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Issue Details: First known date: 1963... 1963 Carnations
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First known date: 1963
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Bulletin vol. 85 no. 4374 14 December 1963 Z590473 1963 periodical issue 1963 pg. 46
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    y separately published work icon The Rebel General Chris Wallace-Crabbe , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1967 Z66208 1967 selected work poetry Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1967 pg. 3
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    y separately published work icon Twelve Poets, 1950-1970 12 Poets, 1950-1970 Alexander Craig (editor), Milton : Jacaranda Press , 1971 Z77157 1971 anthology poetry Milton : Jacaranda Press , 1971 pg. 80
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    y separately published work icon New and Selected Poems Chris Wallace-Crabbe , Manchester : Carcanet , 2013 Z1932860 2013 selected work poetry Manchester : Carcanet , 2013 pg. 123
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    y separately published work icon Sense, Shape, Symbol : An Investigation of Australian Poetry Brian Keyte (editor), Putney : Phoenix Education , 2013 6310209 2013 anthology criticism poetry

    'Sense, Shape, Symbol is an investigation of Australian poetry. It explores the ways in which poets succeed, or fail, in their attempts to bring their experience to life.

    Their primary raw materials are the five senses - sight, sound, smell, taste and touch - the means by which we all experience our world.

    Poets also like to experiment with the shape of their writing, starting with the qualities of vowels and consonants, of syllables, and of rhyme, metre and rhythm.

    Working poets make particular use of the metaphor, of the connections that they suggest between normally unlike things, to express their response to their subject.

    The collection explores the work of five poets who have played an important, influential part in the development of Australian poetry: Judith Wright, Oodgeroo Noonuccal, David Malouf, Les Murray and Mark O’Connor.

    The final chapter looks at some of the common concerns that can create conflict in our lives, such as gender, race, age, and socio-economic status, and other issues that create fear and that encourage hope.

    The collection is intended to allow readers to become familiar with the techniques that poets use, and to develop their own poetic writing in an informed way.' (Publisher's blurb)

    Putney : Phoenix Education , 2013
    pg. 6
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