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'A Formula for Glass is framed by two journeys. It opens with a return, both physical and metaphorical, to the poet's birthplace, Berlin, where he confronts early childhood memories of the city and his father. It concludes with a journey through grief in the loss of his wife at the age of thirty-eight. Intervening segments focus on a variety of emotional relationships as well as political themes, exploring the worlsd of dreams and self identity. '(Source: cover)
Notes
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Dedication: For Joan, again.
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Epigraph:
Then you will not talk so easily
about our freedom and our love.
- Leonard Cohen, The Energy of Slaves.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
St Lucia,
Indooroopilly - St Lucia area,
Brisbane - North West,
Brisbane,
Queensland,:University of Queensland Press
, 1987 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Returning (Notes of My Father)i"1959. You leave for Cooma", single work poetry (p. 3-4)
- To My Fatheri"You travelled those twenty years or so", single work poetry (p. 5)
- Berlin Childhood : Berlin-Charlottenburg, 1945-1948i"The city a child looks out on", single work poetry (p. 6-8)
- Berlin Childhood : Curfewsi"Late:", single work poetry (p. 8)
- Berlin Childhood : Lion Hunti"I used to swap toys for books", single work poetry (p. 9)
- Berlin Childhood : Christinei"There was no other way I could", single work poetry (p. 10)
- Postcards : I : Spandaui"Boasts the oldest church in Berlin, a Citadel", single work poetry (p. 11)
- Postcards : II : MX2i"Leda's neck", single work poetry (p. 11)
- Postcards : IIIi"Leningrad: the colour seems imposed,", single work poetry (p. 12)
- Postcards : IVi"Amsterdam's winds bite like a ferret", single work poetry (p. 12)
- Postcards : Vi"Van Gogh cycling home from art class", single work poetry (p. 12)
- Postcards : VI : Carilloni"In Paris the bells trample the air", single work poetry (p. 13)
- Postcards : VII : Stonesi"In Oberammergau one year", single work poetry (p. 13)
- Postcards : VIII : Spring Raini"Patience comes easy after such", single work poetry (p. 13-14)
- Olympia-Stadion, Berlin (for Alexander Sariban, 1906-1985)i"Fro 50 Pfennig you can walk on the flagstones", single work poetry (p. 15-16)
- Funeral in Berlini"A private person. There will be", single work poetry (p. 17-18)
- The Pooli"I am in a pool the surface is glass", single work poetry (p. 19)
- East Coast Drivingi"The metal hulls bullet past me,", single work poetry (p. 23-25)
- Kirra (for Joan)i"and so past Greenmount and timber houses", single work poetry (p. 26)
- Out On the Bay (for S.B.)i"We are clearly surrounded", single work poetry (p. 27)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Recent Australian Poetry
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: Quadrant , July vol. 32 no. 7 1988; (p. 40-42)
— Review of A Hunger to be Less Serious 1987 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems 1972-1986 1987 selected work poetry ; Travel Dice 1987 selected work poetry ; The Devil in Nature 1987 selected work poetry ; A Formula for Glass 1987 selected work poetry -
Untitled
1987
single work
review
— Appears in: LiNQ , vol. 15 no. 3 1987; (p. 93-94)
— Review of A Formula for Glass 1987 selected work poetry -
Untitled
1987
single work
review
— Appears in: Fremantle Arts Review , August vol. 2 no. 8 1987; (p. 14-15)
— Review of Travel Dice 1987 selected work poetry ; A Formula for Glass 1987 selected work poetry ; The Devil in Nature 1987 selected work poetry -
Paperback Poets
1987
single work
review
— Appears in: The Phoenix Review , Summer 1987/8 no. 2 1987; (p. 112-114)
— Review of A Formula for Glass 1987 selected work poetry ; Travel Dice 1987 selected work poetry ; The Devil in Nature 1987 selected work poetry -
Try a Fine Trio of Poets
1987
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 25 July 1987; (p. 48)
— Review of A Formula for Glass 1987 selected work poetry ; Travel Dice 1987 selected work poetry ; The Devil in Nature 1987 selected work poetry
-
Untitled
1987
single work
review
— Appears in: Fremantle Arts Review , August vol. 2 no. 8 1987; (p. 14-15)
— Review of Travel Dice 1987 selected work poetry ; A Formula for Glass 1987 selected work poetry ; The Devil in Nature 1987 selected work poetry -
Untitled
1987
single work
review
— Appears in: LiNQ , vol. 15 no. 3 1987; (p. 93-94)
— Review of A Formula for Glass 1987 selected work poetry -
Hobart, Fremantle and Brisbane Lines
1987
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , September no. 108 1987; (p. 92-94)
— Review of By Way of a Vessel 1986 selected work poetry ; Deep-Sea Diver : Poems 1987 selected work poetry ; Travel Dice 1987 selected work poetry ; A Formula for Glass 1987 selected work poetry -
Recent Australian Poetry
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: Quadrant , July vol. 32 no. 7 1988; (p. 40-42)
— Review of A Hunger to be Less Serious 1987 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems 1972-1986 1987 selected work poetry ; Travel Dice 1987 selected work poetry ; The Devil in Nature 1987 selected work poetry ; A Formula for Glass 1987 selected work poetry -
Images of Glass : The Reader as Intruder
1987
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 93 1987; (p. 32-34)
— Review of A Formula for Glass 1987 selected work poetry
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