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Illawarra,
South Coast,
New South Wales,:Five Islands Press
, 2001 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- New Music : An Anthology of Contemporary Australian Poetry : Introduction, single work criticism (p. xiv-xvii)
- Fetchi"Of course, you say, we have heard this story before", single work poetry (p. 1)
- Travel Sicknessi"initially", single work poetry (p. 2)
- Denouementi"I settle into the tough elements", single work poetry (p. 3)
- Rotei"Long drawn blinds take me back to the first day", single work poetry (p. 3-4)
- Winter Districti"I throw you bread below the roadhouse sky.", single work poetry (p. 4)
- The Hospital for Dollsi"The blind giant tied on", single work poetry (p. 5-7)
- For the Wake and the Skeleton Dancei"the dreamtime Dostoyevskys murmur of a recession in the spirit world", single work poetry (p. 8)
- Shout-Me-a-Wine Requiemi"let's just say", single work poetry (p. 9)
- When I'm Called 'a Human'...i"I'm in a small room with a German woman", single work poetry (p. 10-11)
- Translated Mani"To hear myself think in this noisy city I plug my ears.", single work poetry (p. 11)
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The Rocki"The volcanic rock on my desk performs solidly.",
single work
poetry
(p. 11-12)
Note: Published as part of the sequence 'Mister! Mister! Mister!'
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Azani"Voices from nearby minarets, in an asynchrony,",
single work
poetry
(p. 12)
Note: Published as part of the sequence 'Mister! Mister! Mister!'
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Takbirani"There is a night when all radios transmit like minarets,",
single work
poetry
(p. 12)
Note: Published as part of the sequence 'Mister! Mister! Mister!
- This is the Long Drowningi"the slow walk home (you take each fingertip, in turn, between your", single work poetry (p. 13)
- Broken Sleepi"sarah, you're frightened of the night -", single work poetry (p. 13)
- Women Without Childreni"i cut the mothers", single work poetry (p. 14)
- Swingi"I am swinging", single work poetry (p. 14-16)
- Inductioni"'Say goodbye to dignity'", single work poetry (p. 16)
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Dark Poemsi"I don't want to pull these black worms out of me. It hurts.",
single work
poetry
(p. 17)
Note: Appears with first line: I don't want to pull these black worms out of me. It hurts. The white page nags
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Australia's New Poetries
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 16 no. 2 2002; (p. 201-204)
— Review of New Music : An Anthology of Contemporary Australian Poetry 2001 anthology poetry -
Five Island Singalong
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Sidewalk , December no. 10 2002; (p. 72)
— Review of New Music : An Anthology of Contemporary Australian Poetry 2001 anthology poetry -
A Refreshing State of the Art
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Island , Summer no. 88 2002; (p. 126-128) The Poetic Eye : Occasional Writings 1982-2012 2016; (p. 365-367)
— Review of New Music : An Anthology of Contemporary Australian Poetry 2001 anthology poetry 'John Leonard's survey of Australian verse samples the work of ninetv-six poets whose work has appeared with some frequency in the decade since the appearance of his first Anthology of Contemporary Australian Poetry (Melbourne: Houghton Mifflin, 1990). He has included a poem of mine in this second collection, and I am agreeably surprised to find myself in the company of younger and older writers whose works I have admired from a distance, or whom I have had the pleasure to hear and meet at readings in several States.' (Introduction)
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Poetry Worth Singing About
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bunyip , 31 October 2001; (p. 30)
— Review of New Music : An Anthology of Contemporary Australian Poetry 2001 anthology poetry -
Romeos at the Bus Depot
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: New England Review , Winter no. 14 2001; (p. 19)
— Review of New Music : An Anthology of Contemporary Australian Poetry 2001 anthology poetry
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Five Island Singalong
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Sidewalk , December no. 10 2002; (p. 72)
— Review of New Music : An Anthology of Contemporary Australian Poetry 2001 anthology poetry -
Romeos at the Bus Depot
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: New England Review , Winter no. 14 2001; (p. 19)
— Review of New Music : An Anthology of Contemporary Australian Poetry 2001 anthology poetry -
Australia's New Poetries
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 16 no. 2 2002; (p. 201-204)
— Review of New Music : An Anthology of Contemporary Australian Poetry 2001 anthology poetry -
Poetry Worth Singing About
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bunyip , 31 October 2001; (p. 30)
— Review of New Music : An Anthology of Contemporary Australian Poetry 2001 anthology poetry -
Lively and insightful selection
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 12 May 2001; (p. 18)
— Review of New Music : An Anthology of Contemporary Australian Poetry 2001 anthology poetry
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