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y separately published work icon The People's Otherworld : Poems selected work   poetry  
  • Author:agent Les Murray http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/murray-les
Issue Details: First known date: 1983... 1983 The People's Otherworld : Poems
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Contents

* Contents derived from the North Ryde, Ryde - Gladesville - Hunters Hill area, Northwest Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson , 1983 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Quality of Sprawli"Sprawl is the quality", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 28-29)
Weightsi"Not owning a cart, my father", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 30)
Three Poems in Memory of My Mother, Miriam Murray nee Arnall (Born 13.5.1915, Died 19.4.1951), Les Murray , sequence poetry (p. 30-36)
Midsummer Icei"Remember how I used", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 31)
The Steeli"I am older than my mother.", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 32-36)
Machine Portraits with Pendant Spacemani"The bulldozer stands short as a boot on its heel-high ripple soles;", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 37-40)
The International Poetry Festivals Thingi"Those conventions of the trade", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 41-42)
Little Boy Impelling a Scooteri"Little boy on a wet pavement", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 43)
Self-Portrait from a Photographi"If this picture has survived", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 44-45)
The Hypogeumi"Below the moveable gardens of this shopping centre", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 46)
An Immortali"Beckoner of hotheads, brag-tester, lord of the demi-suicides,", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 47)
Second Essay on Interest: The Emui"Weathered blond as a grass tree, a huge Beatles haircut", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 48-49)
A Retrospect of Humidityi"All the air conditioners now slacken", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 50)
Flowering Eucalypt in Autumni"That slim creek out of the sky", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 51)
The Chimes of Niegeschahi"The timeless state of Niegeschah", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 52-53)
The Smell of Coal Smokei"John Brown, glowing far and down,", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 54)
The Mouthless Image of God in the Hunter-Colo Mountainsi"Starting a dog, in the past-midnight suburbs, for a laugh,", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 55-56)
Time Traveli"To revisit the spitfire world", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 57)
Exile Prolonged by Real Reasonsi"I have no right to what I need", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 58-59)
Three Interiorsi"The mansard roof of the Barrier Industrial Council's", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 60-61)
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