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Contents

* Contents derived from the Pymble, Turramurra - Pymble - St Ives area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson , 1992 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Salutei""Each tree stands alone in stillness"", John Forbes , single work poetry (p. 1)
After the Bombs We Invent the Futurei"Let's paint the ideal supper on the back of", John Forbes , single work poetry (p. 2)
Orange Sonnet/Imitation Orange Sonneti"oranges in my experience not yet ripe", John Forbes , single work poetry (p. 3)
The Venice Lettersi"`Stand roughly here' the silence was", John Forbes , single work poetry (p. 4)
T.V.i"don't bother telling me about the programs", John Forbes , single work poetry (p. 5)
Admonitionsi"The happiest of cannonballs", Mark O'Connor , John Forbes , single work poetry (p. 6-7)
Note:
  • Author note: Written with Mark O'Connor.
  • A poem in 2 numbered parts.
The Classical Headi"Nature in her wisdom has formed the human head", John Forbes , single work poetry (p. 8)
Four Heads and How to Do Them, John Forbes , sequence poetry (p. 8-12)
The Romantic Headi"The Romantic head begins with the hands cupped", John Forbes , single work poetry (p. 9)
The Symbolist Headi"No longer begins with even a mention of anatomy,", John Forbes , single work poetry (p. 10)
The Conceptual Headi"The breeze moves", John Forbes , single work poetry (p. 11-12)
Ode to Tropical Skiingi"After breakfast in the Philippines", John Forbes , single work poetry (p. 13-14)
To the Bobbydazzlersi"American poets!", John Forbes , single work poetry (p. 15)
The Sorrowful Mysteriesi"A dazed disc jockey fingers an epaulette", John Forbes , single work poetry (p. 16)
Angeli"not serious about drugs", John Forbes , single work poetry (p. 17)
The Photographi"The polo stopped so suddenly the spectators imagined", John Forbes , single work poetry (p. 18)
Civilisation and Its Discontentsi"watching the late night", John Forbes , single work poetry (p. 19-20)
Topothesiai"How we see things determines how we act and even", John Forbes , single work poetry (p. 21-22)
Jacobeani"an island builds itself around", John Forbes , single work poetry (p. 23)
A Floating Lifei"the subtle justice of a rich man", John Forbes , single work poetry (p. 24-25)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Open, Mixed, and Moving: Recent Australian Poetry Kevin Hart , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: World Literature Today , Summer vol. 67 no. 3 1993; (p. 482-488) Twayne Companion to Contemporary World Literature 2003; (p. 794-801)

— Review of Selected Poems [1990] Gwen Harwood , 1990 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems 1939-1990 John Blight , 1992 selected work poetry ; Poems 1959-1989 David Malouf , 1992 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems Elizabeth Riddell , 1992 selected work poetry ; Collected Poems Rosemary Dobson , 1991 selected work poetry drama ; New and Selected Poems John Forbes , 1992 selected work poetry
Looking Back : Geoff Dean, John Forbes and Lian Tanner at Round Midnight, 18 June 1992 Lorraine Hepburn , 1992 single work criticism
— Appears in: Tasmanian Writers Union Newsletter , August vol. 12 no. 4 1992; (p. 6-7)
Twenty Years of John Forbes, No Joke Martin Duwell , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: Scripsi , vol. 8 no. 1 1992; (p. 257-264)

— Review of New and Selected Poems John Forbes , 1992 selected work poetry
After Poetry 13 : A Quarterly Account of Recent Poetry Kevin Hart , 1992 single work criticism
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 127 1992; (p. 28-34)
Poet Sometimes Ahead, Rather Than of, Her Time Geoff Page , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 11 July 1992; (p. C9)

— Review of Selected Poems Elizabeth Riddell , 1992 selected work poetry ; New and Selected Poems John Forbes , 1992 selected work poetry
Open, Mixed, and Moving: Recent Australian Poetry Kevin Hart , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: World Literature Today , Summer vol. 67 no. 3 1993; (p. 482-488) Twayne Companion to Contemporary World Literature 2003; (p. 794-801)

— Review of Selected Poems [1990] Gwen Harwood , 1990 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems 1939-1990 John Blight , 1992 selected work poetry ; Poems 1959-1989 David Malouf , 1992 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems Elizabeth Riddell , 1992 selected work poetry ; Collected Poems Rosemary Dobson , 1991 selected work poetry drama ; New and Selected Poems John Forbes , 1992 selected work poetry
Mind-Blowing Lines for the In Crowd Heather Cam , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 13 June 1992; (p. 43)

— Review of The Bird Catcher's Song : A Salt Anthology of Contemporary Poetry 1992 anthology poetry short story extract criticism ; New and Selected Poems John Forbes , 1992 selected work poetry
Pharaoh, the Bodies, the Poison and the Butts Thomas Shapcott , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 9 May 1992; (p. 10)

— Review of Akhenaten Dorothy Porter , 1992 single work novel ; Three Days Out of Tidal Town Anthony Lawrence , 1992 selected work poetry ; New and Selected Poems John Forbes , 1992 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems Kate Llewellyn , 1992 selected work poetry
Poems that Really are Worlds Apart Ken L. Goodwin , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 14 March 1992; (p. wkd 7)

— Review of Inside Outside : Life Between Two Worlds A. P. Riemer , 1992 single work autobiography ; New and Selected Poems John Forbes , 1992 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems Elizabeth Riddell , 1992 selected work poetry
A Selective Difference Lawrence Bourke , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: Voices , Spring vol. 2 no. 3 1992; (p. 104-107)

— Review of Formerlight : Selected Poems Alan Gould , 1992 selected work poetry ; New and Selected Poems John Forbes , 1992 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems Elizabeth Riddell , 1992 selected work poetry
After Poetry 13 : A Quarterly Account of Recent Poetry Kevin Hart , 1992 single work criticism
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 127 1992; (p. 28-34)
Looking Back : Geoff Dean, John Forbes and Lian Tanner at Round Midnight, 18 June 1992 Lorraine Hepburn , 1992 single work criticism
— Appears in: Tasmanian Writers Union Newsletter , August vol. 12 no. 4 1992; (p. 6-7)
Breaking the Rules John Forbes , 1992 single work criticism
— Appears in: Refrain : Poetry Review (Supplement to Australian Book Review) 1992; (p. 22)
A Poet Who Wouldn't Shut Up Alan Wearne , 1992 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Age , 28 March 1992; (p. 10)
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