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Notes
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Dedication : To Gloria.
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Epigraph: 'I think with dark about / Me; we are all the same; / When the light goes out / A need of similar name, / A folding of the eyes, / A reason put away. / Each of us dreams to rise. / I sleep for the waking day.' -- John Fandel.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Melbourne,
Victoria,:Cheshire
, 1965 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Apology for Impatience (for Gloria)i"Now through all my dreams", single work poetry (p. 1)
- The Hunter at Sunseti"Patience the hunter needs and some ration", single work poetry (p. 2-3)
- Any Shorter and I'd Have Missed it Altogetheri"Couldn't have hardly walked down the street I lived in", single work poetry (p. 4)
- Reflections on a Benevolent Dictatorshipi"A similar twinge of misgiving must often seize", single work poetry (p. 5)
- In the Club of the Well-fedi"In the club of the well-fed, time", single work poetry (p. 6)
- My Mother in Her Latter Yearsi"My mother in her latter years -", single work poetry (p. 7)
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Presages on a Rainy Dayi"Enormous images of grief",
single work
poetry
(p. 8-9)
Note: Dedication: For Alf Stringer.
- Henry Artenshaw's Canaani"`Golden Lizard Liniment country, without a doubt...'", single work poetry (p. 10-11)
- To My Typewriteri"Be my offsider, quick to make a point", single work poetry (p. 12-13)
- Author, Pleasei"Don't need a course in literary appreciation to know", single work poetry (p. 13)
- 'A' is for Asiai"It is part of our peculiar charm that each time we witness", single work poetry (p. 14)
- When She Had Gonei"What the waves had to say", single work poetry (p. 15)
- Processi"At what stage in the process", single work poetry (p. 16-17)
- The Last Wordi"Spare the expense of stone:", single work poetry (p. 18)
- ICI Buildingi"Like that enigmatic edifice, the defaulting", single work poetry (p. 19)
- Comediani"He takes in loneliness as the fish insensibly", single work poetry (p. 20)
- Poems for Gloria: Todayi"Once I myself believed:", single work poetry (p. 21)
- How To Go on Not Lookingi"How to go on not looking", single work poetry (p. 22)
- King Lear Writ Largei"Black stockmen ride as well as their white brethren", single work poetry (p. 23)
- First Corinthians at the Crossroadsi"When I was a blonde I", single work poetry (p. 24)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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'A' is for? Representations of Asia in the Poetry of Bruce Dawe
2000
single work
criticism
— Appears in: New Directions in Australian Studies : Papers of the Inaugural Conference of The Asian Association for the Study of Australia (ASAA), "Creative Configurations", Kerala, India (1997) 2000; (p. 343-352) Attuned to Alien Moonlight : The Poetry of Bruce Dawe 2002; (p. 88-101) -
The Singer of Concerns : A Profile of Bruce Dawe
1987
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Overland , September no. 108 1987; (p. 38-48) -
Untitled
1967
single work
review
— Appears in: Poetry Magazine , no. 4 1967; (p. 28-29)
— Review of A Need of Similar Name 1965 selected work poetry -
A Personal Rebel
1966
single work
review
— Appears in: Comment , November vol. 1 no. 4 1966; (p. 20 - 22)
— Review of A Need of Similar Name 1965 selected work poetry -
Untitled
1966
single work
review
— Appears in: Poetry Australia , June no. 10 1966; (p. 34-37)
— Review of A Need of Similar Name 1965 selected work poetry
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A Personal Rebel
1966
single work
review
— Appears in: Comment , November vol. 1 no. 4 1966; (p. 20 - 22)
— Review of A Need of Similar Name 1965 selected work poetry -
Recent Poetry
1966
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Summer (1966-1967) no. 35 1966; (p. 55-56)
— Review of In Charcoal and Conte 1966 selected work poetry ; A Need of Similar Name 1965 selected work poetry ; The Gift : Poems 1959-1965 1966 selected work poetry ; Cock Crow : Poems 1965 selected work poetry ; The Feast of Ancestors : Poems 1965 selected work poetry -
[Review] The Feast of Ancestors : Poems
1966
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , December no. 3 1966; (p. 90-94)
— Review of Forty Years' Poems 1965 selected work poetry ; A Need of Similar Name 1965 selected work poetry ; Cock Crow : Poems 1965 selected work poetry ; Young Commonwealth Poets '65 1965 anthology poetry ; The Ilex Tree 1965 selected work poetry ; The Feast of Ancestors : Poems 1965 selected work poetry -
Sophisticates and Primitives
1966
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 26 no. 2 1966; (p. 126-132)
— Review of Elsie Carew : Australian Primitive Poet : A Selection from Her Verse and Prose 1965 single work criticism ; A Need of Similar Name 1965 selected work poetry ; Briseis : A Poem 1965 sequence poetry ; The Feast of Ancestors : Poems 1965 selected work poetry ; The Ilex Tree 1965 selected work poetry -
Untitled
1965
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 24 December 1965; (p. 9)
— Review of A Need of Similar Name 1965 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) -
Public Yet Personal : Bruce Dawe's Poetry
1966
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin Quarterly , Spring vol. 25 no. 3 1966; (p. 290-294) -
'A' is for? Representations of Asia in the Poetry of Bruce Dawe
2000
single work
criticism
— Appears in: New Directions in Australian Studies : Papers of the Inaugural Conference of The Asian Association for the Study of Australia (ASAA), "Creative Configurations", Kerala, India (1997) 2000; (p. 343-352) Attuned to Alien Moonlight : The Poetry of Bruce Dawe 2002; (p. 88-101)
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