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  • Author:agent James McAuley http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/mcauley-james
Issue Details: First known date: 1976... 1976 Time Given : Poems 1970-1976
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Notes

  • Epigraph: 'Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit' (J. S. Bach Cantata No.CVI - Actus Tragicus)
  • Includes poems from Music Late at Night (1976) and previously uncollected poems.
  • Published posthumously.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Canberra, Australian Capital Territory,:Brindabella Press , 1976 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
World on Sundayi"Brown lilac, roses filled with rain;", James McAuley , single work poetry (p. 8)
At a Child's Gravei"A sky contused and rifted like a wound:", James McAuley , single work poetry (p. 9)
Nocturnei"A gull flies low across the darkening bay.", James McAuley , single work poetry (p. 10)
Nocturnei"A gull flies low across the darkening bay.", James McAuley , single work poetry (p. 10)
Private Devotionsi"Twisted vines are turning red,", James McAuley , single work poetry (p. 11)
Autumn Imagesi"Rose-hips cluster bright as blood,", James McAuley , single work poetry (p. 12)
In the Orchardi"Late-ripening dark-red apples drop", James McAuley , single work poetry (p. 13)
Winter Drivei"Fallow fields, dark pewter sky,", James McAuley , single work poetry (p. 14)
Madonnai"Your head bent in the gesture of caring,", James McAuley , single work poetry (p. 15)
In the Gardensi"Poor Summer with corroded face", James McAuley , single work poetry (p. 16)
Watercolouri"The sky, the bay, are filled with blue.", James McAuley , single work poetry (p. 17)
Morning Voluntaryi"Morning comes with milk and bread.", James McAuley , single work poetry (p. 18)
Motel, Burniei"Smoke trailing on an offshore breeze.", James McAuley , single work poetry (p. 19)
Saturday Morningi"Dark swamping rain, then morning shine;", James McAuley , single work poetry (p. 20)
In Northern Tasmaniai"Soft sodden fields. The new lambs cry", James McAuley , single work poetry (p. 21)
Another Day, Another Nighti"A breath rises from enormous distance", James McAuley , single work poetry (p. 22)
Trakl: Salzburg : I. Monchsbergi"Heavy is such a task:", James McAuley , single work poetry (p. 23)
Trakl : Salzburg, James McAuley , sequence poetry (p. 23-26)
Trakl: Salzburg : II. In the Mirabell Gardeni"Tableaux of lust and violence explode", James McAuley , single work poetry (p. 24)
Trakl: Salzburg : III. In a Village Churchyardi"Their graves have holy-water stoups, for prayer;", James McAuley , single work poetry (p. 25)
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Works about this Work

Publishing Australian Poetry : 'Many Months of Loving Care Michael Richards , 2017 single work biography
— Appears in: Unbound : The National Library of Australia Magazine , September 2017;

'Michael Richards explores the efforts of publisher Alec Bolton to elevate the Australian poetry publishing scene with his collection of the poems of James McAuley.'
Displaced : James McAuley's Haunted Poetics Bill Ashcroft , Frances Devlin-Glass , Lyn McCredden , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Intimate Horizons : The Post-Colonial Sacred in Australian Literature 2009; (p. 105-139)
y separately published work icon James McAuley Lyn McCredden , South Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1992 Z90326 1992 single work criticism
James McAuley (1917-1976) Margaret Giordano , Don Norman , 1984 single work biography
— Appears in: Tasmanian Literary Landmarks 1984; (p. 191-197)
Displaced : James McAuley's Haunted Poetics Bill Ashcroft , Frances Devlin-Glass , Lyn McCredden , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Intimate Horizons : The Post-Colonial Sacred in Australian Literature 2009; (p. 105-139)
James McAuley (1917-1976) Margaret Giordano , Don Norman , 1984 single work biography
— Appears in: Tasmanian Literary Landmarks 1984; (p. 191-197)
y separately published work icon James McAuley Lyn McCredden , South Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1992 Z90326 1992 single work criticism
Publishing Australian Poetry : 'Many Months of Loving Care Michael Richards , 2017 single work biography
— Appears in: Unbound : The National Library of Australia Magazine , September 2017;

'Michael Richards explores the efforts of publisher Alec Bolton to elevate the Australian poetry publishing scene with his collection of the poems of James McAuley.'
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