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  • Author:agent Geoffrey Lehmann http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/lehmann-geoffrey
Issue Details: First known date: 1990... 1990 Children's Games
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Notes

  • Dedication: For Gail

Contents

* Contents derived from the North Ryde, Ryde - Gladesville - Hunters Hill area, Northwest Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson , 1990 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Parenthoodi"I have held what I hoped would become the best minds of a generation", Geoffrey Lehmann , single work poetry satire (p. 1-3)
Senryu for Age 40i"A beer glass in one hand", Geoffrey Lehmann , single work poetry (p. 4-5)
Death of a Seagulli"Pigface were flowering in the sandhills.", Geoffrey Lehmann , single work poetry (p. 6-7)
Children's Gamesi"The screen lights up as he switches it on.", Geoffrey Lehmann , single work poetry (p. 8-14)
With Father Before Christmas : The First Yeari"No bigger than her pencil's point, at night", Geoffrey Lehmann , single work poetry (p. 15-16)
With Father Before Christmas, Geoffrey Lehmann , single work poetry (p. 15-21)
With Father Before Christmas : The Second Yeari"Isabel wakes to greengrocers and white ghosts,", Geoffrey Lehmann , single work poetry (p. 16-17)
With Father Before Christmas : The Third Yeari"The jug wakes with its pounding water.", Geoffrey Lehmann , single work poetry (p. 17-18)
With Father Before Christmas : Waiting for the Weddingi"Anne on Jane's knee thinks about marriage words,", Geoffrey Lehmann , single work poetry (p. 19-20)
With Father Before Christmas : Pingpong at Night on the Terracei"The metal fretwork of a camellia bush", Geoffrey Lehmann , single work poetry (p. 20-21)
Lenin's Questioni""As Lenin said, `What is to be done?' "Your words", Geoffrey Lehmann , single work poetry (p. 22)
Harold's Walki"He turned and waved.", Geoffrey Lehmann , single work poetry (p. 23-25)
The Flight of Childreni"On Friday afternoon and back on Sunday", Geoffrey Lehmann , single work poetry (p. 26)
Child in the Darki"The sunset faded from the windows", Geoffrey Lehmann , single work poetry (p. 27-28)
Sweet Pilgrimi"Grows where the seed falls.", Geoffrey Lehmann , single work poetry (p. 29-30)
Neighboursi"The Roaches and Jameses are neighbours.", Geoffrey Lehmann , single work poetry (p. 31-35)
For Ruthi"For your half-century, birds,", Geoffrey Lehmann , single work poetry (p. 36-37)
Scenes from Clerical Lifei"My favourite road sign -", Geoffrey Lehmann , single work poetry humour (p. 38-40)
Tourists and Visitorsi"Graded like cultured pearls, from small to tiny,", Geoffrey Lehmann , single work poetry (p. 41-43)
Not a Winter's Tale (for Rob Darroch and Sandra Jobson)i"If on a winter's night a tale proposes,", Geoffrey Lehmann , single work poetry (p. 44)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Hard Places Michael Hulse , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: PN Review , [96] March-April vol. 20 no. 4 1994; (p. 68-70)

— Review of Dancing on the Drainboard Lynn R. Hard , 1993 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems Geoff Page , 1991 selected work poetry ; The Home Paddock : Blue Hills 21-35 Laurie Duggan , 1991 selected work poetry ; Children's Games Geoffrey Lehmann , 1990 selected work poetry ; Fire-Stick Farming : Selected Poems 1972-90 Mark O'Connor , 1990 selected work poetry ; Orpheus A. D. Hope , 1991 selected work poetry
Untitled Jeri Kroll , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: OzMuze , June vol. 1 no. 9 1991; (p. 3-4)

— Review of Children's Games Geoffrey Lehmann , 1990 selected work poetry
Topical Poetry with Power Carol Treloar , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser Magazine , 23 February 1991; (p. 12)

— Review of Children's Games Geoffrey Lehmann , 1990 selected work poetry ; This Side of Silence : Poems 1987-1990 Bruce Dawe , 1990 selected work poetry ; No Ticket No Start Geoff Goodfellow , 1990 selected work poetry
Inner and Outer Rooms Martin Duwell , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 5-6 January 1991; (p. rev 5)

— Review of Children's Games Geoffrey Lehmann , 1990 selected work poetry ; Excavation : (Arguments and Monologues) Gig Ryan , 1990 selected work poetry
After Poetry (8) : A Quarterly Account of Recent Poetry Graham Rowlands , 1991 single work criticism
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 122 1991; (p. 55-59)
Poems from the Centre, Poems from the Edge John Foulcher , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 17 November 1990; (p. B8)

— Review of Blocks and Tackles : Articles and Essays 1982 to 1990 Les Murray , 1990 selected work prose review autobiography criticism essay ; Children's Games Geoffrey Lehmann , 1990 selected work poetry ; Dog Fox Field : Poems Les Murray , 1990 selected work poetry
Spotting Gritty and Droll Allusions at 100 Words Thomas Shapcott , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 22 September 1990; (p. 7)

— Review of The House of Vitriol Peter Rose , 1990 selected work poetry ; Blue Notes Laurie Duggan , 1990 selected work poetry ; Excavation : (Arguments and Monologues) Gig Ryan , 1990 selected work poetry ; Children's Games Geoffrey Lehmann , 1990 selected work poetry
Held Captive in the Monumental City Philip Salom , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 126 1990; (p. 15-16)

— Review of The House of Vitriol Peter Rose , 1990 selected work poetry ; Children's Games Geoffrey Lehmann , 1990 selected work poetry
Hard Places Michael Hulse , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: PN Review , [96] March-April vol. 20 no. 4 1994; (p. 68-70)

— Review of Dancing on the Drainboard Lynn R. Hard , 1993 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems Geoff Page , 1991 selected work poetry ; The Home Paddock : Blue Hills 21-35 Laurie Duggan , 1991 selected work poetry ; Children's Games Geoffrey Lehmann , 1990 selected work poetry ; Fire-Stick Farming : Selected Poems 1972-90 Mark O'Connor , 1990 selected work poetry ; Orpheus A. D. Hope , 1991 selected work poetry
Hard Times to Bedtimes Heather Cam , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 22 September 1990; (p. 76)

— Review of Children's Games Geoffrey Lehmann , 1990 selected work poetry ; Excavation : (Arguments and Monologues) Gig Ryan , 1990 selected work poetry
After Poetry (8) : A Quarterly Account of Recent Poetry Graham Rowlands , 1991 single work criticism
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 122 1991; (p. 55-59)
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