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'“Lansdown uses words with masterly precision to paint things as we have not previously seen them, but as we may be tempted to see them henceforth.”
Rod Moran, Fremantle Arts Review
“At his best Lansdown is able to suggest very deftly and concisely the so-called ‘thisness’ of things …”
Geoff Page, Canberra Times
“No Australian poet is so often moved to celebrate as Andrew Lansdown is. His work brims with tenderness, wonder and joy, all qualities which are in short supply in the modern world of which he is an acute observer. Beneath his gaze common objects and every-day encounters glow with spiritual significance. Lansdown has few superiors as a technician: his use of sound in these poems is as striking as is their variety of form. This, his sixth and strongest collection, will enhance his growing reputation.” – Les Murray' (Publication summary)
Contents
- The Visitori"My landlord's small, blond-haired boy", single work poetry (p. 1)
- Between Glancesi"It is a liquidambar, the tree", single work poetry (p. 2)
- The Colour of Lifei"Why is it that here in this cafe,", single work poetry (p. 3)
- Birthday Chokai"It is my birthday", single work poetry (p. 4)
- Lighti"Outside, a ceiling of off-white clouds.", single work poetry (p. 5)
- Praisei"Priestly", single work poetry (p. 6)
- The Things of the Hearti"The river is dimpled, like (my wife", single work poetry (p. 7)
- The Muff Beesi"My daughter called them "muff bees",", single work poetry (p. 8)
- Little Treei"That little tree. It is a Japanese", single work poetry (p. 9)
- Trimming a Treei"Now, take that tree,", single work poetry (p. 10)
- Removing a Capi"The way a woman might pull a beanie", single work poetry (p. 11)
- Bud and Blossomi"The eucalyptus bud:", single work poetry (p. 12)
- That Colouri"The crimson flowers", single work poetry (p. 13)
- Wine Countryi"Playtime and the children", single work poetry (p. 14)
- Sunshoweri"The sun is shining yet rain", single work poetry (p. 15)
- Ducks in the Raini"Four ducks are puddling about in the rain-", single work poetry (p. 16)
- Allsortsi"Skin divers and surfers no longer", single work poetry (p. 17)
- Waterbirdi"I appreciate that", single work poetry (p. 18)
- Obliterationi"The black of that black -", single work poetry (p. 19)
- Chokai"A wattlebird in", single work poetry (p. 20)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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God and Landscape
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 135 1994; (p. 84-85)
— Review of Between Glances 1993 selected work poetry -
A Window on the Suburbs
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 19-20 February 1994; (p. rev 6)
— Review of Between Glances 1993 selected work poetry ; New and Selected Poems 1993 selected work poetry ; Abracadabra 1993 selected work poetry -
Being a Poet
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: Quadrant , June vol. 38 no. 6 1994; (p. 82-85)
— Review of The Darkwood Aquarium 1993 selected work poetry ; Certain Things 1993 selected work poetry ; Acoustic Shadow 1993 selected work poetry ; Between Glances 1993 selected work poetry -
Poetic Traditions Alive and Well
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 24 September 1994; (p. C10)
— Review of A Savage Coast 1993 selected work poetry ; The Catullan Rag 1993 selected work poetry ; Acoustic Shadow 1993 selected work poetry ; Between Glances 1993 selected work poetry ; Easter Sunday 1993 selected work poetry -
A Miracle of voices
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: Voices , Summer (1994-1995) vol. 4 no. 4 1994; (p. 109-116)
— Review of Human Interest 1994 selected work poetry ; One Siren or Another 1994 selected work poetry ; Path of Ghosts : Poems 1986-93 1994 selected work poetry ; Anima and Other Poems 1994 selected work poetry ; The Familiar 1994 selected work poetry ; Absolute Event Horizon : Poems 1994 selected work poetry ; Between Glances 1993 selected work poetry ; Little Eva at Moonlight Creek and Other Aboriginal Song Poems 1994 anthology poetry ; Peninsula 1994 selected work poetry ; Up On All Fours 1993 selected work poetry ; Ghosting William Buckley 1993 single work poetry ; New and Selected Poems 1945-1993 1994 selected work poetry ; Killing Delilah 1994 selected work poetry
-
A Miracle of voices
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: Voices , Summer (1994-1995) vol. 4 no. 4 1994; (p. 109-116)
— Review of Human Interest 1994 selected work poetry ; One Siren or Another 1994 selected work poetry ; Path of Ghosts : Poems 1986-93 1994 selected work poetry ; Anima and Other Poems 1994 selected work poetry ; The Familiar 1994 selected work poetry ; Absolute Event Horizon : Poems 1994 selected work poetry ; Between Glances 1993 selected work poetry ; Little Eva at Moonlight Creek and Other Aboriginal Song Poems 1994 anthology poetry ; Peninsula 1994 selected work poetry ; Up On All Fours 1993 selected work poetry ; Ghosting William Buckley 1993 single work poetry ; New and Selected Poems 1945-1993 1994 selected work poetry ; Killing Delilah 1994 selected work poetry -
Poetic Traditions Alive and Well
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 24 September 1994; (p. C10)
— Review of A Savage Coast 1993 selected work poetry ; The Catullan Rag 1993 selected work poetry ; Acoustic Shadow 1993 selected work poetry ; Between Glances 1993 selected work poetry ; Easter Sunday 1993 selected work poetry -
Being a Poet
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: Quadrant , June vol. 38 no. 6 1994; (p. 82-85)
— Review of The Darkwood Aquarium 1993 selected work poetry ; Certain Things 1993 selected work poetry ; Acoustic Shadow 1993 selected work poetry ; Between Glances 1993 selected work poetry -
Tip Me Over, Pour Me Out
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 155 1993; (p. 51-52)
— Review of Between Glances 1993 selected work poetry -
A Window on the Suburbs
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 19-20 February 1994; (p. rev 6)
— Review of Between Glances 1993 selected work poetry ; New and Selected Poems 1993 selected work poetry ; Abracadabra 1993 selected work poetry -
Poems of Innocence
1994
single work
correspondence
— Appears in: Quadrant , September vol. 38 no. 9 1994; (p. 6) -
Award for Moorhouse
1994
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 28 February 1994; (p. 2) -
Adelaide is Literally Alive with Prizes
1994
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 28 February 1994; (p. 20)