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y separately published work icon Friendly Street : New Poets Eight selected work   poetry  
Alternative title: Friendly Street : New Poets 8
Issue Details: First known date: 2003... 2003 Friendly Street : New Poets Eight
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'The Windmill's Song is a well-grounded convincing evocation of childhood, of a particular past. There is colour, movement, and human interaction, a real sense of life and the details of living. Elaine Barker writes with a relaxed tone and an easy discipline of diction.

'Tess Driver achieves a quiet intimate tone through well-judged silences and understatement. Kite Lady is an atmospheric collection ranging from land to sea yet focused by a deft use of detail and crisp visual images.

'The poems in David Mortimer's Fine Rain Straight Down are intellectually decisive and linguistically playful - aural, ironic and surprising. A good sense of rhythm and timing enhance this richly varying collection.' (Publication summary)

Notes

  • Comprises three individually titled sections: 'The Windmill's Song : Poems of the Riverland ' (Barker, Elaine M. pp.1-29), 'Kite Lady' (Driver, Tess pp.31-60) 'Fine Rain Straight Down' (Mortimer, David pp.61-90).

Contents

* Contents derived from the Kent Town, Norwood, Payneham & St Peters area, Adelaide - North / North East, Adelaide, South Australia,:Friendly Street Poets ,Wakefield Press , 2003 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Windmill's Song : Poems of the Riverland, Elaine Barker , selected work poetry (p. 1-29)
Harvesti"The way of the river, strung along", Elaine Barker , single work poetry (p. 4-5)
Travelling backi"through my childhood I follow a road", Elaine Barker , single work poetry (p. 6)
The Schoolbook Left Behindi"I remember my father,", Elaine Barker , single work poetry (p. 7)
Processionary Caterpillarsi"You know the way you used to find", Elaine Barker , single work poetry (p. 8)
Skylinei"Early morning sees blueshadowed clouds flow,", Elaine Barker , single work poetry (p. 9)
In Our Backyard a Figtreei"large enough to form a house.", Elaine Barker , single work poetry (p. 10)
Skipping Song for Katherine Clivei"One two three four five", Elaine Barker , single work poetry (p. 11)
Manoeuvresi"While we were beginners", Elaine Barker , single work poetry (p. 12)
Kiss It Betteri"The cut was gushing", Elaine Barker , single work poetry (p. 13)
Mollyi"Here where light slants in to embrace", Elaine Barker , single work poetry (p. 14)
Nightwatchi"That there were wolves about our house", Elaine Barker , single work poetry (p. 15)
Summer Secretsi"Midmorning finds me in the shed,", Elaine Barker , single work poetry (p. 16)
Seascapei"We children would make for the jetty's end,", Elaine Barker , single work poetry (p. 17)
Recollectioni"Seems everyone can recall", Elaine Barker , single work poetry (p. 18)
Old Ploughi"They decided in the end to locate the plough", Elaine Barker , single work poetry (p. 19)
Compensationi"So that, perversely,", Elaine Barker , single work poetry (p. 20)
In Grandmother's Gardeni"Then death and dolls and darkness edged her life,", Elaine Barker , single work poetry (p. 21)
Tributei"Each day, old man slow returning,", Elaine Barker , single work poetry (p. 22)
At Donovan's Milkbari"Remember the dark lad venturing in?", Elaine Barker , single work poetry (p. 23)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Untitled John Blahusiak , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: JAS Review of Books , Aug/Sep no. 18 2003;

— Review of Friendly Street : New Poets Eight David Mortimer , Tess Driver , Elaine Barker , 2003 selected work poetry
Untitled John Blahusiak , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: JAS Review of Books , Aug/Sep no. 18 2003;

— Review of Friendly Street : New Poets Eight David Mortimer , Tess Driver , Elaine Barker , 2003 selected work poetry
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