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Issue Details: First known date: 1972... 1972 Four Heads and How to Do Them
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The Classical Head i "Nature in her wisdom has formed the human head", John Forbes , 1972 single work poetry
— Appears in: New Poetry , vol. 20 no. 5-6 1972; (p. 3) Applestealers : Is a Collection of the New Poetry in Australia, Including Notes, Statements, Histories on La Mama 1974; (p. 164) Tropical Skiing 1976; (p. 81-82) The New Australian Poetry 1979; (p. 262-263) The Collins Book of Australian Poetry 1981; (p. 387-388) The Younger Australian Poets 1983; (p. 178)
The Conceptual Head i "The breeze moves", John Forbes , 1972 single work poetry
— Appears in: New Poetry , vol. 20 no. 5-6 1972; (p. 3) Applestealers : Is a Collection of the New Poetry in Australia, Including Notes, Statements, Histories on La Mama 1974; (p. 167-168) Tropical Skiing 1976; (p. 85-87) The New Australian Poetry 1979; (p. 264-266) The Collins Book of Australian Poetry 1981; (p. 389-390) The Younger Australian Poets 1983; (p. 180-181)
The Symbolist Head i "No longer begins with even a mention of anatomy,", John Forbes , 1972 single work poetry
— Appears in: New Poetry , vol. 20 no. 5-6 1972; (p. 3) Applestealers : Is a Collection of the New Poetry in Australia, Including Notes, Statements, Histories on La Mama 1974; (p. 166) Tropical Skiing 1976; (p. 84-85) The New Australian Poetry 1979; (p. 264) The Collins Book of Australian Poetry 1981; (p. 388-389) The Younger Australian Poets 1983; (p. 179-180)
The Romantic Head i "The Romantic head begins with the hands cupped", John Forbes , 1972 single work poetry
— Appears in: New Poetry , vol. 20 no. 5-6 1972; (p. 3) Applestealers : Is a Collection of the New Poetry in Australia, Including Notes, Statements, Histories on La Mama 1974; (p. 165) Tropical Skiing 1976; (p. 82-84) The New Australian Poetry 1979; (p. 263-264) The Collins Book of Australian Poetry 1981; (p. 388) The Younger Australian Poets 1983; (p. 178-179)

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    y separately published work icon New Poetry vol. 20 no. 5-6 1972 Z616634 1972 periodical issue 1972 pg. 3
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    y separately published work icon Tropical Skiing John Forbes , London Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1976 Z221111 1976 selected work poetry London Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1976 pg. 81-87
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    y separately published work icon The New Australian Poetry John Tranter (editor), St Lucia : Makar Press , 1979 Z143928 1979 anthology poetry biography St Lucia : Makar Press , 1979 pg. 262-266
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    y separately published work icon The Collins Book of Australian Poetry Rodney Hall , Sydney : Collins , 1981 Z542215 1981 anthology poetry Sydney : Collins , 1981 pg. 387-390
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    y separately published work icon The Younger Australian Poets Geoffrey Lehmann (editor), Robert Gray (editor), Sydney : Hale and Iremonger , 1983 Z52999 1983 anthology poetry Sydney : Hale and Iremonger , 1983 pg. 178-181
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    y separately published work icon The Penguin Book of Modern Australian Poetry John Tranter (editor), Philip Mead (editor), Ringwood : Penguin , 1991 Z151302 1991 anthology poetry Ringwood : Penguin , 1991 pg. 395-398
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    y separately published work icon New and Selected Poems John Forbes , Pymble : Angus and Robertson , 1992 Z561968 1992 selected work poetry Pymble : Angus and Robertson , 1992 pg. 8-12
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    y separately published work icon Collected Poems : 1970-1998 John Forbes , Rose Bay : Brandl and Schlesinger , 2001 Z899702 2001 collected work poetry (taught in 1 units) Rose Bay : Brandl and Schlesinger , 2001 pg. 45-49
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    y separately published work icon The Puncher & Wattmann Anthology of Australian Poetry John Leonard (editor), Glebe : Puncher and Wattmann , 2009 Z1674214 2009 anthology poetry (taught in 16 units) Glebe : Puncher and Wattmann , 2009 pg. 78-81
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    y separately published work icon Australian Poetry Since 1788 Geoffrey Lehmann (editor), Robert Gray (editor), Sydney : University of New South Wales Press , 2011 Z1803846 2011 anthology poetry (taught in 1 units) 'A good poem is one that the world can’t forget or is delighted to rediscover. This landmark anthology of Australian poetry, edited by two of Australia’s foremost poets, Geoffrey Lehmann and Robert Gray, contains such poems. It is the first of its kind for Australia and promises to become a classic. Included here are Australia’s major poets, and lesser-known but equally affecting ones, and all manifestations of Australian poetry since 1788, from concrete poems to prose poems, from the cerebral to the naïve, from the humorous to the confessional, and from formal to free verse. Translations of some striking Aboriginal song poems are one of the high points. Containing over 1000 poems from 170 Australian poets, as well as short critical biographies, this careful reevaluation of Australian poetry makes this a superb book that can be read and enjoyed over a lifetime.' (From the publisher's website.) Sydney : University of New South Wales Press , 2011 pg. 884-887
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Works about this Work

Seeking the Missing Person, or Reading the Poetry of John Forbes Alan Urquhart , 1997 single work criticism
— Appears in: Westerly , Spring vol. 42 no. 3 1997; (p. 9-25)
Finding the Proper Noun: The Poetry of John Forbes Gary Catalano , 1993 single work criticism
— Appears in: Otis Rush , February no. 8 1993; (p. 103-117)
Finding the Proper Noun: The Poetry of John Forbes Gary Catalano , 1993 single work criticism
— Appears in: Otis Rush , February no. 8 1993; (p. 103-117)
Seeking the Missing Person, or Reading the Poetry of John Forbes Alan Urquhart , 1997 single work criticism
— Appears in: Westerly , Spring vol. 42 no. 3 1997; (p. 9-25)
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