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Bent Water in the Tasmanian Highlands single work   poetry   "Flashy wrists out of buttoned grass cuffs, feral whisky burning gravels,"
  • Author:agent Les Murray http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/murray-les
Issue Details: First known date: 1981... 1981 Bent Water in the Tasmanian Highlands
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    y separately published work icon Island Magazine no. 6 March 1981 Z598631 1981 periodical issue 1981 pg. 24
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    y separately published work icon The Vernacular Republic : Poems 1961-1981 Les Murray , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1982 Z300706 1982 selected work poetry Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1982 pg. 206-208
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    y separately published work icon The People's Otherworld : Poems Les Murray , North Ryde : Angus and Robertson , 1983 Z300218 1983 selected work poetry North Ryde : Angus and Robertson , 1983 pg. 23
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    y separately published work icon The Australian Year : The Chronicle of Our Seasons and Celebrations Les Murray , North Ryde : Angus and Robertson , 1985 Z113741 1985 selected work prose poetry The work consists of four prose pieces, one for each season, interspersed with poems by Murray and illustrated with lavish colour photographs of Australian life and landscape. North Ryde : Angus and Robertson , 1985 pg. 15
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    y separately published work icon Effects of Light : The Poetry of Tasmania Vivian Smith (editor), Margaret Scott (editor), Sandy Bay : Twelvetrees Publishing , 1985 Z171137 1985 anthology poetry Sandy Bay : Twelvetrees Publishing , 1985 pg. 115-117
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    y separately published work icon Selected Poems Les Murray , Manchester : Carcanet , 1986 Z796575 1986 selected work poetry Manchester : Carcanet , 1986 pg. 83-84
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    y separately published work icon First Rights : A Decade of Island Magazine Island Magazine Andrew Sant (editor), Michael Denholm (editor), Elwood : Greenhouse Publications , 1989 Z468801 1989 anthology poetry short story criticism autobiography Elwood : Greenhouse Publications , 1989 pg. 211-212
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    y separately published work icon Collected Poems Les Murray , Port Melbourne : Heinemann Australia , 1994 Z422024 1994 selected work poetry Port Melbourne : Heinemann Australia , 1994 pg. 178-179
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    y separately published work icon Australian Verse : An Oxford Anthology John Leonard (editor), Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1998 Z461207 1998 anthology poetry (taught in 1 units) A thorough survey of poetry by Australians in English, beginning with a selection of contemporary work by younger poets, and going backward in time to the early colonial period. In addition to poems in the literary tradition, it indudes performance poetry, convict songs and old bush ballads. An extensive selection has been provided from the work of five major twentieth-century poets: Les Murray, Gwen Harwood, Judith Wright, A.D. Hope and Kenneth Slessor. Several features are provided to assist the reader: the date of first publication of each poem is provided; footnotes explain unfamiliar words and allusions; and brief biographical notes assist in locating each poet in his or her place in time. Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1998 pg. 113-114
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    y separately published work icon Australian Poetry Since 1788 Geoffrey Lehmann (editor), Robert Gray (editor), Sydney : University of New South Wales Press , 2011 Z1803846 2011 anthology poetry (taught in 1 units) 'A good poem is one that the world can’t forget or is delighted to rediscover. This landmark anthology of Australian poetry, edited by two of Australia’s foremost poets, Geoffrey Lehmann and Robert Gray, contains such poems. It is the first of its kind for Australia and promises to become a classic. Included here are Australia’s major poets, and lesser-known but equally affecting ones, and all manifestations of Australian poetry since 1788, from concrete poems to prose poems, from the cerebral to the naïve, from the humorous to the confessional, and from formal to free verse. Translations of some striking Aboriginal song poems are one of the high points. Containing over 1000 poems from 170 Australian poets, as well as short critical biographies, this careful reevaluation of Australian poetry makes this a superb book that can be read and enjoyed over a lifetime.' (From the publisher's website.) Sydney : University of New South Wales Press , 2011 pg. 634-636
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    y separately published work icon Island no. 167 2023 26067968 2023 periodical issue

    'In this first issue of Island for 2023, we’re proud to include all the shortlisted entries from the Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize. Congratulations to all the poets and our hardworking judges! Jane Rawson joins our team as Fiction Editor for 2023, and we’re delighted to have her on board. In this issue, two young Tasmanian writers are inspired by the ‘Island Conversations’ project, curated by Danielle Wood, which connects emerging Tasmanian writers with works from Island’s extensive archive. One of these new pieces responds to a poem by Les Murray that appeared in Island in 1981. Such are the riches in our back catalogue! This issue also presents the second work in Island’s graphic narratives series, curated by Joshua Santospirito, and our usual complement of excellent new essays and stories.' (Publication summary)

         2023     pg. 100-101
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Works about this Work

The Form of Love: Les Murray, Selfhood and the Romantic Impulse Ronnith Morris , 1999 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Fantastic Self : Essays on the Subject of the Self 1999; (p. 197-205)
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Subjects:
  • Tasmania,
  • Central Highlands, Tasmania,
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