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Action Would Kill It / A Gamble single work poetry "When I couldn't he always discussed things."

Author:agent Robert Adamson http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/adamson-robert

Issue Details: First known date: 1971... 1971 Action Would Kill It / A Gamble

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Dedication: for Keith Hull, 1966

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y The Rumour Robert Adamson , Sydney : New Poetry for the Poetry Society of Australia , 1971 Z339223 1971 selected work poetry Sydney : New Poetry for the Poetry Society of Australia , 1971
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1971
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pg. 10
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y Zimmer's Essay Robert Adamson , Bruce Hanford , Sydney : Wild and Woolley , 1974 Z339026 1974 selected work novel poetry Sydney : Wild and Woolley , 1974
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1974
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pg. 119
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y Australians Aware : Poems and Paintings of Today Australians Aware: Poems and Paintings Rodney Hall (editor), Sydney : Ure Smith , 1975 Z547134 1975 anthology poetry Sydney : Ure Smith , 1975
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1975
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pg. 22
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y Selected Poems Robert Adamson , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1977 Z337011 1977 selected work poetry Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1977
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1977
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pg. 14-15
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y The New Australian Poetry John Tranter (editor), St Lucia : Makar Press , 1979 Z143928 1979 anthology poetry biography St Lucia : Makar Press , 1979
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1979
)
pg. 83-84
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y The Collins Book of Australian Poetry Rodney Hall , Sydney : Collins , 1981 Z542215 1981 anthology poetry Sydney : Collins , 1981
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1981
)
pg. 355-356
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y Selected Poems 1970-1989 Robert Adamson , St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1990 Z223512 1990 selected work poetry (taught in 1 units) St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1990
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1990
)
pg. 33
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y The Penguin Book of Modern Australian Poetry John Tranter (editor), Philip Mead (editor), Ringwood : Penguin , 1991 Z151302 1991 anthology poetry Ringwood : Penguin , 1991
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1991
)
pg. 290
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y The Faber Book of Modern Australian Verse Vincent Buckley (editor), London : Faber , 1991 Z563845 1991 anthology poetry war literature satire humour London : Faber , 1991
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1991
)
pg. 223
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y The Oxford Book of Australian Love Poems Jennifer Strauss (editor), Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1993 Z203381 1993 anthology poetry war literature satire humour romance Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1993
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1993
)
pg. 198
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y Mulberry Leaves : New and Selected Poems 1970-2001 Robert Adamson , Chris Edwards (editor), St Leonards : Paper Bark Press , 2001 Z874442 2001 selected work poetry St Leonards : Paper Bark Press , 2001
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2001
)
pg. 69
Note: No dedication.
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y The Golden Bird : New and Selected Poems Robert Adamson , Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2008 Z1535162 2008 selected work poetry Abstract 'The Golden Bird brings together the best of Robert Adamson's work from the last four decades, as well as many superb new poems. Selected and arranged by the author, it provides an accessible introduction to Australia's foremost lyric poet and an insight into the recurring themes that have shaped his remarkable body of work.' (Publisher's blurb) Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2008
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2008
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pg. 36-37

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Homages and Invocations : The Early Poetry of Robert Adamson Martin Duwell , 1989 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October vol. 14 no. 2 1989; (p. 229-238)

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