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Notes
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Dedication: for the mapmakers
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Epigraphs
[At the opening of part I]: 'Don't think that fate is more / than the density of childhood...' -- Rilke, Duino Elegies, 7
[At the opening of part II]: 'And where we see the future, it sees all time / and itself within all time, forever healed.' -- Rilke, Duino Elegies, 8
Contents
* Contents derived from the Five Islands Press
, 2003 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Polish Corridorsi"When I was maybe six", single work poetry (p. 3-14)
- Observatoriumi"I dredge again into memory for the sweetness", single work poetry (p. 15)
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Retracing the Mapi"Scandinavia was always a beast springing,",
single work
poetry
(p. 16-17)
Note: Epigraph: 'And that a circle may be described from any centre, / at any distance from that centre.' -- Euclid's Elements (Book I)
- 1 Polandi"Three days in Warszawa, my Palace of Culture", single work poetry (p. 18-19)
- Flying South, sequence poetry (p. 18-21)
- 2 Czechoslovakiai"In Upper Silesia she had entered the carriage,", single work poetry (p. 19)
- 3 Austriai"By night we arrived at a cloning of railways,", single work poetry (p. 20-21)
- 4 Sabenai"At the top of the steps to the Belgian they suddenly", single work poetry (p. 21)
- The Wooden Boxi"Like a rhetorical question to which an answer is expected,", single work poetry (p. 22)
- Passive Smokingi"At seventeen or so,", single work poetry (p. 23-25)
- Slipstreami"OK, it was mostly physics", single work poetry (p. 26-27)
- Quicksilveri"Each journey will begin with arrival,", single work poetry (p. 28)
- Legendi"But this was 1969: her father seemed so old that", single work poetry (p. 29-30)
- Agoi"If not for the sweetness of the reward", single work poetry (p. 31-34)
- And Yesi"And yes, the past closes in on itself,", single work poetry (p. 35)
- Sharp Togetheri"It was in the '50s that we met", single work poetry (p. 36-38)
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Madame de la Tour
Madam de la Touri"It was Paris",
single work
poetry
(p. 39-40)
Note: Author note: June 1979
- Washington Pilgrimi"Not a snowfall in forty-two years and now DC,", single work poetry (p. 41-42)
- Northern Exposurei"I ask the taxi to swing past Saint-Joseph", single work poetry (p. 43-44)
- Eclipsei"Our memories stretch to fit us,", single work poetry (p. 45-46)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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New Poetry 2003-2004
2004
single work
essay
review
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 49 no. 2004; (p. 43-60) Adrian Caesar, in reviewing the year's Australian poetry, states that he has "enjoyed comparatively little of what (he) read in many of the volumes..." and "...seeks to identify trends that militate against the work gaining much of an audience." -
Poetry Survey
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: Island , Spring no. 98 2004; (p. 61-66)
— Review of The Man and the Map 2003 selected work poetry ; The Sleep of a Learning Man 2003 selected work poetry ; Wolf Notes 2003 selected work poetry -
Untitled
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: Five Bells , Autumn vol. 11 no. 2 2004; (p. 46)
— Review of The Man and the Map 2003 selected work poetry -
Tying a Restless World into 14 Lines : The Art of the Sonnet
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 10 July 2004; (p. 5)
— Review of The Man and the Map 2003 selected work poetry ; The Indigo Book of Modern Australian Sonnets 2003 anthology poetry extract -
A Poetic Diversity Beyond City and Bush
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 24 January 2004; (p. 6a)
— Review of Studio Moon 2003 selected work poetry ; The Man and the Map 2003 selected work poetry ; Yashodhara : Six Seasons Without You 2003 selected work poetry
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A Poetic Diversity Beyond City and Bush
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 24 January 2004; (p. 6a)
— Review of Studio Moon 2003 selected work poetry ; The Man and the Map 2003 selected work poetry ; Yashodhara : Six Seasons Without You 2003 selected work poetry -
Tying a Restless World into 14 Lines : The Art of the Sonnet
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 10 July 2004; (p. 5)
— Review of The Man and the Map 2003 selected work poetry ; The Indigo Book of Modern Australian Sonnets 2003 anthology poetry extract -
Untitled
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: Five Bells , Autumn vol. 11 no. 2 2004; (p. 46)
— Review of The Man and the Map 2003 selected work poetry -
Poetry Survey
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: Island , Spring no. 98 2004; (p. 61-66)
— Review of The Man and the Map 2003 selected work poetry ; The Sleep of a Learning Man 2003 selected work poetry ; Wolf Notes 2003 selected work poetry -
New Poetry 2003-2004
2004
single work
essay
review
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 49 no. 2004; (p. 43-60) Adrian Caesar, in reviewing the year's Australian poetry, states that he has "enjoyed comparatively little of what (he) read in many of the volumes..." and "...seeks to identify trends that militate against the work gaining much of an audience."
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