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  • Author:agent Gary Catalano http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/catalano-gary
Issue Details: First known date: 1991... 1991 The Empire of Grass : Twenty-Eight Poems: 1983-1989
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Contents

* Contents derived from the St Lucia, Indooroopilly - St Lucia area, Brisbane - North West, Brisbane, Queensland,:University of Queensland Press , 1991 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Europei"Just as stone will not outlast", Gary Catalano , single work poetry (p. 3)
The Empire of Grassi"There are times when I dream of an empire of grass", Gary Catalano , single work poetry (p. 4-5)
The Great Museumi"There are museums and museums. The largest one I know commands", Gary Catalano , single work poetry (p. 6)
Boys on a Bridgei"Two boys are standing on a small wooden bridge. As they look", Gary Catalano , single work poetry (p. 7)
Australiai"I breathe the air of another country", Gary Catalano , single work poetry (p. 8-9)
Australian Poetryi"The lines I've come to prefer", Gary Catalano , single work poetry (p. 10)
The Casuali"Imagine a bearded man", Gary Catalano , single work poetry (p. 11-12)
The Painteri"We see him first as a young boy", Gary Catalano , single work poetry (p. 13-14)
Girl With a Bucketi"The picture is almost too simple:", Gary Catalano , single work poetry (p. 15-16)
Figure at Windowi"On a cool autumn morning", Gary Catalano , single work poetry (p. 17-18)
Untitledi"Although my even breath", Gary Catalano , single work poetry (p. 21)
Untitledi"When I heard that sound", Gary Catalano , single work poetry (p. 21)
Untitledi"There are transparent fish", Gary Catalano , single work poetry (p. 21)
Untitledi"When the new moon shed", Gary Catalano , single work poetry (p. 21)
Untitledi"If the moon's a hole", Gary Catalano , single work poetry (p. 22)
Untitledi"In the great silence", Gary Catalano , single work poetry (p. 22)
Untitledi"Tide, and moon", Gary Catalano , single work poetry (p. 22)
Untitledi"At each appearance", Gary Catalano , single work poetry (p. 22)
Untitledi"The night spread out its wings.", Gary Catalano , single work poetry (p. 23)
Untitledi"Though it rises above", Gary Catalano , single work poetry (p. 23)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Loving Things More, or Loving Only Things Penelope Nelson , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , January-February vol. 36 no. 1-2 1992; (p. 111-112)

— Review of Peniel Kevin Hart , 1991 selected work poetry ; Persona Poems Dennis Davison , 1990 selected work poetry ; The Empire of Grass : Twenty-Eight Poems: 1983-1989 Gary Catalano , 1991 selected work poetry
Poetry Comes in Many Shapes... Robert Darling , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 6 no. 2 1992; (p. 154-156)

— Review of God in the Afternoon : Selected Poetry and Fiction of Griffith Watkins Griffith Wynne Watkins , 1990 selected work poetry short story ; Twenty-Five Poems Michael Dugan , 1991 selected work poetry ; Sleep Tight Baby Karl Karlsen , 1991 selected work poetry ; Collected Poems Jennifer Rankin , 1990 selected work poetry ; Holocaust Island Graeme Dixon , 1990 selected work poetry ; The Empire of Grass : Twenty-Eight Poems: 1983-1989 Gary Catalano , 1991 selected work poetry ; Principia Gondwana Alan Alexander , 1992 selected work poetry ; Eschatologies John Kinsella , 1991 selected work poetry
Anger, Wit an Intriguing Mix from Thorne Giles Hugo , 1991 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Saturday Mercury , 13 April 1991; (p. 20)
Fullness and Frugality Barbara Giles , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Spring no. 124 1991; (p. 83-85)

— Review of The Empire of Grass : Twenty-Eight Poems: 1983-1989 Gary Catalano , 1991 selected work poetry ; Beauty Is the Straw : Poems Amy Witting , 1991 selected work poetry
Deft and Playful or Bullying David Gilbey , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 130 1991; (p. 31-32)

— Review of Being Determined 'Selwyn Pritchard' , 1990 selected work poetry ; Fine Line no. 8 December 1990 periodical issue ; The Empire of Grass : Twenty-Eight Poems: 1983-1989 Gary Catalano , 1991 selected work poetry
Poetry Comes in Many Shapes... Robert Darling , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 6 no. 2 1992; (p. 154-156)

— Review of God in the Afternoon : Selected Poetry and Fiction of Griffith Watkins Griffith Wynne Watkins , 1990 selected work poetry short story ; Twenty-Five Poems Michael Dugan , 1991 selected work poetry ; Sleep Tight Baby Karl Karlsen , 1991 selected work poetry ; Collected Poems Jennifer Rankin , 1990 selected work poetry ; Holocaust Island Graeme Dixon , 1990 selected work poetry ; The Empire of Grass : Twenty-Eight Poems: 1983-1989 Gary Catalano , 1991 selected work poetry ; Principia Gondwana Alan Alexander , 1992 selected work poetry ; Eschatologies John Kinsella , 1991 selected work poetry
Small Packages Yield an Unexpected Wealth Martin Duwell , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 20-21 April 1991; (p. rev 4)

— Review of This Goes With That : Selected Poems 1970-1990 Peter Goldsworthy , 1991 selected work poetry ; Paper Weight John Foulcher , 1991 selected work poetry ; The Empire of Grass : Twenty-Eight Poems: 1983-1989 Gary Catalano , 1991 selected work poetry
High Shelf of the Intellect Martin Flanagan , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 24 August 1991; (p. 6)

— Review of Orpheus A. D. Hope , 1991 selected work poetry ; The Empire of Grass : Twenty-Eight Poems: 1983-1989 Gary Catalano , 1991 selected work poetry ; Anthology of Australian Religious Poetry 1986 anthology poetry
Sharp, Vivid Poems Explore Ideas with Almost Visual Clarity John Foulcher , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 24 August 1991; (p. C8)

— Review of Confessions of a Corinthian : Poems Julian Croft , 1991 selected work poetry ; The Empire of Grass : Twenty-Eight Poems: 1983-1989 Gary Catalano , 1991 selected work poetry ; The History of Colour : Poems K. F. Pearson , 1991 selected work poetry
An Island in the Sky - Poems of the Artist as Observer Heather Cam , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 22 June 1991; (p. 4)

— Review of Red Dirt Tim Thorne , 1991 selected work poetry ; Paper Weight John Foulcher , 1991 selected work poetry ; The Empire of Grass : Twenty-Eight Poems: 1983-1989 Gary Catalano , 1991 selected work poetry ; The History of Colour : Poems K. F. Pearson , 1991 selected work poetry
Anger, Wit an Intriguing Mix from Thorne Giles Hugo , 1991 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Saturday Mercury , 13 April 1991; (p. 20)
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