
1980
single work
review
— Appears in: Makar , June vol. 14 no. 2 1980; (p. 51-53)
— Review of New Devil, New Parish 1976 selected work poetry ; My Mother and the Trees 1977 selected work poetry
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