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Notes
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Dedication: Dedicated to all Artists, acknowledging their dedication and obsession with their art and life's work, and with the frustration of finding an appreciative, enthusiastic public. The world goes round well enough without us who are redundant and ridiculous in the Age of Electronic Entertainment.
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Author's note: Definitions. Found objects are objects that are found. They are not necessarily lost, and many wait only our finding them. Here are a few of the objects I've found, and into poetry finely ground.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Creswick,
Creswick area,
Creswick - Daylesford area,
Ballarat - Bendigo area,
Victoria,:Plantain Park
, 1988 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Bricksi"Bricks are neat, and complete.", single work poetry humour (p. 6)
- Brushesi"Measured abrasion for every occasion:", single work poetry humour (p. 7)
- A Cuppai"Hot cup of tea, oh, hot cup of tea,", single work poetry humour (p. 8)
- Ceilingsi"I like ceilings.", single work poetry humour (p. 9)
- Dead Cati"Pussy cat, pussy cat, what do you see", single work poetry (p. 10)
- Fox Firei"Fungi feeding on", single work poetry (p. 10)
- Galvanised Ironi"Here's a poem in praise of a great Australian;", single work poetry humour (p. 11-12)
- Gum-Boots - You Beauts!i"Gumboots are great and I don't mean sorta.", single work poetry humour (p. 12)
- A Gumtree I Met and Still Rememberi"It grew on the broad proud banks of a might central Australian river,", single work poetry (p. 13)
- Mannersi"Once a pleasant and common enough discovery,", single work poetry humour (p. 14)
- Old Fence Postsi"Old fence posts", single work poetry (p. 14)
- Old Phone Booksi"The old phone book, nailed to the wall,", single work poetry (p. 15)
- Plastic Rubbish Binsi"Plastic garbage bins becoming their replacement's contents.", single work poetry humour (p. 15)
- Spring Steeli"Simple shapes with little to do:", single work poetry (p. 15)
- Seven Meditations On the Poem of a Peari"Peering up and back through our cloudy surrounds,", single work poetry (p. 16)
- The Stingeri"Read each sign.", single work poetry humour (p. 17)
- Teddy Beari"Mary had a teddy.", single work poetry humour (p. 17)
- Thongsi"You cop no chop when you're a thong.", single work poetry humour (p. 18)
- U-Pipesi"Wet egresses;", single work poetry humour (p. 19)
- Weedsi"I think that I shall never read", single work poetry humour (p. 19)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Nature Versus Culture
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , April vol. 10 no. 1 1991; (p. 67-68)
— Review of Poppy 1990 single work novel ; The Bluebird Cafe 1990 single work novel ; Found Objects 1988 selected work poetry ; Parnassus Mad Ward: Michael Dransfield and the New Australian Poetry 1990 selected work criticism ; Fire-Stick Farming : Selected Poems 1972-90 1990 selected work poetry
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Nature Versus Culture
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , April vol. 10 no. 1 1991; (p. 67-68)
— Review of Poppy 1990 single work novel ; The Bluebird Cafe 1990 single work novel ; Found Objects 1988 selected work poetry ; Parnassus Mad Ward: Michael Dransfield and the New Australian Poetry 1990 selected work criticism ; Fire-Stick Farming : Selected Poems 1972-90 1990 selected work poetry
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