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Presence : Translations from the Natural World
1992
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poetry
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1991...
1991
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- y The Adelaide Review no. 86 March 1991 Z606719 1991 periodical issue 1991 pg. 24
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- y Translations from the Natural World Paddington : Isabella Press , 1992 Z208589 1992 selected work poetry Translations from the Natural World, Les Murray's new collection of poems, is, like all his work, rich in inventiveness, perception, and a rare delight in the mimetic powers of language. Its centerpiece is 'Presence', a sequence of forty 'translations from the natural world' about a variety of natural settings and their amazing denizens. Lyre birds, honeycombs, sea lions, cuttlefish, and possums all act as spurs to Murray's protean talents for description and imitation. As Lachlan MacKinnon wrote in The Times Literary Supplement, 'These poems, a grand tour of the given, are a great hymn to the particularities in which God's creative generosity is expressed, and they will be widely enjoyed and admired. Their technical and linguistic largesse confirms . . . that Les Murray is one of the very finest poets in whom the English language is now at work.' (Libraries Australia) Paddington : Isabella Press , 1992 pg. 52
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- y The Sydney Review no. 45 August 1992 Z606721 1992 newspaper issue 1992 pg. 12
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- y Collected Poems Port Melbourne : Heinemann Australia , 1994 Z422024 1994 selected work poetry Port Melbourne : Heinemann Australia , 1994 pg. 395
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- y New Selected Poems Potts Point : Duffy and Snellgrove , 1998 Z918005 1998 selected work poetry Potts Point : Duffy and Snellgrove , 1998 pg. 151
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- y New Selected Poems Potts Point : Duffy and Snellgrove , 1998 Z918005 1998 selected work poetry New York (City) : Farrar Straus and Giroux , 2000 pg. 156
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- y Learning Human : Selected Poems of Les Murray Potts Point : Duffy and Snellgrove , 2003 Z1147830 2003 selected work poetry Potts Point : Duffy and Snellgrove , 2003 pg. 115
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- y Selected Poems Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2007 Z1434567 2007 selected work poetry (taught in 2 units) 'Selected Poems ... comprises what Murray himself considers his most successfully realised poems, drawn from all his collections up to and including The Biplane Houses but not including his two verse novels.' (Publisher's blurb) Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2007 pg. 145
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Alternative title: Zugvogel
First line of verse: "Ich bin das Nest, das kommt und geht,"Language: German-
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- y Ein ganz gewohnlicher Regenbogen : Gedichte Munich Vienna : Carl Hanser , 1996 Z912080 1996 selected work poetry Munich Vienna : Carl Hanser , 1996 pg. 140
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- y Learning Human : New Selected Poems Manchester : Carcanet , 2001 Z1153302 2001 selected work poetry Manchester : Carcanet , 2001 pg. 119