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'No Ticket No Start is the tough, no frills result of 'workin' on a buildin' ': it's just that Geoff Goodfellow's work was not so much to lift and carry (though he's done his share of that) as to watch and record. He is a keen and astute watcher and a recorder of uncompromising force.
'This is a book about work and workers - it laments injustices and defeats and celebrates the occasional win, but above all, it 'dips its lid to no man'.' (Publication summary)
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Kent Town,
Norwood, Payneham & St Peters area,
Adelaide - North / North East,
Adelaide,
South Australia,:Wakefield Press
, 1990 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Trying to Forge a Unioni"The New Right now seek", single work poetry (p. 2-3)
- Overtimei"It's a hard earn on the tools", single work poetry (p. 4)
- The Shop Steward Saidi"Do y' run away from a fight", single work poetry (p. 5-6)
- Mark's the Mani"We don't have a TV at home", single work poetry (p. 7-8)
- Changing the Imagei"I would never have considered", single work poetry (p. 9)
- Old Ways / Old Daysi"If you're talking terrazzo", single work poetry (p. 10-11)
- The Gatemani"He wanted to tell me", single work poetry (p. 14)
- A Trick of the Trade (for Peter Godden, a one-time `Golden Trowel')i"I was no bigger than a jockey", single work poetry (p. 15-16)
- Sex Drugs and Politicsi"There's no shortage of sex & drugs", single work poetry (p. 17)
- Always a Tomorrowi"There's a bomb scare", single work poetry (p. 18-19)
- Another Fighti"Bodyhire/hourly payable", single work poetry (p. 20)
- Prostrate on the Bedi"Rose you are my absolute", single work poetry (p. 21-22)
- Poetry in the Workplace (for Lindsay Thompson)i"They had their chance", single work poetry (p. 23-24)
- Write That He Saidi"After a lunchtime reading", single work poetry (p. 25)
- Light on the Hilli"A hammer's become a nailgun", single work poetry (p. 26)
- Swanston Streeti"The dawn patrol", single work poetry (p. 27-28)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Topical Poetry with Power
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser Magazine , 23 February 1991; (p. 12)
— Review of Children's Games 1990 selected work poetry ; This Side of Silence : Poems 1987-1990 1990 selected work poetry ; No Ticket No Start 1990 selected work poetry -
Poetry in the Air
1991
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 26 January 1991; (p. 36) -
Untitled
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: Fremantle Arts Review , November vol. 5 no. 11 1990; (p. 22)
— Review of No Ticket No Start 1990 selected work poetry ; Raft : Poems 1983-1990 1990 selected work poetry ; Mouth to Mouth 1990 selected work poetry -
Sordid Little Tale Masquerading as Meaningful
1990
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Saturday Mercury , 3 November 1990; (p. 21)
-
Untitled
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: Fremantle Arts Review , November vol. 5 no. 11 1990; (p. 22)
— Review of No Ticket No Start 1990 selected work poetry ; Raft : Poems 1983-1990 1990 selected work poetry ; Mouth to Mouth 1990 selected work poetry -
Topical Poetry with Power
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser Magazine , 23 February 1991; (p. 12)
— Review of Children's Games 1990 selected work poetry ; This Side of Silence : Poems 1987-1990 1990 selected work poetry ; No Ticket No Start 1990 selected work poetry -
Poetry in the Air
1991
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 26 January 1991; (p. 36) -
Sordid Little Tale Masquerading as Meaningful
1990
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Saturday Mercury , 3 November 1990; (p. 21)
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