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Notes
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Epigraph: Extracts from James Agee's Let Us Now Praise Famous Men and Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms.
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Dedication: This book is dedicated to my perennial adolescence and the memory of John Lennon. It is for Joan and Johanna.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Kew,
Camberwell - Kew area,
Melbourne - Inner South,
Melbourne,
Victoria,:Pariah Press
, 1984 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- We Shall not Cease from Explorationi"Here in my country there are falling leaves;", single work poetry (p. 1)
- 'Frankly My Dear I Don't Give a Damn'i"The delicious cherries of extravagance", single work poetry (p. 2)
- The Hitch-Hiker's Casual Divorcei"Three days silence in the unkindness of eyes.", single work poetry (p. 3)
- The Weight of Daysi"These clouds sag down", single work poetry (p. 4)
- Aerial Deathi"Melodrama balances theatrically above the hushed crowd", single work poetry (p. 5)
- An Afternoon in the Sun of Sciencei"The impossibilities fall over themselves", single work poetry (p. 6)
- How We are Connected to the Landi"At 30,000 feet this fleet-winged piece of silver zings", single work poetry (p. 7)
- She Who Was Once the Helmet Maker's Beautiful Wifei"Now sits reflected in herself", single work poetry (p. 8)
- Registering : The Processi"Totemic and primitive", single work poetry (p. 9)
- Colours in Moscowi"The blue air hangs over lakes and palaces", single work poetry (p. 10)
- Wet Nurse (for Lyn Cameron)i"They", single work poetry (p. 11-12)
- Prince's Bridge : Love is Like a Drugi"It's like the breath running out of my body", single work poetry (p. 13)
- The First Piecei"In Hong Kong the cliffs are made of people, and washing flies from the", single work poetry (p. 14)
- Townsville Summeri"We'd been sucked into that summertime like logs upon a floodstream. It", single work poetry (p. 14)
- Rolling Stonesi"I imagined the incident of the midnight rockfall. Those huge, smooth and", single work poetry (p. 14)
- Blinding Drivei"The sun", single work poetry (p. 15)
- Elephant Embracei"I want to put my arms around your trunk", single work poetry (p. 16)
- The Mating Habits of the Red Striped Sticklebacki"Did you see, she said,", single work poetry (p. 16)
- TV Salei"In the impossible afternoon", single work poetry (p. 17)
- Minimal Musici"First", single work poetry (p. 18)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Untitled
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: Going Down Swinging , no. 8 1988; (p. 139-141)
— Review of Singers and Winners : Poems 1984 selected work poetry -
Mordant and Threatening Behind the Bright Detail
1986
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 6 September 1986; (p. 48)
— Review of The Bird-Man 1984 selected work poetry ; Smiling into the Snapshot Future 1985 selected work poetry ; Singers and Winners : Poems 1984 selected work poetry ; A Crowd of Voices 1985 selected work poetry short story -
New Ventures and an Overview of the Art
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 71 1985; (p. 27-28)
— Review of Neither Nuked Nor Crucified and Other Poems 1984 anthology poetry ; Singers and Winners : Poems 1984 selected work poetry -
Untitled
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: Fling , March vol. 5 no. 1 1985; (p. 60)
— Review of The Bird-Man 1984 selected work poetry ; Singers and Winners : Poems 1984 selected work poetry -
Public and Private Poems
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , September no. 100 1985; (p. 94-96)
— Review of The One True History 1984 selected work poetry ; We'll All Go Together 1984 selected work poetry ; Singers and Winners : Poems 1984 selected work poetry ; Windfalls : Poems 1984 selected work poetry ; Listening at Night 1984 selected work poetry ; Love and the Outer World : Selected Poems 1984 selected work poetry
-
Public and Private Poems
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , September no. 100 1985; (p. 94-96)
— Review of The One True History 1984 selected work poetry ; We'll All Go Together 1984 selected work poetry ; Singers and Winners : Poems 1984 selected work poetry ; Windfalls : Poems 1984 selected work poetry ; Listening at Night 1984 selected work poetry ; Love and the Outer World : Selected Poems 1984 selected work poetry -
Untitled
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: Fling , March vol. 5 no. 1 1985; (p. 60)
— Review of The Bird-Man 1984 selected work poetry ; Singers and Winners : Poems 1984 selected work poetry -
Mordant and Threatening Behind the Bright Detail
1986
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 6 September 1986; (p. 48)
— Review of The Bird-Man 1984 selected work poetry ; Smiling into the Snapshot Future 1985 selected work poetry ; Singers and Winners : Poems 1984 selected work poetry ; A Crowd of Voices 1985 selected work poetry short story -
New Ventures and an Overview of the Art
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 71 1985; (p. 27-28)
— Review of Neither Nuked Nor Crucified and Other Poems 1984 anthology poetry ; Singers and Winners : Poems 1984 selected work poetry -
Untitled
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: Going Down Swinging , no. 8 1988; (p. 139-141)
— Review of Singers and Winners : Poems 1984 selected work poetry
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