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Issue Details: First known date: 1982... 1982 Counterpoise : Poems
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Notes

  • Dedication: For my wife, Susan
  • Epigraph: I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing / than teach ten thousand stars hoe not to dance - e.e. cummings

Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson , 1982 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Terrori"Terror is multiform.", Andrew Lansdown , single work poetry (p. 1)
For Philipi"This is what death has done:", Andrew Lansdown , single work poetry (p. 2-3)
Ospreysi"Further back, they looked like shags", Andrew Lansdown , single work poetry (p. 4)
The Mantle of the Lampi"The moon is a mantle,", Andrew Lansdown , single work poetry (p. 5)
Shelli"Life is no jewel", Andrew Lansdown , single work poetry (p. 6)
Composition The Old Japanese Gardeneri"The old Japanese gardener", Andrew Lansdown , single work poetry (p. 7)
Cocklesi"Waves slap the shore, hiss", Andrew Lansdown , single work poetry (p. 8)
Motheri"She is alone, the gap", Andrew Lansdown , single work poetry (p. 9)
Black Holesi"Everywhere, death. In deep space", Andrew Lansdown , single work poetry (p. 10)
Consolationi"I remember: No breath", Andrew Lansdown , single work poetry (p. 11)
For Susani"The tanks of the Imperial Courts", Andrew Lansdown , single work poetry (p. 12)
Counterpoisei"Light refracting on the reach of the river;", Andrew Lansdown , single work poetry (p. 13)
Welcome Swallows at Murdoch Universityi"To this foreboding place,", Andrew Lansdown , single work poetry (p. 14)
Dog in the Raini"Padding through puddles,", Andrew Lansdown , single work poetry (p. 15)
The Radishi"The radish", Andrew Lansdown , single work poetry (p. 16)
Micai"As a fish twists in the water,", Andrew Lansdown , single work poetry (p. 17)
Chokai"Dry seed-pods clatter", Andrew Lansdown , single work poetry (p. 18)
On Poetryi"As we sit talking", Andrew Lansdown , single work poetry (p. 19)
Sehnsuchti"Everyone else is asleep;", Andrew Lansdown , single work poetry (p. 20)
Gonei"Gone! our son puzzles", Andrew Lansdown , single work poetry (p. 21)
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Works about this Work

To the Catcher's Hands Les Murray , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: Blocks and Tackles : Articles and Essays 1982 to 1990 1990; (p. 33-35)
— Review of Readings from Ecclesiastes : Poems Peter Goldsworthy , 1982 selected work poetry ; Counterpoise : Poems Andrew Lansdown , 1982 selected work poetry
Andrew Lansdown 1989 single work criticism
— Appears in: Wordhord : A Critical Selection of Contemporary Western Australian Poetry 1989; (p. 122-124)
Untitled Robert Handicott , 1983 single work review
— Appears in: Image , December vol. 6 no. 3 1983; (p. 47)
— Review of Counterpoise : Poems Andrew Lansdown , 1982 selected work poetry
Recent Poetry: Confidence and Simplicity Max Richards , 1983 single work review
— Appears in: Island Magazine , Autumn no. 14 1983; (p. 51-53)
— Review of Readings from Ecclesiastes : Poems Peter Goldsworthy , 1982 selected work poetry ; Head, Heart and Stone Chris Mansell , 1982 selected work poetry ; Full Moon Over Lumpini Park Cornelis Vleeskens , 1982 selected work poetry ; Counterpoise : Poems Andrew Lansdown , 1982 selected work poetry ; Addiction to False Landscapes Barry O'Donohue , 1981 selected work poetry ; Scarpdancer : Poems Alan Alexander , 1982 selected work poetry
A Muster of Poets Geoff Page , 1982 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , August vol. 26 no. 8 1982; (p. 75-77)
— Review of Counterpoise : Poems Andrew Lansdown , 1982 selected work poetry
Untitled Robert Handicott , 1983 single work review
— Appears in: Image , December vol. 6 no. 3 1983; (p. 47)
— Review of Counterpoise : Poems Andrew Lansdown , 1982 selected work poetry
Poetry Takes a Brave New Step Martin Duwell , 1982 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 19-20 June 1982; (p. 9)
— Review of Poem Pack One : Poems Accompanied by Author's Notes Philip Neilsen , 1982 selected work poetry ; Readings from Ecclesiastes : Poems Peter Goldsworthy , 1982 selected work poetry ; Counterpoise : Poems Andrew Lansdown , 1982 selected work poetry
Continuing Legacy Gary Catalano , 1982 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 31 July 1982; (p. 14)
— Review of Readings from Ecclesiastes : Poems Peter Goldsworthy , 1982 selected work poetry ; Counterpoise : Poems Andrew Lansdown , 1982 selected work poetry
Selected Reviews Les Murray , 1982 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 6 March 1982; (p. 44)
— Review of Readings from Ecclesiastes : Poems Peter Goldsworthy , 1982 selected work poetry ; Counterpoise : Poems Andrew Lansdown , 1982 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems : 1960-1980 Andrew Taylor , 1982 selected work poetry
Recent Poetry: Confidence and Simplicity Max Richards , 1983 single work review
— Appears in: Island Magazine , Autumn no. 14 1983; (p. 51-53)
— Review of Readings from Ecclesiastes : Poems Peter Goldsworthy , 1982 selected work poetry ; Head, Heart and Stone Chris Mansell , 1982 selected work poetry ; Full Moon Over Lumpini Park Cornelis Vleeskens , 1982 selected work poetry ; Counterpoise : Poems Andrew Lansdown , 1982 selected work poetry ; Addiction to False Landscapes Barry O'Donohue , 1981 selected work poetry ; Scarpdancer : Poems Alan Alexander , 1982 selected work poetry
Andrew Lansdown 1989 single work criticism
— Appears in: Wordhord : A Critical Selection of Contemporary Western Australian Poetry 1989; (p. 122-124)
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