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Notes
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Dedication: i.m. Graham Little 1939-2000
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Epigraph: 'I am soft sift in an hourglass' -- Hopkins.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Rose Bay,
Sydney Eastern Harbourside,
Sydney Eastern Suburbs,
Sydney,
New South Wales,:Brandl and Schlesinger
, 2001 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- We Being Ghosts Cannot Catch Hold of Thingsi"What a piteous quest we have", single work poetry (p. 9)
- The Rescue Will Not Take Placei"What do we live for?", single work poetry (p. 10)
- The Iron Agei"Delicate, careworn wafers of old iron.", single work poetry (p. 11-13)
- The Minimal Republici"Between three oceans and miraculous New Guinea", single work poetry (p. 14)
- Weatherboard Villa Thinkingi"They keep on trotting in and out of me", single work poetry (p. 15-16)
- Out to Lunchi"The waiter", single work poetry (p. 18)
- Amid the Comings and Goingsi"Walking the dovegrey streets by evening", single work poetry (p. 24-25)
- Cho Ben Thanh: Richmondi"Generous planetrees have embowered", single work poetry (p. 29)
- Beijingi"It is your blood again.", single work poetry (p. 32)
- Western Districti"They are burning off the paddocks.", single work poetry (p. 35)
- An Die Musiki"So repetition has it's lovely place", single work poetry (p. 68)
- Picassoi"Ignition of the painterliness of the painting", single work poetry (p. 71-72)
- Lightnessi"So full her life", single work poetry (p. 77)
- "True," Presentablesi"At the core of being", single work poetry (p. 79)
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The Missing Lyrici"Somewhere in the corner of every life",
single work
poetry
(p. 80)
Note: Dedication: for Emily Leithauser
- Puck Will Tell Youi"Flicking through the diary you abruptly find", single work poetry (p. 81)
- Low Tide Walki"Here, lights from the double mountain stand", single work poetry (p. 82)
- "Yes, but language feels to me" Wateri"Ah, but language feels to me", single work poetry (p. 83)
- Knowing the Score: Essence and Accidenti"Cheese, pebbles, birch, paper", single work poetry (p. 84-85)
- The Yes in Phenomenai"A wall of Yves Klein blue", single work poetry (p. 86)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also braille.
Works about this Work
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Thinking and Poetry
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Axon : Creative Explorations , September vol. 1 no. 1 2011; -
"The Edge of Something": Stasis and Rebirth in the Recent Poetry of Chris Wallace-Crabbe
2003
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 17 no. 1 2003; (p. 38-43) From the vantage point of a personal relationship with the author, Atherton explores Wallace-Crabbe's recent poetry and notices a shift from melancholy and resignation to a more sensual, sexual and occasionally even erotic tone. -
Untitled
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Jacket , October no. 19 2002;
— Review of By and Large 2001 selected work poetry -
A Year of Reading Well : Poetry
2002
single work
column
— Appears in: The Age , 3 August 2002; (p. 7) -
Poet Plays with the Meaning of Life
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 19 January 2002; (p. 16)
— Review of By and Large 2001 selected work poetry
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Untitled
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Jacket , October no. 19 2002;
— Review of By and Large 2001 selected work poetry -
The Courage of Poetic Reinvention
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 1 September 2001; (p. 10)
— Review of By and Large 2001 selected work poetry ; Heroic Money 2001 selected work poetry -
Jaffles or Cassoulet
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 234 2001; (p. 51-52)
— Review of By and Large 2001 selected work poetry -
Poet Plays with the Meaning of Life
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 19 January 2002; (p. 16)
— Review of By and Large 2001 selected work poetry -
"The Edge of Something": Stasis and Rebirth in the Recent Poetry of Chris Wallace-Crabbe
2003
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 17 no. 1 2003; (p. 38-43) From the vantage point of a personal relationship with the author, Atherton explores Wallace-Crabbe's recent poetry and notices a shift from melancholy and resignation to a more sensual, sexual and occasionally even erotic tone. -
A Year of Reading Well : Poetry
2002
single work
column
— Appears in: The Age , 3 August 2002; (p. 7) -
Thinking and Poetry
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Axon : Creative Explorations , September vol. 1 no. 1 2011;
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