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, 1978 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.- Eve Rejects Applei"In serene sixties strolling in the Louvre,", single work poetry (p. 99)
- Dans le Jardin de Mon Pere, les Lilas Ont Fleurii"Not in my father's garden,", single work poetry (p. 100-101)
- Song for Saint Joan of Arc's Dayi"Here in a dull gritty street of the eighteenth arrondissement", single work poetry (p. 102)
- Better to Bury Than Burn?i"Nothing is lost, the funeral pyre", single work poetry (p. 103)
- Getting Down to Iti"To my weed-high vision", single work poetry (p. 104)
- Listening to Silencei"All language is opening to me", single work poetry (p. 105)
- The Plane from Greecei"Snoring at tiger's tail, the emigrants", single work poetry (p. 106)
- Night Sonneti"What speaks to me in shadow what tingling threads", single work poetry (p. 107)
- The Dying Bereavedi"Only these last days they began their coming", single work poetry (p. 108)
- On a Noh Maski"What loving observation first fashioned", single work poetry (p. 109)
- Apparitioni"The hag in the mirror is looking at me", single work poetry (p. 110)
- The Other Side of the Mooni"A sad and sly-faced moon with pointed chin is weeping", single work poetry (p. 111)
- Incident at Mysiai"Insistent, indifferent, they clutch at his arms,", single work poetry (p. 112)
- Couplei"The bed of our marriage", single work poetry (p. 113)
- O Oedipus! O Mores!i"Innocent infant, sucking your thumb,", single work poetry (p. 114)
- To All Hereditary Princesi"Spawned like a plebeian, where's your cause for pride?", single work poetry (p. 115)
- Is That "Endowment"?i"Some children computers can't handle.", single work poetry (p. 116)
- Fairy Talesi"What is the teacher doing?", single work poetry (p. 117)
- A Woman Has Only Herself to Blame if She's Not Liberatedi"Like", single work poetry (p. 118)
- Detentei"Sign the late book. Stay after school,", single work poetry (p. 119)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Understatement, Overstatement and Full Statement
1979
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , August no. 75 1979; (p. 59-62)
— Review of Eve Rejects Apple : Poems 1978 selected work poetry ; Glass Doors and Other Poems 1977 selected work poetry ; Knife and Water 1979 selected work poetry
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Understatement, Overstatement and Full Statement
1979
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , August no. 75 1979; (p. 59-62)
— Review of Eve Rejects Apple : Poems 1978 selected work poetry ; Glass Doors and Other Poems 1977 selected work poetry ; Knife and Water 1979 selected work poetry
Last amended 3 Jun 2011 10:10:03