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Bahadour single work   poetry   "The sun stamps shadows against the wall"
  • Author:agent Judith Beveridge http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/beveridge-judith
Issue Details: First known date: 1997-1998... 1997-1998 Bahadour
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

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    y separately published work icon Heat no. 6 1997-1998 Z598099 1997-1998 periodical issue 1997-1998 pg. 13-14
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    y separately published work icon New Music : An Anthology of Contemporary Australian Poetry John Leonard (editor), Wollongong : Five Islands Press , 2001 Z823311 2001 anthology poetry (taught in 4 units) Wollongong : Five Islands Press , 2001 pg. 84-85
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    y separately published work icon Sydney Mosaic Paula McKay , Jean Frances , Gymea : 2001 Z1033482 2001 website Website featuring predominately Australian poetry. Gymea : 2001
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    y separately published work icon Open Boat, Barbed Wire Sky Sue Hicks (editor), Danny Gardner (editor), Sydney : Live Poets' Press , 2003 Z1015552 2003 anthology poetry Includes works by more than 80 poets, predominantly from Australia, but also including representation from South Africa, the USA, the UK and New Zealand. Money raised from the sale of the book is to be used to support refugees and asylum seekers. Sydney : Live Poets' Press , 2003 pg. 85
    Note: With first line: The sun stamps his shadow on the wall
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    y separately published work icon Wolf Notes Judith Beveridge , Artarmon : Giramondo Publishing , 2003 Z1099576 2003 selected work poetry (taught in 3 units) Artarmon : Giramondo Publishing , 2003 pg. 15-16
    Note: With first line: The sun stamps his shadow on the wall
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    y separately published work icon 80 Great Poems from Chaucer to Now Geoff Page (editor), Sydney : University of New South Wales Press , 2006 Z1313999 2006 anthology poetry criticism A collection of Page's criticisms previously published separately in the Canberra Times under the title 'ReVerse'. Sydney : University of New South Wales Press , 2006 pg. 323-324
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    y separately published work icon Lemuria vol. 1 no. 1 Winter Les Murray (editor), 2006 Z1385990 2006 periodical issue 2006 pg. 99-100
    Note: With first line: The sun stamps his shadow on the wall
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    y separately published work icon Ilumina : Poetry UnLimited Press Journal 2007 Judith Beveridge (editor), 2007 Z1626498 2007 periodical issue 2007 pg. 13-14
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    y separately published work icon Sixty Classic Australian Poems Geoff Page , Sydney : University of New South Wales Press , 2009 Z1570296 2009 single work criticism (taught in 3 units) 'This is a superb introduction to poetry from the nineteenth century to the present. With insight and insider knowledge, poet Geoff Page emphasises the contribution made by the notable generation of Australian poets who emerged during and just after World War II. It includes several contemporary poems which are likely to become classics in the near future. Each poem is followed by a short, lively essay discussing its merits and suggesting why it might be considered a classic.' (Publisher's blurb) Sydney : University of New South Wales Press , 2009 pg. 271-272
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    y separately published work icon The Puncher & Wattmann Anthology of Australian Poetry John Leonard (editor), Glebe : Puncher and Wattmann , 2009 Z1674214 2009 anthology poetry (taught in 16 units) Glebe : Puncher and Wattmann , 2009 pg. 57-58
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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. 976-977
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    y separately published work icon Hook and Eye : A Selection of Poems Judith Beveridge , New York (City) : George Braziller , 2014 8769465 2014 selected work poetry

    'The third in Braziller's Series of Australian Poets, Judith Beveridge engages the world in ways that open up larger perspectives and deeper understandings. As the critic Clive James notes, Beveridge s work displays unfailing dignity of movement and quiet splendour. Whether in relation to the natural world around us or to our inner world of intellect and emotion, Beveridge s poems call us to account, exalting our capacity for knowledge and insisting upon the pleasures and responsibilities of attentiveness."' (Publication summary)

    New York (City) : George Braziller , 2014
    pg. 41-42

Works about this Work

A Poetics of Sacred and Secular in Australia Lyn McCredden , 2020 single work criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 20 no. 2 2020;

'This essay examines the claims to secularity of contemporary Australia, arguing that in the context of Indigenous Australians' declaration, in the document 'Uluru: Statement from the Heart', and of many poetic expressions, we must more fully explore the category of the sacred. Further, the essay argues that in contemporary Australia, sacred and secular domains need to be mutually engaged. The essay offers the idea of the poetic sacred - where secular (political, earthed, civic) and sacred (numinous, transcendent, meaning-making) possibilities can be seen in dialogue. 'Uluru: Statement from the Heart', as well as the poetry of Bruce Dawe, Les Murray, Lionel Fogarty and Judith Beveridge are examined, as exemplars of the poetic sacred.' (Publication abstract)

Judith Beveridge (1956- ) : 'Bahadour' Geoff Page , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Sixty Classic Australian Poems 2009; (p. 272-275)
An Interaction with Judith Beveridge's 'Bahadour' Geoff Page , 2006 single work criticism
— Appears in: Lemuria , Winter vol. 1 no. 1 2006; (p. 99-100)
ReVerse Geoff Page , 2005 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 9 April 2005; (p. 14) 80 Great Poems from Chaucer to Now 2006; (p. 324-326)
Geoff Page looks at Judith Beveridge's poem Bahadour commenting that it is 'rare to see poems which are simultaneously so moral and so complex as this one.'
ReVerse Geoff Page , 2005 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 9 April 2005; (p. 14) 80 Great Poems from Chaucer to Now 2006; (p. 324-326)
Geoff Page looks at Judith Beveridge's poem Bahadour commenting that it is 'rare to see poems which are simultaneously so moral and so complex as this one.'
An Interaction with Judith Beveridge's 'Bahadour' Geoff Page , 2006 single work criticism
— Appears in: Lemuria , Winter vol. 1 no. 1 2006; (p. 99-100)
Judith Beveridge (1956- ) : 'Bahadour' Geoff Page , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Sixty Classic Australian Poems 2009; (p. 272-275)
A Poetics of Sacred and Secular in Australia Lyn McCredden , 2020 single work criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 20 no. 2 2020;

'This essay examines the claims to secularity of contemporary Australia, arguing that in the context of Indigenous Australians' declaration, in the document 'Uluru: Statement from the Heart', and of many poetic expressions, we must more fully explore the category of the sacred. Further, the essay argues that in contemporary Australia, sacred and secular domains need to be mutually engaged. The essay offers the idea of the poetic sacred - where secular (political, earthed, civic) and sacred (numinous, transcendent, meaning-making) possibilities can be seen in dialogue. 'Uluru: Statement from the Heart', as well as the poetry of Bruce Dawe, Les Murray, Lionel Fogarty and Judith Beveridge are examined, as exemplars of the poetic sacred.' (Publication abstract)

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