AustLit logo
Issue Details: First known date: 1991... 1991 Mottled Shallows : Selected Verse of John K. Murphy
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Thumb Creek, Macksville area, Nambucca area, Mid North Coast, New South Wales,:Garravembi Press , 1991 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Artisani"Timber has a ring about it.", John K. Murphy , single work poetry (p. 5)
Artisti"On a limb in the island of swamps", John K. Murphy , single work poetry (p. 6)
Magdaleni"High riding in your life the wizard's thrust,", John K. Murphy , single work poetry (p. 7)
Farmeri"It's not the acres of toil that churn the blood", John K. Murphy , single work poetry (p. 8)
Aboriginei"You wail like reedy Eden in the wind;", John K. Murphy , single work poetry (p. 9)
Olive Treei"Like Newton dropping a wonder from a height", John K. Murphy , single work poetry (p. 10)
Facing the Starsi"North of Wentworth, where sheep are saltbush-crunchers", John K. Murphy , single work poetry (p. 11)
Aucklandi"They march, hoisting their flags like countries' sails,", John K. Murphy , single work poetry (p. 12-13)
Axeman's Wifei"Wally, you split tough mountain ash", John K. Murphy , single work poetry (p. 14)
Shrinei"The heritage of flowers dims to dust", John K. Murphy , single work poetry (p. 15)
Anzaci"In sheets of cold the fallen lie,", John K. Murphy , single work poetry (p. 16)
Hospitali"Comfort me in this hushed room", John K. Murphy , single work poetry (p. 17)
Samaritani"She's up at half past four, checking the pulse", John K. Murphy , single work poetry (p. 18)
Salvation Armyi"Winds blast the night with pace", John K. Murphy , single work poetry (p. 19)
Mountaineeri"In foothills of the top mountain", John K. Murphy , single work poetry (p. 20-21)
The Candidatei"Votes are loose out there, unspooled; he tightens up,", John K. Murphy , single work poetry (p. 22)
The Gifti"Grown old, I stoop in a stubbled paddock,", John K. Murphy , single work poetry (p. 23)
The Shearingi"The shearers' ute clicks towards Tooborac.", John K. Murphy , single work poetry (p. 24)
T Bi"We took our ritual rests, hot food", John K. Murphy , single work poetry (p. 25)
The Vinei"Kneeling, tending her patch of Lebanon", John K. Murphy , single work poetry (p. 26)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Some New Poetry of 1991 S. K. Kelen , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , March vol. 52 no. 1 1992; (p. 173-177)

— Review of Mottled Shallows : Selected Verse of John K. Murphy John K. Murphy , 1991 selected work poetry
Poetry: a National Pastime that is Taken for Granted S. K. Kelen , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 8 February 1992; (p. C4)

— Review of Folds in the Map Andrew Taylor , 1991 selected work poetry ; Holding the Golden Apple : Love Poems Margaret Diesendorf , 1985 selected work poetry ; Surviving the Shadow Terry Gillmore , 1990 selected work poetry ; A Madder Dance Sarah Day , 1991 selected work poetry ; Mottled Shallows : Selected Verse of John K. Murphy John K. Murphy , 1991 selected work poetry ; Plain Dreaming : New and Selected Poems Joyce Lee , 1991 selected work poetry ; Bald Hill with Gliders : Poems Ron Pretty , 1991 selected work poetry ; Red Dirt Tim Thorne , 1991 selected work poetry
Untitled Paul Grover , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Studio : A Journal of Christians Writing , Summer (1991-1992) no. 45 1991; (p. 36)

— Review of Songs of the Gold Fields S. Le Maitre , 1866 selected work poetry ; Mottled Shallows : Selected Verse of John K. Murphy John K. Murphy , 1991 selected work poetry
Untitled Paul Grover , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Studio : A Journal of Christians Writing , Summer (1991-1992) no. 45 1991; (p. 36)

— Review of Songs of the Gold Fields S. Le Maitre , 1866 selected work poetry ; Mottled Shallows : Selected Verse of John K. Murphy John K. Murphy , 1991 selected work poetry
Poetry: a National Pastime that is Taken for Granted S. K. Kelen , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 8 February 1992; (p. C4)

— Review of Folds in the Map Andrew Taylor , 1991 selected work poetry ; Holding the Golden Apple : Love Poems Margaret Diesendorf , 1985 selected work poetry ; Surviving the Shadow Terry Gillmore , 1990 selected work poetry ; A Madder Dance Sarah Day , 1991 selected work poetry ; Mottled Shallows : Selected Verse of John K. Murphy John K. Murphy , 1991 selected work poetry ; Plain Dreaming : New and Selected Poems Joyce Lee , 1991 selected work poetry ; Bald Hill with Gliders : Poems Ron Pretty , 1991 selected work poetry ; Red Dirt Tim Thorne , 1991 selected work poetry
Some New Poetry of 1991 S. K. Kelen , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , March vol. 52 no. 1 1992; (p. 173-177)

— Review of Mottled Shallows : Selected Verse of John K. Murphy John K. Murphy , 1991 selected work poetry
Last amended 12 Dec 2013 14:32:07
X