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y Fatherlands selected work poetry

Author:agent B. R. Dionysius

Issue Details: First known date: 2000... 2000 Fatherlands

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Dedication:
For Melissa
And did you get what / you wanted from this life, even so? / I did. / And what did you want? / TO call myself beloved, to feel myself / beloved on the earth.' - Raymond Carver, 'Late Fragment'

* Contents derived from the Wollongong, Wollongong area, Illawarra, South Coast, New South Wales,:Five Islands Press , 2000 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.

Wilhelmine Schluter at Fourteen"This is how I first saw him.", B. R. Dionysius , single work poetry (p. 5)

The Condamine"The river was dry but once.", B. R. Dionysius , single work poetry (p. 6-7)

Sometimes He..."Sometimes he would line the four", B. R. Dionysius , single work poetry (p. 8)

Of Earth and Wheat"He is dying in here", B. R. Dionysius , single work poetry (p. 9)

Note: First line: 'He is dying in here and outside'

Cockatrice"When the earth took him by surprise", B. R. Dionysius , single work poetry (p. 10-11)

Black Tadpoles"His tree frog heart", B. R. Dionysius , single work poetry (p. 12)

The Cold Work of Stones"We skimmed only the flattest rocks", B. R. Dionysius , single work poetry (p. 13)

In a Forest of V2 Rockets"There is a coolness here", B. R. Dionysius , single work poetry (p. 14-16)

Atomic Shadow"His was the great & secret show", B. R. Dionysius , single work poetry (p. 17)

Fatherlands"What was it about him?", B. R. Dionysius , single work poetry (p. 18-19)

Almost Sixteen Months"My daughter", B. R. Dionysius , single work poetry (p. 19)

Earthing"The thunder echoed clear across", B. R. Dionysius , single work poetry (p. 20)

Crossing"He was surprised at how much it didn't hurt.", B. R. Dionysius , single work poetry (p. 21)

Fossils"Once, on a small hill-top", B. R. Dionysius , single work poetry (p. 22-23)

Easter"The red panacum sweats", B. R. Dionysius , single work poetry (p. 24-25)

My Daughter and I at the End of the Century"I war upon myself.", B. R. Dionysius , single work poetry (p. 26-27)

Stung"When he was a young man", B. R. Dionysius , single work poetry (p. 28-29)

The Wheels Turn Slowly"I try to piece together my father", B. R. Dionysius , single work poetry (p. 30)

Stars in His Pockets Like Grains of Sand"That night her face was framed by stars.", B. R. Dionysius , single work poetry (p. 31)

Pink Crocus Flowers"When you were not here", B. R. Dionysius , single work poetry (p. 32)

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Untitled Helen Horton , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Imago : New Writing , vol. 13 no. 1 2001; (p. 111-112)
— Review of Fatherlands B. R. Dionysius , 2000 selected work poetry

Dark Mirrors : New Poetry Kerry Leves , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 162 2001; (p. 109-11)
— Review of Knifing the Ice : Poems Jude Aquilina , 2000 selected work poetry ; Hope in Hell Sarah Attfield , 2000 selected work poetry ; Blood Relations Sandy Jeffs , 2000 selected work poetry ; The Midday Clock : Selected Poems and Drawings R. A. Simpson , 1999 selected work poetry ; Every Night They Dance Andy Kissane , 2000 selected work poetry ; Hijacked to the Underworld Carolyn Gerrish , 2000 selected work poetry ; Admissions Jen Crawford , 2000 selected work poetry ; The Dogs Annemaree Adams , 2000 selected work poetry ; Landscape with Shadows : Possibilities of Being F. G. Short , 1998 selected work poetry drama prose ; Fatherlands B. R. Dionysius , 2000 selected work poetry ; Pirouetting on a Precipice : Poems of the Blue and White Mountains Colleen Burke , 2000 selected work poetry ; Be Straight with Me Martin Langford , 2000 selected work poetry

Six New Poets Jenny Harrison , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 225 2000; (p. 54-55)
— Review of Fatherlands B. R. Dionysius , 2000 selected work poetry ; Why I Am Not A Farmer Brendan Ryan , 2000 selected work poetry ; Hope in Hell Sarah Attfield , 2000 selected work poetry ; The Dogs Annemaree Adams , 2000 selected work poetry ; Admissions Jen Crawford , 2000 selected work poetry

Tapping the Deep Well Mark O'Flynn , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: LiNQ , October vol. 27 no. 2 2000; (p. 80-84)
— Review of New Poets Series : Series 7 2000 series - publisher poetry ; The Dogs Annemaree Adams , 2000 selected work poetry ; Hope in Hell Sarah Attfield , 2000 selected work poetry ; Admissions Jen Crawford , 2000 selected work poetry ; Fatherlands B. R. Dionysius , 2000 selected work poetry ; Why I Am Not A Farmer Brendan Ryan , 2000 selected work poetry

Untitled Helen Horton , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Imago : New Writing , vol. 13 no. 1 2001; (p. 111-112)
— Review of Fatherlands B. R. Dionysius , 2000 selected work poetry