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y separately published work icon A Cretive Life selected work   poetry  
  • Author:agent Philip Salom http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/salom-philip
Issue Details: First known date: 2001... 2001 A Cretive Life
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Notes

  • Dedication: To the memory of my father.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Fremantle, Fremantle area, South West Perth, Perth, Western Australia,:Fremantle Press , 2001 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Geometryi"Benger Straight was famous for being 10 miles", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 9)
The Windmill and the Hill, Flyingi"The windmill spins and tail-swipes", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 10-11)
Noise : Sawing the Woodi"The long belt is all whispers and kissing,", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 12-13)
Precisioni"Born in precision, to carry on the trade", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 14-17)
Preservation : Things in Glassi"Hieronymous Bosch's choleric and full-of-dread", Philip Salom , sequence poetry (p. 18-26)
Bits of Ain'ti"A girl who packed each gladwrapped school lunch", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 19-20)
The Glassi"We glass things in for definition:", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 20)
Shipsi"Like ships in bottles, sails collapsed.", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 21)
Lefti"As the summer, boiled in syrup", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 22)
Dreamsi"The stars, the angels, the sky just below Orion", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 23)
Wholei"Through a glass darkly - the tenses, collapsed and cold.", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 23-24)
Preservationi"The dark bottle where summer swapped", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 24)
Choppedi"This block-bottle where summer refused", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 25)
Icei"When they lowered Houdini locked in a box into the icy river", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 25)
The Locked Boxi"We recognise the window from walking past it", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 25-26)
Late Arrival Passengeri"His discipline: electrons", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 27-28)
The Slacker End of Arthritisi"He feels at midday when they are stiff,", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 29-30)
Bells as They Can Amazei"In Italy being in churches when bells go off", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 31-32)
'Living the Cretive Life'i"1 / Africa / Well, it's all right for him", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 33-39)
A Visit to a Garden Nursery: or 'Advice to Young Poets' Poemi"The sign says Don't put your fingers", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 40-41)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Provincial to Post-Modern: The Poetry of Philip Salom John Jenkins , 2002 single work criticism
— Appears in: Heat , no. 3 (New Series) 2002; (p. 219-230)
New Poetry - 2001 Alan Urquhart , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 46 no. 2001; (p. 109-125)

— Review of The Dining Car Scene Homer Manfred Rieth , 2001 selected work poetry ; I Wanted to Throw Your Things out on the Lawn May Carroll , 2000 selected work poetry ; Behind the Moon Jacob G. Rosenberg , 2000 selected work poetry ; And Dug My Fingers in the Sand Brook Emery , 2000 selected work poetry ; Halfway Up the Mountain Dorothy Hewett , 2001 selected work poetry ; Untold Lives and Later Poems Rosemary Dobson , 2000 selected work poetry ; High Tide Vera Newsom , 2000 selected work poetry ; Admissions Jen Crawford , 2000 selected work poetry ; The Hierarchy of Sheep John Kinsella , 2001 selected work poetry ; Convertible John Foulcher , 2000 selected work poetry ; Bread Philip Hammial , 2000 selected work poetry ; Russian Ink Andrew Sant , 2001 selected work poetry ; The Lovemakers : Book One : Saying All the Great Sexy Things Alan Wearne , 2001 single work novel ; A Cretive Life Philip Salom , 2001 selected work poetry ; Drowning Ophelia Roland Leach , 2000 selected work poetry ; Fishwife Meredith Wattison , 2001 selected work poetry ; The Dogs Annemaree Adams , 2000 selected work poetry
This work also reviews Water Wood Pure Splendour by Hong Kong poet Agnes Lam and Night River by Indian poet Keki Daruwalla.
Five Poets Judith Beveridge , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Island , Spring no. 87 2001; (p. 98-107)

— Review of New Selected Poems Peter Goldsworthy , 2001 selected work poetry ; Rogue Equations Wendy Jenkins , 2000 selected work poetry ; The Hierarchy of Sheep John Kinsella , 2001 selected work poetry ; A Cretive Life Philip Salom , 2001 selected work poetry ; Stonepicker Frieda Hughes , 2001 selected work poetry
Word Play with Serious Intent Anthony Miller , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 15 December 2001; (p. 6)

— Review of A Cretive Life Philip Salom , 2001 selected work poetry
So Tragically Hip, Dad Barry Hill , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 13-14 October 2001; (p. 14)

— Review of Ultra : 25 Poems John Tranter , 2001 selected work poetry ; A Cretive Life Philip Salom , 2001 selected work poetry ; Halfway Up the Mountain Dorothy Hewett , 2001 selected work poetry
Poets Who Sought Wider Horizons Geoff Page , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 3 February 2001; (p. 18)

— Review of The Hierarchy of Sheep John Kinsella , 2001 selected work poetry ; A Cretive Life Philip Salom , 2001 selected work poetry
The poetic preservation of a ghostly presence David McCooey , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 10 February 2001; (p. 9)

— Review of A Cretive Life Philip Salom , 2001 selected work poetry
The Cryptic and the Comprehensible Jamie Grant , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , June vol. 45 no. 6 2001; (p. 83-84)

— Review of Poets and Others Bruce Beaver , 1999 selected work poetry ; Untold Lives and Later Poems Rosemary Dobson , 2000 selected work poetry ; A Cretive Life Philip Salom , 2001 selected work poetry ; Blue Jennifer Compton , 2000 selected work poetry
Untitled Bev Braune , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Imago : New Writing , vol. 13 no. 2 2001; (p. 124-127)

— Review of Halfway Up the Mountain Dorothy Hewett , 2001 selected work poetry ; A Cretive Life Philip Salom , 2001 selected work poetry ; Blue Jennifer Compton , 2000 selected work poetry ; Over the Bridge Jean Thornton , 2001 selected work poetry
So Tragically Hip, Dad Barry Hill , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 13-14 October 2001; (p. 14)

— Review of Ultra : 25 Poems John Tranter , 2001 selected work poetry ; A Cretive Life Philip Salom , 2001 selected work poetry ; Halfway Up the Mountain Dorothy Hewett , 2001 selected work poetry
Provincial to Post-Modern: The Poetry of Philip Salom John Jenkins , 2002 single work criticism
— Appears in: Heat , no. 3 (New Series) 2002; (p. 219-230)
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