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Notes

  • 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,", R. A. Simpson , single work poetry (p. 3)
Srinagar (for Pam)i"Across the valley", R. A. Simpson , single work poetry (p. 4)
Dawn at Phuketi"`The silhouettes harden", R. A. Simpson , single work poetry (p. 5)
The Slothi"There he hangs - topsy-turvy", R. A. Simpson , single work poetry (p. 6)
The Gardeni"Until this leafy afternoon", R. A. Simpson , single work poetry (p. 7)
The Fern-Flower : An Old Man's Kashubian Storyi"Guarded by a monkey -", R. A. Simpson , single work poetry (p. 8)
Half-Centuryi"You've made fifty - haven't played so badly,", R. A. Simpson , single work poetry (p. 9)
Our First Timei"Forced into that hall -", R. A. Simpson , single work poetry (p. 10)
To a Literary Critici"The dull rhinoceros", R. A. Simpson , single work poetry (p. 11)
Deconstruction : After Reading Harold Bloomi"The agon is the essence", R. A. Simpson , single work poetry (p. 12)
Orange Landscape (for Fred Williams, 1981)i"Not a wound or eye -", R. A. Simpson , single work poetry (p. 15)
Street at Night: New York City (for Bernard Schiff)i"A black man with bare feet -", R. A. Simpson , single work poetry (p. 16)
Monumenti"The story's this: the Aborigine", R. A. Simpson , single work poetry (p. 17)
The Farewelli"A dog's barking makes me anxious.", R. A. Simpson , single work poetry (p. 18)
Finding a Wordi"He needed one hard word", R. A. Simpson , single work poetry (p. 19)
In the Distancei"Staring at the skyline's evening sky -", R. A. Simpson , single work poetry (p. 20)
Doloresi"Though only ten, she climbed the highest", R. A. Simpson , single work poetry (p. 23)
Adami"Wearing a tailored navy suit,", R. A. Simpson , single work poetry (p. 24)
Evening into Nighti"There is little to recommend this light", R. A. Simpson , single work poetry (p. 25)
The Pacti"The pact was conceived", R. A. Simpson , single work poetry (p. 26)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

R.A. Simpson Evan Jones , 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 R. A. Simpson , 1986 selected work poetry
Grappling the Unsayable Mark O'Connor , 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 R. A. Simpson , 1986 selected work poetry
Untitled Elizabeth Perkins , 1987 single work review
— Appears in: LiNQ , vol. 15 no. 1 1987; (p. 120-121)

— Review of Words for a Journey : Poems 1970-1985 R. A. Simpson , 1986 selected work poetry
The Light Touch : Recent Australian Poetry Keith Russell , 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 R. A. Simpson , 1986 selected work poetry ; The Amorous Cannibal Chris Wallace-Crabbe , 1985 selected work poetry ; A Dandelion for Van Gogh J. S. Harry , 1985 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems Mark O'Connor , 1986 selected work poetry ; The Auschwitz Poems Lily Brett , 1986 selected work poetry ; Letter to Marco Polo Adam Aitken , 1985 selected work poetry ; A Marking of Fire : Poems Alec Choate , 1986 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems 1963-1983 Robert Gray , 1985 selected work poetry ; The Young Hunter : Poetry of Young Writers from the Hunter and Manning Valleys 1985 anthology poetry ; Squeeze Philip Hammial , 1985 selected work poetry
Poetry News in Brief Vincent O'Sullivan , 1987 single work review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Spring vol. 46 no. 3 1987; (p. 347-354)

— Review of Collected Lives Geoff Page , 1986 selected work poetry extract ; Words for a Journey : Poems 1970-1985 R. A. Simpson , 1986 selected work poetry ; Blood and Bone Philip Hodgins , 1986 selected work poetry ; Nearer by Far Richard Tipping , 1986 selected work poetry ; Poetry Australia no. 106 John Millett , 1986 periodical issue novella
Untitled Elizabeth Perkins , 1987 single work review
— Appears in: LiNQ , vol. 15 no. 1 1987; (p. 120-121)

— Review of Words for a Journey : Poems 1970-1985 R. A. Simpson , 1986 selected work poetry
Poetry News in Brief Vincent O'Sullivan , 1987 single work review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Spring vol. 46 no. 3 1987; (p. 347-354)

— Review of Collected Lives Geoff Page , 1986 selected work poetry extract ; Words for a Journey : Poems 1970-1985 R. A. Simpson , 1986 selected work poetry ; Blood and Bone Philip Hodgins , 1986 selected work poetry ; Nearer by Far Richard Tipping , 1986 selected work poetry ; Poetry Australia no. 106 John Millett , 1986 periodical issue novella
The Light Touch : Recent Australian Poetry Keith Russell , 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 R. A. Simpson , 1986 selected work poetry ; The Amorous Cannibal Chris Wallace-Crabbe , 1985 selected work poetry ; A Dandelion for Van Gogh J. S. Harry , 1985 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems Mark O'Connor , 1986 selected work poetry ; The Auschwitz Poems Lily Brett , 1986 selected work poetry ; Letter to Marco Polo Adam Aitken , 1985 selected work poetry ; A Marking of Fire : Poems Alec Choate , 1986 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems 1963-1983 Robert Gray , 1985 selected work poetry ; The Young Hunter : Poetry of Young Writers from the Hunter and Manning Valleys 1985 anthology poetry ; Squeeze Philip Hammial , 1985 selected work poetry
Poetry, Nature, Counterstatement Harry Payne Heseltine , 1986 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , December no. 105 1986; (p. 46-53)

— Review of Phantom Dwelling Judith Wright , 1985 selected work poetry ; Words for a Journey : Poems 1970-1985 R. A. Simpson , 1986 selected work poetry ; The Bay of Salamis and Other Poems John Bray , 1986 selected work poetry ; Walking to Bethongabel Robert Clark , 1986 selected work poetry
Poetry Collections an Uneven Bunch Rosemary O'Grady , 1986 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , September 1986; (p. 20)

— Review of A Marking of Fire : Poems Alec Choate , 1986 selected work poetry ; Words for a Journey : Poems 1970-1985 R. A. Simpson , 1986 selected work poetry ; The Kelly Haiku and Other Widdershin Tracks Norman Talbot , 1985 selected work poetry ; Poetry in Pictures : The Great Barrier Reef Mark O'Connor , 1985 selected work poetry ; Masques Robin Gurr , 1986 selected work poetry ; The Auschwitz Poems Lily Brett , 1986 selected work poetry
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