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Issue Details: First known date: 1979... 1979 Poems 1972-79
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Notes

  • Dedication: To Peter Ward and Dimitri Theodoratos my friends, neighbours and guardians.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Canberra, Australian Capital Territory,:Australian National University Press , 1979 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Epidaurus 1974i"We entered the great semicircle, we ascended vertiginous steps.", John Bray , single work poetry (p. 1-2)
The Blue Cranei"A bijou garden in a civic park", John Bray , single work poetry (p. 3)
Late Mayi"I heard the cricket cry against the frost", John Bray , single work poetry (p. 4)
Address to Winter : Mid-Septemberi"Pack up and go, you odious hag,", John Bray , single work poetry (p. 5)
Septemberi"Winter, farewell, that northward with your chills,", John Bray , single work poetry (p. 6)
The Dandelionsi"I greet you, brash and brassy flowers,", John Bray , single work poetry (p. 7)
The Pigeons of Parisi"Trim, glossy, disputatious when they meet,", John Bray , single work poetry (p. 8)
The Whitebaiti"A plastic bag encoffins some six score,", John Bray , single work poetry (p. 9)
Amphibian Reflectioni"Some are who like to wallow or to soar:", John Bray , single work poetry (p. 10)
A Maxim from Sir Walteri"A pithy apophthegm my mind bombards.", John Bray , single work poetry (p. 11)
A Comminationi"I have never been greatly enchanted with the automobile.", John Bray , single work poetry (p. 12-13)
Invocationi"Terminus, god of the boundaries, keeper of fence and line,", John Bray , single work poetry (p. 14)
To Sapphoi"There, beginning lyrical verse's roll-call,", John Bray , single work poetry (p. 15)
The Story of Iphisi"Some centuries before the Trojan war", John Bray , single work poetry (p. 16-20)
Lines to Hadriani"In the Athenian, midnight I stood by the arch of Hadrian", John Bray , single work poetry (p. 21-22)
The Grove of Nemii"Yes, comparative religion was budded from the golden bough on this tree", John Bray , single work poetry (p. 23-24)
Commentary on Aeneid, Book XII 791-843i"After cross-interventions in small states", John Bray , single work poetry (p. 25-26)
On Reading Claudian's De Raptu Proserpinaei"What curious urge made you unrein", John Bray , single work poetry (p. 27-28)
Hoc Voluerunti""They wanted it this way."", John Bray , single work poetry (p. 29)
The Alternative, or If It Had All Gone The Other Wayi"But when our general father much aghast", John Bray , single work poetry (p. 30-33)
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Works about this Work

Classical Voice Saying Yes John McLaren , 1980 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , October no. 81 1980; (p. 69-70)
— Review of The Whale in Darkness R. F. Brissenden , 1980 selected work poetry ; Poems 1972-79 John Bray , 1979 selected work poetry
Latin Poets had Tastes Much Like Ours Geoffrey Dutton , 1980 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 11 March vol. 101 no. 5202 1980; (p. 64-66)
— Review of Toil and Spin : Two Directions in Modern Poetry Chris Wallace-Crabbe , 1979 selected work criticism biography ; Poems 1972-79 John Bray , 1979 selected work poetry ; The Lee Shore J. M. Couper , 1979 selected work poetry
Poetry to Help Us Enjoy or Endure Our Lives Maurice Dunlevy , 1980 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 1 November 1980; (p. 14)
— Review of The Golden Apples of the Sun : Twentieth Century Australian Poetry 1980 anthology poetry ; Poems 1972-79 John Bray , 1979 selected work poetry ; The Boys Who Stole the Funeral : A Novel Sequence Les Murray , 1980 single work novel
Stroking it Open : A Poetry Chronicle Gary Catalano , 1980 single work review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Spring vol. 39 no. 3 1980; (p. 351-363)
— Review of The Boys Who Stole the Funeral : A Novel Sequence Les Murray , 1980 single work novel ; The Pattern Vincent Buckley , 1979 selected work poetry ; Late-Winter Child 1979 sequence poetry ; The Emotions Are Not Skilled Workers : Poems Chris Wallace-Crabbe , 1980 selected work poetry ; Cassandra Paddocks : Poems Geoff Page , 1980 selected work poetry ; The Forbidden City : Poems R. A. Simpson , 1979 selected work poetry ; Poems 1972-79 John Bray , 1979 selected work poetry ; Dazed in the Ladies Lounge : Poems John Tranter , 1979 selected work poetry ; Poems Ian Templeman , 1979 selected work poetry ; A Mile from Poetry Kris Hemensley , 1979 selected work poetry
Stroking it Open : A Poetry Chronicle Gary Catalano , 1980 single work review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Spring vol. 39 no. 3 1980; (p. 351-363)
— Review of The Boys Who Stole the Funeral : A Novel Sequence Les Murray , 1980 single work novel ; The Pattern Vincent Buckley , 1979 selected work poetry ; Late-Winter Child 1979 sequence poetry ; The Emotions Are Not Skilled Workers : Poems Chris Wallace-Crabbe , 1980 selected work poetry ; Cassandra Paddocks : Poems Geoff Page , 1980 selected work poetry ; The Forbidden City : Poems R. A. Simpson , 1979 selected work poetry ; Poems 1972-79 John Bray , 1979 selected work poetry ; Dazed in the Ladies Lounge : Poems John Tranter , 1979 selected work poetry ; Poems Ian Templeman , 1979 selected work poetry ; A Mile from Poetry Kris Hemensley , 1979 selected work poetry
Poetry to Help Us Enjoy or Endure Our Lives Maurice Dunlevy , 1980 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 1 November 1980; (p. 14)
— Review of The Golden Apples of the Sun : Twentieth Century Australian Poetry 1980 anthology poetry ; Poems 1972-79 John Bray , 1979 selected work poetry ; The Boys Who Stole the Funeral : A Novel Sequence Les Murray , 1980 single work novel
Latin Poets had Tastes Much Like Ours Geoffrey Dutton , 1980 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 11 March vol. 101 no. 5202 1980; (p. 64-66)
— Review of Toil and Spin : Two Directions in Modern Poetry Chris Wallace-Crabbe , 1979 selected work criticism biography ; Poems 1972-79 John Bray , 1979 selected work poetry ; The Lee Shore J. M. Couper , 1979 selected work poetry
Classical Voice Saying Yes John McLaren , 1980 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , October no. 81 1980; (p. 69-70)
— Review of The Whale in Darkness R. F. Brissenden , 1980 selected work poetry ; Poems 1972-79 John Bray , 1979 selected work poetry
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