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y separately published work icon A Secret Australia : Selected and New Poems selected work   poetry  
  • Author:agent Ken Taylor http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/taylor-ken
Issue Details: First known date: 1985... 1985 A Secret Australia : Selected and New Poems
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:Rigmarole Books , 1985 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Purple Girlsi"It was a year of purple girls,", Ken Taylor , single work poetry (p. 44)
Chinatowni"Chinatown.", Ken Taylor , single work poetry (p. 45)
Late Actions at Beebe Lakei"Late leaves had moved up through the night,", Ken Taylor , single work poetry (p. 46)
A Single Sheet of White Paperi"In", Ken Taylor , single work poetry (p. 47)
Over the Ton in Hedgerowsi"As I came up from Binghamton", Ken Taylor , single work poetry (p. 48)
Trucks at Nighti"Trucks at night", Ken Taylor , single work poetry (p. 48)
Alt Ballarati"In the bitter shade", Ken Taylor , single work poetry (p. 49)
Pictures from the Seai"The sea,", Ken Taylor , single work poetry (p. 50-64)
The Alexandria Tea Rooms - Ballarati"At the end of the wars", Ken Taylor , single work poetry (p. 66-67)
Old Songs - After the Firei"Suddenly happy at this", Ken Taylor , single work poetry (p. 68)
'The Sun Sets on the Famous Twelve Apostles - Port Campbell' (for Robin Hill)i"A whale-ground sea", Ken Taylor , single work poetry (p. 69)
Flying into Meekatharrai"A tilted hat town of", Ken Taylor , single work poetry (p. 70)
John Olsen at Lake Eyre 1977i"Beneath that sun", Ken Taylor , single work poetry (p. 71)
This Rail Crossingi"The train leaves Copenhagen.", Ken Taylor , single work poetry (p. 72-73)
Towards Meltoni"Each year the ploughed", Ken Taylor , single work poetry (p. 74)
Creek Namesi"As we came up", Ken Taylor , single work poetry (p. 75)
The Modern Worldi"The great pleasure of curved gum leaves", Ken Taylor , single work poetry (p. 76-77)
The Next Dayi"The next day", Ken Taylor , single work poetry (p. 78-83)
A Secret Australia : On the Poetry of Ken Taylor, Robert Kenny , single work criticism
A Secret Australia was begun as an essay on the poetry of Ken Taylor, in particular his work from 1966-69 as collected in At Valentines. It was meant to examine this poetry in the contexts of Australian writing, thinking and visions of the place. But it became apparent early that it was bigger than that and that Taylor's concerns led me beyond the action poems to a consideration of what the problems of being in and of Australia are and why. It became obvious that the malaise of Australian culture was a very long way from being simple provincialism. - Author's Abstract.
 (p. 85-96)
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