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Notes
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Epigraph: 'Generation in and out we are put to use. People become instruments...Good men can be divided from their compassion by the institutional system that inherits us all.' Carl Oglesby.
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Epigraph: 'raining down meaning from beyond the subdivisions, / proclaiming the everlasting evangel of vulnerability...' Bruce Dawe, 'The Rock-Thrower'.
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Dedication: The poems written in this book were written in the time made possible by this [Ampol] Arts Award, and this book is therefore dedicated to Ampol in gratitude.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Melbourne,
Victoria,:Cheshire
, 1969 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Easy Does Iti"I have to be careful with my boy.", single work poetry (p. 1)
- Homecomingi"All day, day after day, they're bringing them home,", single work poetry war literature (p. 2)
- The Placei"The day I happened upon that still place", single work poetry (p. 3)
- A Double Hauntingi"Man will always be haunted by his world", single work poetry (p. 4)
- The Raped Girl's Fatheri"The buzz-saw whine of righteous anger rose", single work poetry (p. 5)
- The Sky Countryi"Sometimes at evening the winter clouds", single work poetry (p. 6)
- Miss Maci"In order to be forgotten", single work poetry (p. 7)
- Cann Riveri"In a triangular corner of my mind", single work poetry (p. 8)
- Suburban Loversi"Every morning they hold hands", single work poetry (p. 9)
- On a Friend Thrown Overi"`Not to look back,' you said", single work poetry (p. 10)
- At Massi"Now, you're more one of us than we are, splashing", single work poetry (p. 11)
- Up the Walli"The kettles' plainsong rises to a shriek,", single work poetry (p. 12)
- Dream Girli"And if, my lords, I take you at your wish,", single work poetry (p. 13)
- Paternal Instincti"Stern Texan! In whose hand the olive branch", single work poetry war literature (p. 14)
- Whether the Ideal World Contains Surprisesi"Plato's ideal world contained, it seems,", single work poetry (p. 15)
- A Slight Indispositioni"Ah it is such", single work poetry (p. 16-17)
- Migrantsi"In the fourth week the sea dropped clear away", single work poetry (p. 18)
- Lesi"When Les came off-duty that night and sat down", single work poetry (p. 19)
- TAB Robberyi"I bet. You bet. He bets.", single work poetry (p. 20)
- Devaluationi"Smaller borrowings were easily repaid", single work poetry (p. 21)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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The Singer of Concerns : A Profile of Bruce Dawe
1987
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Overland , September no. 108 1987; (p. 38-48) -
[Review] Beyond the Subdivisions : Poems Bruce Dawe
1970
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 24 January 1970; (p. 11)
— Review of Beyond the Subdivisions : Poems 1969 selected work poetry -
[Review] Beyond the Subdivisions : Poems Bruce Dawe
1970
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 7 November 1970; (p. 23)
— Review of Beyond the Subdivisions : Poems 1969 selected work poetry -
[Review] Beyond the Subdivisions : Poems Bruce Dawe
1970
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 10 January 1970; (p. 17)
— Review of Beyond the Subdivisions : Poems 1969 selected work poetry -
Breakthrough
1970
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 2 May vol. 92 no. 4702 1970; (p. 56)
— Review of Beyond the Subdivisions : Poems 1969 selected work poetry
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New Australian Poetry
1970
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 30 no. 2 1970; (p. 148-160)
— Review of Bicycle and Other Poems 1970 selected work poetry ; Beyond the Subdivisions : Poems 1969 selected work poetry ; The Stopped Landscape and Other Poems 1968 selected work poetry ; The Weatherboard Cathedral 1969 selected work poetry ; Letters to Live Poets 1969 selected work poetry -
[Review] Beyond the Subdivisions : Poems Bruce Dawe
1970
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March vol. 9 no. 5 1970; (p. 128)
— Review of Inwards to the Sun : Poems 1969 selected work poetry ; Beyond the Subdivisions : Poems 1969 selected work poetry -
Poetry - The Present Scene
1970
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Summer (1970-1971) no. 46 1970; (p. 38-40)
— Review of Inwards to the Sun : Poems 1969 selected work poetry ; The Law of Karma : A Progression of Poems 1968 selected work poetry ; Beyond the Subdivisions : Poems 1969 selected work poetry ; Deep Blue and Green : Poems 1970 selected work poetry ; A Counterfeit Silence : Selected Poems 1969 selected work poetry ; The Weatherboard Cathedral 1969 selected work poetry ; New Poems 1965-1969 1969 selected work poetry ; Tense Mood and Voice 1969 selected work poetry ; Segments of the Bowl 1967 selected work poetry -
Recent Australian Poetry
1970
single work
review
— Appears in: Poetry Australia , February no. 32 1970; (p. 50-57) Journal of Poetics Research , September 2014 no. 1 2014;
— Review of The Weatherboard Cathedral 1969 selected work poetry ; A Counterfeit Silence : Selected Poems 1969 selected work poetry ; Beyond the Subdivisions : Poems 1969 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems 1969 selected work poetry ; Two Houses 1969 selected work poetry ; Surprises of the Sun 1969 selected work poetry ; New Poems 1965-1969 1969 selected work poetry -
[Review] Beyond the Subdivisions : Poems Bruce Dawe
1969
single work
review
— Appears in: Twentieth Century , (1969-1970) vol. 24 no. 1969; (p. 284-287)
— Review of Beyond the Subdivisions : Poems 1969 selected work poetry -
The Singer of Concerns : A Profile of Bruce Dawe
1987
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Overland , September no. 108 1987; (p. 38-48)
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