AustLit logo

AustLit

image of person or book cover 6456382759982776105.jpg
Cover image courtesy of publisher.
y separately published work icon Absence in Strange Countries selected work   poetry  
Issue Details: First known date: 1976... 1976 Absence in Strange Countries
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

Contents

* Contents derived from the St Lucia, Indooroopilly - St Lucia area, Brisbane - North West, Brisbane, Queensland,:University of Queensland Press , 1976 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
A Grief for Molliei"The whole house lives in mist", Andrew McDonald , single work poetry (p. 31)
Smilei"`I eat, therefore I am' -", Andrew McDonald , single work poetry (p. 32)
Photograph from Battersea Park (for Margaret, in Memory of Her Father)i"We see him here rising", Andrew McDonald , single work poetry (p. 33)
Winter Drive in Warwickshirei"We push through a fallen landscape,", Andrew McDonald , single work poetry (p. 34-35)
The Only End (for Mark Macleod)i"But why did you have to burn", Andrew McDonald , single work poetry (p. 39)
Aphasiai"This meant nothing to me.", Andrew McDonald , single work poetry (p. 40)
Epitaph for Marc Bolani"Under this massive stone lie", Andrew McDonald , single work poetry (p. 41)
Old Man Readingi"He sits like attentive stone.", Andrew McDonald , single work poetry (p. 42)
The Death of Albert di Salvoi"Never can tell about people-", Andrew McDonald , single work poetry (p. 43)
The Revenanti"The darkness still films her eyes,", Andrew McDonald , single work poetry (p. 44)
Interviewi"The latest of uncounted meetings", Andrew McDonald , single work poetry (p. 45)
Envoyi"Past midnight: a sudden nudge:", Andrew McDonald , single work poetry (p. 46)
Motor Moweri"You disrupt quiet afternoons and our placed preconceptions", Andrew McDonald , single work poetry (p. 47)
Collationi"Fluorescent light thickens in the booky wood,", Andrew McDonald , single work poetry (p. 48)
Before Breakfasti"The customary stance,", Andrew McDonald , single work poetry (p. 49)
Minceri"Fingers have felt this cold shell", Andrew McDonald , single work poetry (p. 50)
Woodi"Three times my tongue stumbles", Andrew McDonald , single work poetry (p. 51)
[Untitled] (from Safari Across Ethiopia)i"Was it Othello who was called `the dusky Ethiope'?", Andrew McDonald , single work poetry (p. 55)
Rousseau on the Farmi"He stands among his vegetable", Andrew McDonald , single work poetry (p. 56)
Trapsi"What we find is a comic posture,", Andrew McDonald , single work poetry (p. 57)
X