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* Contents derived from the 1966 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Seaforth Mackenzie, single work biography (p. 4-12)
- Kenneth Mackenzie's Hospital Poems, single work column (p. 13-14)
- Sick Men Waking : [Untitled]i"Half light, half light... the dissolution of dreams", single work poetry (p. 15)
- Portrait of a Soldier Sick Men Waking : Listen, Mate, ...i"Listen mate, I been in here 8 months,", single work poetry (p. 16-17)
- Sick Men Waking : I Ought to Write to Bill ...i"I ought to write to Bill today and tell him", single work poetry (p. 17)
- Sick Men Waking : Belladonna ...i"Belladonna - Beautiful Lady-", single work poetry (p. 18)
- Sick Men Waking : Down on the River Levels ...i"Down on the river levels", single work poetry (p. 19)
- Sick Men Waking : O River, River ...i"O river, river running so sweetly through fields of clover", single work poetry (p. 20-21)
- Autumn Sick Men Waking : Autumni"Grey sky, grey water, and a grey ship of war", single work poetry (p. 22)
- Sick Men Sleeping Sick Men Waking : Sick Men Sleepingi"Some one calls out, and some one else", single work poetry (p. 23)
- New Arrivali"Burgess was drunk when he was admitted", single work poetry (p. 24)
- A Nurse : Ii"This nurse's averted face for once forgets to seem", single work poetry (p. 24-25)
- The Hospital-Retrospections, sequence poetry (p. 24-38)
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An Old Inmatei"Joe Green Joe Green O how are you doing today?",
single work
poetry
(p. 25-26)
Note: Textual correction for this source published in Westerly, no.1, March 1968
- A Nurse : IIi"Tirelessly ceaselessly she talks of herself.", single work poetry (p. 26-27)
- The Hospital : Ii"No cries of sorrow escapee these unadorned", single work poetry (p. 27-29)
- Visiting Hoursi"Into the polished wooden floor the sunlight plunges", single work poetry (p. 29-30)
- A Frosty Morning, in Hospital A Frosty Morningi"Burgess upon the balcony", single work poetry (p. 30-31)
- Matroni"Trailing the incense of many thousand Masses", single work poetry (p. 31-32)
- Night Dutyi"Old Young who sleeps by day by night", single work poetry (p. 32-33)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Field Exercises
1967
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March vol. 6 no. 5 1967; (p. 68)
— Review of The Fiction Fields of Australia 1856 single work criticism ; Westerly no. 3 December 1966 periodical issue
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Field Exercises
1967
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March vol. 6 no. 5 1967; (p. 68)
— Review of The Fiction Fields of Australia 1856 single work criticism ; Westerly no. 3 December 1966 periodical issue
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