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One of a series of six small books which were published as a single set. The pagination throughout the set is continuous.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Sydney,
New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson
, 1980 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Tricks of Memoryi"What we were before soaks up through the present's page.", single work poetry (p. 163)
- Child of the Timei"I was born in nineteen thirty-four", single work poetry (p. 164)
- Air Raidi"All night half-sleep and waking dream", single work poetry (p. 164-165)
- Stories of My Mother's Childhood, Told in Wartimei"From the album of my mother's mind,", single work poetry (p. 166-167)
- Love Alli"At seventeen I knew from books", single work poetry (p. 167)
- The Suicidei"She ambled about the lanes,", single work poetry (p. 168-169)
- Etchingsi"Thirty years ago in Gloucestershire,", single work poetry (p. 170)
- Migrants in Van Diemen's Landi"How I hated this strange island", single work poetry (p. 171)
- In Tasmaniai"'It's so like England,' said our shipboard friend.", single work poetry (p. 172)
- Ned Kellyi"Alone in a visionaries' desert of umber and red", single work poetry (p. 173)
- On Firei"Sartre's night is darker than smoke.", single work poetry (p. 174)
- The Awakeningi"One cold grey day, looking from the window,", single work poetry (p. 175)
- Night Musici"Rest after the long day blesses each sense,", single work poetry (p. 176)
- To the Unborni"My spirit has spun for us a warm cocoon", single work poetry (p. 177)
- The House of a Self-Made Mani"Searching the listed years and names one finds", single work poetry (p. 178-179)
- Housewifei"The floor was scrubbed. The windows shone.", single work poetry (p. 180)
- Tea Partyi"Among the scones and silver plate", single work poetry (p. 181)
- Harvesti"I have sailed through many oceans.", single work poetry (p. 182)
- Marlowei"Late in the summer night when the casement flapped,", single work poetry (p. 183-185)
- To a Scholar's Ghosti"Quite suddenly, repeating what's been said,", single work poetry (p. 186)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Development of the Well-Crafted Image
Nina Jeffries
(interviewer),
1983
single work
biography
interview
— Appears in: Mercury , 6 August 1983, 17 1983; -
Pocket Size and Attractive
1981
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 29 1981; (p. 29-30)
— Review of Wild Lemons : Poems 1980 selected work poetry ; Armistice : Poems 1980 selected work poetry ; Tricks of Memory : Poems 1980 selected work poetry ; Signs and Seas : Poems 1980 selected work poetry ; Lives : Poems 1980 selected work poetry ; Be Faithful Go : Poems 1980 selected work poetry
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Pocket Size and Attractive
1981
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 29 1981; (p. 29-30)
— Review of Wild Lemons : Poems 1980 selected work poetry ; Armistice : Poems 1980 selected work poetry ; Tricks of Memory : Poems 1980 selected work poetry ; Signs and Seas : Poems 1980 selected work poetry ; Lives : Poems 1980 selected work poetry ; Be Faithful Go : Poems 1980 selected work poetry -
Development of the Well-Crafted Image
Nina Jeffries
(interviewer),
1983
single work
biography
interview
— Appears in: Mercury , 6 August 1983, 17 1983;
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