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Issue Details: First known date: 1986... 1986 A Marking of Fire : Poems
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Fremantle, Fremantle area, South West Perth, Perth, Western Australia,:Fremantle Press , 1986 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Mind of the Landi"The land's flesh and bone are the time-rusted hills,", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 11)
Wittecarra Creeki"But for the milk and blood", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 12-13)
Land in Floweri"Flowers foamed by a light wind, a restless tide of flowers,", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 14)
Trespassi"The bees have swarmed past many gardens,", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 15)
Nuytsia Floribundai"This tree could only find root", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 16-17)
Geikie Gorgei"We halt our boat and linger, for now", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 18-21)
Jarrah Diebacki"Some saplings make for life's turnover,", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 22-23)
Floodi"Today the last dying eyes", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 24)
Wedgetail Eaglei"His feathers are brown, but there is a darkness", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 25)
Jacarandai"One can only imagine", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 26-27)
Madora Bay Morningi"They come from their hardly awakened suburb", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 28-29)
Trees that Change Your Shapei"They are trees that change your shape,", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 30-31)
Odalisque with Red Trousersi"Poetry, an inflammable word", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 32-33)
Nude Descending a Staircasei"Stepping delicately down and down", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 34-35)
With a Fortune Telleri"Her room is small, the window curtains are drawn.", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 36-37)
A Writer's Wifei"it is any morning,", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 38-39)
An Artist's Wifei"Her home is by the sea that seems from where", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 40-41)
Portrait in Oilsi"My daughter lowers her brush", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 42-43)
Trampolinei"On her trampoline", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 44-45)
Words for a Granddaughteri"We have listened,", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 46)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

‘The Name Blossomed’: Landscapes, Habitats and the Botanical Poetry of South-West Australia John Charles Ryan , 2013 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Journal of Ecocriticism and Cultural Ecology , vol. 2 no. 2013; (p. 26-42)
'Habitat poetry represents the lives of plants, animals and the features of the natural world within their ecological networks. Commonly detailing physical contact with nature, habitat poetry narrates moments in which the senses engage with ecological processes. Additionally, habitat awareness in poetry tends to convey a sense of grappling with scientific discourses. These characterisations of habitat poetry will be articulated in the context of the biodiverse South-West of Western Australia. The works of South-West poets Alec Choate (1915-2010) (Gifts; A Marking; Mind); Andrew Lansdown (1954-); and John Kinsella (1963) (Poems; The New Arcadia) use sensory language to express something about nature and convey the dynamics between science and poetry. The concept of habitat provides an interpretative framework for reading Choate, Lansdown and Kinsella. The three could be described not only as landscape poets but more precisely as habitat poets, a distinction pursued in this discussion.' (Author's abstract)
The Light Touch : Recent Australian Poetry Keith Russell , 1987 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , January-February vol. 31 no. 1-2 1987; (p. 109-115)

— Review of An Inflection of Silence and Other Poems 1986 anthology poetry ; The Penguin Book of Australian Satirical Verse 1986 anthology poetry extract ; Words for a Journey : Poems 1970-1985 R. A. Simpson , 1986 selected work poetry ; The Amorous Cannibal Chris Wallace-Crabbe , 1985 selected work poetry ; A Dandelion for Van Gogh J. S. Harry , 1985 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems Mark O'Connor , 1986 selected work poetry ; The Auschwitz Poems Lily Brett , 1986 selected work poetry ; Letter to Marco Polo Adam Aitken , 1985 selected work poetry ; A Marking of Fire : Poems Alec Choate , 1986 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems 1963-1983 Robert Gray , 1985 selected work poetry ; The Young Hunter : Poetry of Young Writers from the Hunter and Manning Valleys 1985 anthology poetry ; Squeeze Philip Hammial , 1985 selected work poetry
A Difference of Poets : And a New Voice Out of Nowhere Barbara Giles , 1987 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 90 1987; (p. 30-32)

— Review of The Way Out at Last and Other Poems Richard Allan , 1986 selected work poetry ; The Bitumen Rhino Neil Paech , 1986 selected work poetry ; A Marking of Fire : Poems Alec Choate , 1986 selected work poetry ; On the Beautiful Trail : poems Bridget Porter Oldale , 1983 selected work poetry
Award Winning Writers Mary Wright , 1986 single work column
— Appears in: Fremantle Arts Review , July vol. 1 no. 7 1986; (p. 3)
Childhood Memories Relieve a Dialogue with Death David Brooks , 1986 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian Magazine , 29-30 November 1986; (p. 15)

— Review of A Marking of Fire : Poems Alec Choate , 1986 selected work poetry ; Blood and Bone Philip Hodgins , 1986 selected work poetry
A Difference of Poets : And a New Voice Out of Nowhere Barbara Giles , 1987 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 90 1987; (p. 30-32)

— Review of The Way Out at Last and Other Poems Richard Allan , 1986 selected work poetry ; The Bitumen Rhino Neil Paech , 1986 selected work poetry ; A Marking of Fire : Poems Alec Choate , 1986 selected work poetry ; On the Beautiful Trail : poems Bridget Porter Oldale , 1983 selected work poetry
The Light Touch : Recent Australian Poetry Keith Russell , 1987 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , January-February vol. 31 no. 1-2 1987; (p. 109-115)

— Review of An Inflection of Silence and Other Poems 1986 anthology poetry ; The Penguin Book of Australian Satirical Verse 1986 anthology poetry extract ; Words for a Journey : Poems 1970-1985 R. A. Simpson , 1986 selected work poetry ; The Amorous Cannibal Chris Wallace-Crabbe , 1985 selected work poetry ; A Dandelion for Van Gogh J. S. Harry , 1985 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems Mark O'Connor , 1986 selected work poetry ; The Auschwitz Poems Lily Brett , 1986 selected work poetry ; Letter to Marco Polo Adam Aitken , 1985 selected work poetry ; A Marking of Fire : Poems Alec Choate , 1986 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems 1963-1983 Robert Gray , 1985 selected work poetry ; The Young Hunter : Poetry of Young Writers from the Hunter and Manning Valleys 1985 anthology poetry ; Squeeze Philip Hammial , 1985 selected work poetry
Poetry Collections an Uneven Bunch Rosemary O'Grady , 1986 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , September 1986; (p. 20)

— Review of A Marking of Fire : Poems Alec Choate , 1986 selected work poetry ; Words for a Journey : Poems 1970-1985 R. A. Simpson , 1986 selected work poetry ; The Kelly Haiku and Other Widdershin Tracks Norman Talbot , 1985 selected work poetry ; Poetry in Pictures : The Great Barrier Reef Mark O'Connor , 1985 selected work poetry ; Masques Robin Gurr , 1986 selected work poetry ; The Auschwitz Poems Lily Brett , 1986 selected work poetry
Untitled Shane McCauley , 1986 single work review
— Appears in: Westerly , September vol. 31 no. 3 1986; (p. 89-91)

— Review of A Marking of Fire : Poems Alec Choate , 1986 selected work poetry
Childhood Memories Relieve a Dialogue with Death David Brooks , 1986 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian Magazine , 29-30 November 1986; (p. 15)

— Review of A Marking of Fire : Poems Alec Choate , 1986 selected work poetry ; Blood and Bone Philip Hodgins , 1986 selected work poetry
Award Winning Writers Mary Wright , 1986 single work column
— Appears in: Fremantle Arts Review , July vol. 1 no. 7 1986; (p. 3)
‘The Name Blossomed’: Landscapes, Habitats and the Botanical Poetry of South-West Australia John Charles Ryan , 2013 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Journal of Ecocriticism and Cultural Ecology , vol. 2 no. 2013; (p. 26-42)
'Habitat poetry represents the lives of plants, animals and the features of the natural world within their ecological networks. Commonly detailing physical contact with nature, habitat poetry narrates moments in which the senses engage with ecological processes. Additionally, habitat awareness in poetry tends to convey a sense of grappling with scientific discourses. These characterisations of habitat poetry will be articulated in the context of the biodiverse South-West of Western Australia. The works of South-West poets Alec Choate (1915-2010) (Gifts; A Marking; Mind); Andrew Lansdown (1954-); and John Kinsella (1963) (Poems; The New Arcadia) use sensory language to express something about nature and convey the dynamics between science and poetry. The concept of habitat provides an interpretative framework for reading Choate, Lansdown and Kinsella. The three could be described not only as landscape poets but more precisely as habitat poets, a distinction pursued in this discussion.' (Author's abstract)
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