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Notes
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This book is in four numbered parts:
- 1 Homecomings
- 2 Original Sin
- 3 Driving Into Distance
- 4 Contemplating Chaos.
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The arrangement, titles and number of the poems in this selection is different from that in Lea's earlier thesis with the same title.
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Dedication: For my mother and her mother and for my daughter.
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Epigraph: That I might fly away / that I might fly away where the ships / that I might fly away where the ships of pine wood pass between the dark cliffs.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
St Lucia,
Indooroopilly - St Lucia area,
Brisbane - North West,
Brisbane,
Queensland,:University of Queensland Press
, 2001 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Homecomingsi"Pretend there still are homecomings.", single work poetry (p. 3-4)
- California Morningi"We're restless again, you and I, up at six", single work poetry (p. 5)
- The Greek Footi"Nature in her wisdom has formed the human feet", single work poetry (p. 6)
- Seven Feet & Where They're From, sequence poetry (p. 6-13)
- The Chinese Footi"The bandage wraps figure eights", single work poetry (p. 7)
- The Portuguese Footi"Her feet are the same ivory", single work poetry (p. 8)
- The Indian Footi"The mehendiwalli sifts the twigs and stems", single work poetry (p. 9)
- The Aboriginal Footi"One day a Kuniya rock python", single work poetry (p. 10)
- The American Footi"The anatomical narrative takes", single work poetry (p. 11)
- Monologue on Bob Hope Blvdi"Firm hand, he says, holding mine.", single work poetry (p. 26-27)
- Droughti"Except for the stones", single work poetry (p. 28)
- Leaving West Endi"At the bus stop", single work poetry (p. 29-30)
- Betty Bluei"I loved you like I loved my mother", single work poetry (p. 31)
- Girls' Night on Long Islandi"We drink vodka martinis", single work poetry (p. 32-33)
- Australia Dayi"On the blackboard", single work poetry (p. 34)
- Handing Back Timei"I am tired of deciding", single work poetry (p. 35-38)
- Christmas Dayi"Even the bells of San Blas cannot wake him", single work poetry (p. 41)
- Driving into Distancei"The poet says that the psychologist says, that", single work poetry (p. 42-44)
- A Rush of Butterfliesi"Jacaranda - still", single work poetry (p. 45-47)
- Grandiflorai"It was a rose with a grandiose name", single work poetry (p. 48)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Related Works
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Flight Animals
2000
Z980022
2000
single work
thesis
Comprises a collection of poems and a critical essay on three American poets.
Works about this Work
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The Luxurious Image
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 16 no. 2 2002; (p. 197-198)
— Review of Flight Animals 2001 selected work poetry -
[Review] Flight Animals
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Studies , no. 75 2002; (p. 171-172) JAS Review of Books , November no. 10 2002;
— Review of Flight Animals 2001 selected work poetry -
Three Poets
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Island , Summer no. 88 2002; (p. 90-97)
— Review of Flight Animals 2001 selected work poetry ; Fishwife 2001 selected work poetry ; Heroic Money 2001 selected work poetry -
Tracing Love Affairs
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 30 March 2002; (p. 9)
— Review of The Inland Sea 2001 selected work poetry ; Duty 2001 selected work poetry ; Flight Animals 2001 selected work poetry -
Passionate For Poetry
2002
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Courier Mail , 16 February 2002; (p. 7)
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[Review] Flight Animals
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Studies , no. 75 2002; (p. 171-172) JAS Review of Books , November no. 10 2002;
— Review of Flight Animals 2001 selected work poetry -
The Luxurious Image
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 16 no. 2 2002; (p. 197-198)
— Review of Flight Animals 2001 selected work poetry -
New Poet Produces a Collection of Unusual Merit
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 1 December 2001; (p. 17)
— Review of Flight Animals 2001 selected work poetry -
Four Poets
2001-2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January no. 237 2001-2002; (p. 72-73)
— Review of Sensual Horizon 2001 selected work poetry ; Behind the Moon 2000 selected work poetry ; Flight Animals 2001 selected work poetry ; My Sister and Silence 2001 selected work poetry -
Tracing Love Affairs
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 30 March 2002; (p. 9)
— Review of The Inland Sea 2001 selected work poetry ; Duty 2001 selected work poetry ; Flight Animals 2001 selected work poetry -
Passionate For Poetry
2002
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Courier Mail , 16 February 2002; (p. 7)
Awards
- 2002 shortlisted Queensland Premier's Literary Awards — Arts Queensland Judith Wright Calanthe Prize for Poetry
- 2002 shortlisted Colin Roderick Award
- 2002 shortlisted Festival Awards for Literature (SA) Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature South Australian Literary Awards — John Bray Award for Poetry
- 2002 winner Anne Elder Award
- 2002 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry
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