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Notes
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Dedication: I dedicate this latest work to: The Masters; Mistresses Ancient and Now.
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Author's note: Tongues & Pinnacles is in 2 parts. In the 1st part I've attempted to give voice, mostly, to 'objects'. The 2nd part is the 'me' speaking.... Magnetic Isl. Qld. September, 1976.
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Epigraph for Part One, 'Diction of Suns': Whoever you are holding me now in hand, / Without one thing all will be useless, / I give you fair warning before you attempt me further, / I am not what you supposed, but far different. Walt Whitman.
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For it is not for what I have put into it that I have written this book, / Nor is it by reading it you will acquire it, / Nor do those know me best who admire me and vauntingly praise me, / Nor will the candidates for my love (unless at most a very few) prove victorious, / Nor will my poems do good only, they will do just as much evil, perhaps more, / For all is useless without that which you may guess at many times and not hit, that which I hinted at; / Therefore release me and depart on your way. Walt Whitman.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Townsville,
Townsville area,
Marlborough - Mackay - Townsville area,
Queensland,:Cochon
, 1976 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Proverbsi"The Good News floored me. News that the flood", single work poetry (p. 10)
- Toasti"Caught on the hook of a smile,", single work poetry (p. 11)
- I Heard a Woman Weepingi"I heard a woman weeping down", single work poetry (p. 12)
- There Is a Pointi"There's a point. Everyone comes to it.", single work poetry (p. 13)
- Vorticismi"It is only a mad bull bellowing", single work poetry (p. 14)
- Lest I Forgeti"Between the crystals", single work poetry (p. 15)
- Exilei"The beast man-woman", single work poetry (p. 16)
- I Removed the Oxygeni"I removed the oxygen tent, my safe", single work poetry (p. 17)
- Guesti"You arrive wearing your fatigue like a uniform.", single work poetry (p. 18)
- The Green Candle Testifiesi"I've come out of the night, I who am night", single work poetry (p. 19)
- Toweri"Fetch me a line, one that", single work poetry (p. 20)
- Transforming the Plasticsi"My daughter's transformed", single work poetry (p. 21)
- Testamenti"The horizontal's always one up on us.", single work poetry (p. 22)
- Attitudei"The broken wings of things out of my life:", single work poetry (p. 23)
- Not Found in Booksi"I melt like the sorrows;", single work poetry (p. 24)
- Ducei"Carve me up, never, you canines", single work poetry (p. 25)
- Elegy for the Transcending Angeli"Conversations with corpses never runs smoothly", single work poetry (p. 26)
- We Who Camei"We who came through the generations", single work poetry (p. 27)
- Comparisonsi"There's an unshared sadness about", single work poetry (p. 28)
- The Way of the Horneti"The gardenias will, of course, bloom again this year.", single work poetry (p. 29)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Tongues, Pinnacles and Just Words
1977
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 4 June 1977;
— Review of Tongues and Pinnacles 1976 selected work poetry ; Hags, Rags and Scriptures 1976 selected work poetry ; Adam Scolds 1976 selected work poetry -
Trying to be Profound
1977
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , no. 67 1977; (p. 76-79)
— Review of Friends of My Long Heart's Summer 1977 selected work poetry ; Adam Scolds 1976 selected work poetry ; Hags, Rags and Scriptures 1976 selected work poetry ; Anchor and Other Poems 1976 selected work poetry ; Tones of Survival 1976 anthology poetry ; Seen and Unseen : Concrete Poems 1975 selected work poetry ; Friendly Street Poetry Reader [no.1] 1977 anthology poetry ; Tongues and Pinnacles 1976 selected work poetry ; The Phantom Boy 1976 selected work poetry ; Poems from Murrumbeena 1976 selected work poetry
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Tongues, Pinnacles and Just Words
1977
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 4 June 1977;
— Review of Tongues and Pinnacles 1976 selected work poetry ; Hags, Rags and Scriptures 1976 selected work poetry ; Adam Scolds 1976 selected work poetry -
Trying to be Profound
1977
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , no. 67 1977; (p. 76-79)
— Review of Friends of My Long Heart's Summer 1977 selected work poetry ; Adam Scolds 1976 selected work poetry ; Hags, Rags and Scriptures 1976 selected work poetry ; Anchor and Other Poems 1976 selected work poetry ; Tones of Survival 1976 anthology poetry ; Seen and Unseen : Concrete Poems 1975 selected work poetry ; Friendly Street Poetry Reader [no.1] 1977 anthology poetry ; Tongues and Pinnacles 1976 selected work poetry ; The Phantom Boy 1976 selected work poetry ; Poems from Murrumbeena 1976 selected work poetry
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