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Dedication: For Peter Mathers
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Carlton,
Parkville - Carlton area,
Melbourne - North,
Melbourne,
Victoria,:Melbourne University Press
, 1986 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Daydreaming in Scotland (for Leon Morrocco)i"At first your fingers played,", single work poetry (p. 3)
- Srinagar (for Pam)i"Across the valley", single work poetry (p. 4)
- Dawn at Phuketi"`The silhouettes harden", single work poetry (p. 5)
- The Slothi"There he hangs - topsy-turvy", single work poetry (p. 6)
- The Gardeni"Until this leafy afternoon", single work poetry (p. 7)
- The Fern-Flower : An Old Man's Kashubian Storyi"Guarded by a monkey -", single work poetry (p. 8)
- Half-Centuryi"You've made fifty - haven't played so badly,", single work poetry (p. 9)
- Our First Timei"Forced into that hall -", single work poetry (p. 10)
- To a Literary Critici"The dull rhinoceros", single work poetry (p. 11)
- Deconstruction : After Reading Harold Bloomi"The agon is the essence", single work poetry (p. 12)
- Orange Landscape (for Fred Williams, 1981)i"Not a wound or eye -", single work poetry (p. 15)
- Street at Night: New York City (for Bernard Schiff)i"A black man with bare feet -", single work poetry (p. 16)
- Monumenti"The story's this: the Aborigine", single work poetry (p. 17)
- The Farewelli"A dog's barking makes me anxious.", single work poetry (p. 18)
- Finding a Wordi"He needed one hard word", single work poetry (p. 19)
- In the Distancei"Staring at the skyline's evening sky -", single work poetry (p. 20)
- Doloresi"Though only ten, she climbed the highest", single work poetry (p. 23)
- Adami"Wearing a tailored navy suit,", single work poetry (p. 24)
- Evening into Nighti"There is little to recommend this light", single work poetry (p. 25)
- The Pacti"The pact was conceived", single work poetry (p. 26)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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R.A. Simpson
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: The Phoenix Review , Spring/Summer no. 3 1988; (p. 116-118)
— Review of Words for a Journey : Poems 1970-1985 1986 selected work poetry -
Grappling the Unsayable
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian Magazine , 16-17 July 1988; (p. 16)
— Review of Words for a Journey : Poems 1970-1985 1986 selected work poetry -
Untitled
1987
single work
review
— Appears in: LiNQ , vol. 15 no. 1 1987; (p. 120-121)
— Review of Words for a Journey : Poems 1970-1985 1986 selected work poetry -
The Light Touch : Recent Australian Poetry
1987
single work
review
— Appears in: Quadrant , January-February vol. 31 no. 1-2 1987; (p. 109-115)
— Review of An Inflection of Silence and Other Poems 1986 anthology poetry ; The Penguin Book of Australian Satirical Verse 1986 anthology poetry extract ; Words for a Journey : Poems 1970-1985 1986 selected work poetry ; The Amorous Cannibal 1985 selected work poetry ; A Dandelion for Van Gogh 1985 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems 1986 selected work poetry ; The Auschwitz Poems 1986 selected work poetry ; Letter to Marco Polo 1985 selected work poetry ; A Marking of Fire : Poems 1986 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems 1963-1983 1985 selected work poetry ; The Young Hunter : Poetry of Young Writers from the Hunter and Manning Valleys 1985 anthology poetry ; Squeeze 1985 selected work poetry -
Poetry News in Brief
1987
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Spring vol. 46 no. 3 1987; (p. 347-354)
— Review of Collected Lives 1986 selected work poetry extract ; Words for a Journey : Poems 1970-1985 1986 selected work poetry ; Blood and Bone 1986 selected work poetry ; Nearer by Far 1986 selected work poetry ; Poetry Australia no. 106 1986 periodical issue novella
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Untitled
1987
single work
review
— Appears in: LiNQ , vol. 15 no. 1 1987; (p. 120-121)
— Review of Words for a Journey : Poems 1970-1985 1986 selected work poetry -
Poetry News in Brief
1987
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Spring vol. 46 no. 3 1987; (p. 347-354)
— Review of Collected Lives 1986 selected work poetry extract ; Words for a Journey : Poems 1970-1985 1986 selected work poetry ; Blood and Bone 1986 selected work poetry ; Nearer by Far 1986 selected work poetry ; Poetry Australia no. 106 1986 periodical issue novella -
The Light Touch : Recent Australian Poetry
1987
single work
review
— Appears in: Quadrant , January-February vol. 31 no. 1-2 1987; (p. 109-115)
— Review of An Inflection of Silence and Other Poems 1986 anthology poetry ; The Penguin Book of Australian Satirical Verse 1986 anthology poetry extract ; Words for a Journey : Poems 1970-1985 1986 selected work poetry ; The Amorous Cannibal 1985 selected work poetry ; A Dandelion for Van Gogh 1985 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems 1986 selected work poetry ; The Auschwitz Poems 1986 selected work poetry ; Letter to Marco Polo 1985 selected work poetry ; A Marking of Fire : Poems 1986 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems 1963-1983 1985 selected work poetry ; The Young Hunter : Poetry of Young Writers from the Hunter and Manning Valleys 1985 anthology poetry ; Squeeze 1985 selected work poetry -
Poetry, Nature, Counterstatement
1986
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , December no. 105 1986; (p. 46-53)
— Review of Phantom Dwelling 1985 selected work poetry ; Words for a Journey : Poems 1970-1985 1986 selected work poetry ; The Bay of Salamis and Other Poems 1986 selected work poetry ; Walking to Bethongabel 1986 selected work poetry -
Poetry Collections an Uneven Bunch
1986
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , September 1986; (p. 20)
— Review of A Marking of Fire : Poems 1986 selected work poetry ; Words for a Journey : Poems 1970-1985 1986 selected work poetry ; The Kelly Haiku and Other Widdershin Tracks 1985 selected work poetry ; Poetry in Pictures : The Great Barrier Reef 1985 selected work poetry ; Masques 1986 selected work poetry ; The Auschwitz Poems 1986 selected work poetry
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