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  • Author:agent Robert Adamson http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/adamson-robert
Issue Details: First known date: 1977... 1977 Cross the Border
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Notes

  • Dedication: For my friend Cheryl

Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Prism , 1977 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Act of Dedication : Lovesong from Across the Borderi"I drive, so all I have taken in", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 13)
The Act of Dedication : Fallen Among Enemies (for Bruce Beaver)i"I sense an invisible vanguard working here on the border,", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 14-15)
The Act of Dedication : Just Imagine the Hours We Spend Just Imagine the Hours We Spend (for Michael Palmer)i"These 'things' keep happening", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 16-17)
The Act of Dedication : Some Phrases, A Love Story for Tranter Some Phrases 'A Love Story for Tranter'i"'I am so pleased with you, she said,", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 18-20)
The Act of Dedication : Come Through the Glass Sally (for Dorothy Hewett)i"I've been away looking for you Sally,", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 21-23)
The Act of Dedication : The Stranger's Song The Stranger's Songi"Outward, through the whisky and the Marlboros", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 24-25)
The Act of Dedication : Lovesong to Robert Creeleyi"I've heard there's too many voices on the line.", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 26-27)
Cross the Borderi"Coming out of the blue, coming into being", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 30-35)
Charms and Fairy Tales : Going Through With Iti"Sure I'm always", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 42-52)
Charms and Fairy Tales : The Literary Lifei"The dialect", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 53)
Charms and Fairy Tales : The Artemis Lettersi"I suppose", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 54-60)
The Glorious Lie : The Angeli"The memory of one particular hour rises against me.", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 65-70)
The Glorious Lie : Some Notes About The Angeli"The transforming nouns", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 72)
The Glorious Lie : The Heaven, the Oceansi"The dice cast shall never, even through eternity,", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 73-74)
The Glorious Lie : The Ribbon-Fishi"They are the flesh we feed upon come from the depths", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 75-76)
She Moves the Sea The River The Glorious Lie : The Riveri"A step taken, and all the world's before me.", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 77-79)
Sunlight, Moonlighti"Out of a dying out of a death a new life shoots", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 80-81)
The Glorious Lie : Some Notes About the Riveri"Again no trace of the old frontier or of its climate", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 82-83)
The Glorious Lie : The Nankeen Kestrelsi"A pair of Nankeen Kestrels up over in-coming tide", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 84-85)
The Glorious Lie : The Mullet Run The Mullet Run 2i"All night rain and the wind strong,", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 86)
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Prism , 1977 .
      Extent: 142p.
      Description: illus.
      Note/s:
      • Illustrated by Garry Shead; Brett Whiteley painting on cover
      ISBN: 0858690195, Limited ed. of 1000 copies
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Works about this Work

Making of the Poet : Shadows and Shades in the Poetry of Robert Adamson Shikha Jhanwar , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Prosopisia , vol. 2 no. 2 2010; (p. 46-58)
Robert Adamson's Reckoning Robert Harris , 1990 single work criticism
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 121 1990; (p. 57-62)
My Name is Rickeybockey : The Poetry of Robert Adamson and the Spirit of Henry Kendall Michael Wilding , 1986 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , March vol. 46 no. 1 1986; (p. 25-43) Australian Literature Today 1993; (p. 179-191)
The Truth I Know : An Interview with Robert Adamson by John Tranter John Tranter (interviewer), 1980 single work interview
— Appears in: Makar , January vol. 14 no. 1 1980; (p. 3-13) A Possible Contemporary Poetry : Interviews with Thirteen Poets from the New Australian Poetry 1982; (p. 132-153)
[Review] Selected Poems [et al] Dorothy Hewett , 1979 single work review
— Appears in: New Poetry , vol. 27 no. 1 1979;
— Review of Selected Poems Robert Adamson , 1977 selected work poetry ; Streets of the Long Voyage Michael Dransfield , 1970 selected work poetry ; The Inspector of Tides Michael Dransfield , 1972 selected work poetry ; Cross the Border Robert Adamson , 1977 selected work poetry ; Where I Come From Robert Adamson , 1979 selected work poetry
Growing Old Gracefully : The Generation of '68 John Tranter , 1978 single work review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Autumn vol. 37 no. 1 1978; (p. 76-86) The Temperament of Generations : Fifty Years of Writing in Meanjin 1990; (p. 268-278)
— Review of New Devil, New Parish Alan Wearne , 1976 selected work poetry ; Shakti Rae Desmond Jones , 1977 selected work poetry ; East : Poems 1970-74 Laurie Duggan , 1976 selected work poetry ; Chemical Cart Philip Hammial , 1977 selected work poetry ; In Casablanca for the Waters Nigel Roberts , 1977 selected work poetry ; Hear Me Eating Philip Hammial , 1977 selected work poetry ; Cross the Border Robert Adamson , 1977 selected work poetry ; Tropical Skiing John Forbes , 1976 selected work poetry ; On The Beach John Forbes , 1977 selected work poetry ; Mastication Poems Philip Hammial , 1977 selected work poetry
[Review] Selected Poems [et al] Dorothy Hewett , 1979 single work review
— Appears in: New Poetry , vol. 27 no. 1 1979;
— Review of Selected Poems Robert Adamson , 1977 selected work poetry ; Streets of the Long Voyage Michael Dransfield , 1970 selected work poetry ; The Inspector of Tides Michael Dransfield , 1972 selected work poetry ; Cross the Border Robert Adamson , 1977 selected work poetry ; Where I Come From Robert Adamson , 1979 selected work poetry
Untitled Michael Dugan , 1977 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 14 December 1977; (p. 18)
— Review of Cross the Border Robert Adamson , 1977 selected work poetry
Untitled Thomas Shapcott , 1977 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian Magazine , 10-11 September 1977; (p. 12)
— Review of Cross the Border Robert Adamson , 1977 selected work poetry
Untitled Rae Desmond Jones , 1978 single work review
— Appears in: National Times , 14 October 1978; (p. 40)
— Review of Cross the Border Robert Adamson , 1977 selected work poetry
Making of the Poet : Shadows and Shades in the Poetry of Robert Adamson Shikha Jhanwar , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Prosopisia , vol. 2 no. 2 2010; (p. 46-58)
Robert Adamson's Reckoning Robert Harris , 1990 single work criticism
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 121 1990; (p. 57-62)
My Name is Rickeybockey : The Poetry of Robert Adamson and the Spirit of Henry Kendall Michael Wilding , 1986 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , March vol. 46 no. 1 1986; (p. 25-43) Australian Literature Today 1993; (p. 179-191)
Dorothy Hewett Michael Denholm (interviewer), 1978 single work interview
— Appears in: The Tasmanian Review , June no. 1 1979; (p. 6-8)
The Truth I Know : An Interview with Robert Adamson by John Tranter John Tranter (interviewer), 1980 single work interview
— Appears in: Makar , January vol. 14 no. 1 1980; (p. 3-13) A Possible Contemporary Poetry : Interviews with Thirteen Poets from the New Australian Poetry 1982; (p. 132-153)
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