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Dedication: To Helena.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Fremantle,
Fremantle area,
South West Perth,
Perth,
Western Australia,:Fremantle Press
, 1987 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Sky Arrivali"Never mind how you got here, or why.", single work poetry (p. 13)
- Instructions for Living in the Skyi"This is the new world: a sphere and its envelope", single work poetry (p. 14-16)
- The Disabled and the Ones of Paini"Have risen from the stubborn world of objects,", single work poetry (p. 17-18)
- Smithy's Dreami"This bridge he risks each Friday after the pub.", single work poetry (p. 19)
- Paradisei"When they first appear on the sky-", single work poetry satire (p. 20-22)
- Migrants in the Skyi"At times, by endless concentration (you feel mad", single work poetry (p. 23-24)
- Remarks About Your Otheri"Now the woman in red approaches.", single work poetry (p. 25-26)
- A Little Bit of Colouri"The sky is blue astonishment, a seamless packed blue,", single work poetry (p. 27)
- Being There Perhaps, or Not Quitei"He's made himself the wall of heaven: salvation's", single work poetry (p. 28-29)
- Touch-Up Artisti"The work persists: to find each one of you,", single work poetry (p. 30)
- Seeing Gallipoli from the Skyi"To remember the veterans with my child-illusion:", single work poetry (p. 31-33)
- Dreami"Two honest men beside him, in tuxedos,", single work poetry (p. 34)
- Three Angles On Absorptioni"He saw it in the windmill when he went to feed the horses", single work poetry (p. 35)
- A Dreamer to His Observeri"There is nothing beneath the floor but sky.", single work poetry (p. 36)
- Speech Makingi"The room swirls in front of me like wind in a dark forest.", single work poetry (p. 37-38)
- Narcissus Considers Himselfi"It is not enough to simply live inside my body,", single work poetry (p. 39-40)
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Epigrams for Performers in the Skyi"The world lies in place like the lines of a glib play.",
single work
poetry
(p. 41-42)
Note: Six numbered stanzas.
- Balcony Scene with Variationsi"After two delicious visits by her men, each leaving", single work poetry (p. 44-45)
- Bicentennial - Living Other Livesi"Which lives shall emerge from the waters? Kelly, the armour", single work poetry (p. 46-48)
- The Meetingi"They hold their bodies in the strangest ways", single work poetry (p. 49)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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A Salom Course
2016
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Poetic Eye : Occasional Writings 1982-2012 2016; (p. 315-317) 'There's no doubt about it: Philip Salom's poems are proof of the power that is possible in the form. His subjects are more urgent than most and his technique rises to brilliance. Commenting on Salom's earlier poems, a reviewer praised his "formidable talent and imaginative richness," and announced that Salom's Sky Poems made up "a substantial volume in more ways than one."' I share this view. Salom has always had things to say about history, philosophy, art, and poetry, and he has always said them in ways that run rings around a lot of fashionable verse that merely hopes it will chance on a subject so striking that it will excuse commonplace expression.' (Introduction)
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Anzac and Why I Write
1996
single work
biography
— Appears in: Kunapipi , [Double Issue] vol. 18 no. 2-3 1996; (p. 339-341) -
Coming Over, Overcoming
1991
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 131 1991; (p. 13-14) -
The Self Moving : Recent Australian Poetry
1989
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Quadrant , April vol. 33 no. 4 1989; (p. 62-64) -
[Review] Sky Poems
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age Monthly Review , February 1988;
— Review of Sky Poems 1987 selected work poetry
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[Review] Sky Poems
1987
single work
review
— Appears in: Fremantle Arts Review , September vol. 2 no. 9 1987; (p. 14-15)
— Review of Sky Poems 1987 selected work poetry -
Full as an Egg : Three Poets
1987
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 94 1987; (p. 32-34)
— Review of There Was a Crooked Man : The Poems of Lex Banning 1987 collected work poetry ; Sky Poems 1987 selected work poetry ; Pictures from the War 1987 selected work poetry -
The Surreal, Absurd, Banal Faces of Verse
1987
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 29 August 1987; (p. 13)
— Review of Pictures from the War 1987 selected work poetry ; From the Verandah : A Collection of Poetry 1986 selected work poetry ; Sky Poems 1987 selected work poetry -
Recent Poetry
1987
single work
review
— Appears in: Island Magazine , Summer no. 33 1987; (p. 70-71)
— Review of Sky Poems 1987 selected work poetry -
[Review] Sky Poems
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age Monthly Review , February 1988;
— Review of Sky Poems 1987 selected work poetry -
The Self Moving : Recent Australian Poetry
1989
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Quadrant , April vol. 33 no. 4 1989; (p. 62-64) -
Staggered
1988
single work
correspondence
— Appears in: The Age Monthly Review , April vol. 8 no. 1 1988; (p. 23) -
Anzac and Why I Write
1996
single work
biography
— Appears in: Kunapipi , [Double Issue] vol. 18 no. 2-3 1996; (p. 339-341) -
Coming Over, Overcoming
1991
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 131 1991; (p. 13-14) -
Letter Critical
1988
single work
correspondence
— Appears in: The Age Monthly Review , June 1988; (p. 23)
Awards
- 1988 winner Western Australia Week Literary Award — Poetry
- 1987 winner Commonwealth Poetry Prize — Best Collection of Poetry
- 1987 (the only poetry book shortlisted) The Age Book of the Year Award
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