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Alternative title: Totem : Totem Poem Plus Forty Love Poems
  • Author:agent Luke Davies http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/davies-luke
Issue Details: First known date: 2004... 2004 Totem : Totem Poem Plus 40 Love Poems
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Notes

  • Dedication: for Victoria, with love.
  • Epigraph: Flowers, bees, mangoes, cuckoos: it was into you that Desire dispersed when Siva's blaze consumed him...Robert Calasso, Ka.
  • Author's note: Some of these poems have appeared, sometimes in slightly different forms, in The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald, HEAT, Salt, The Entire History of Architecture and Other Love Poems (signed, numbered, limited edition chapbook, Vagabond Press, Sydney, 2000) and Best Australian Poems 2003.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,:Allen and Unwin , 2004 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Totem Poemi"In the yellow time of pollen, in the blue time of lilacs", Luke Davies , single work poetry (p. 3-39)
(Naked)i"The air is atwitter", Luke Davies , single work poetry (p. 43)
40 Love Poems, Luke Davies , sequence poetry (p. 43-82)
(Bells)i"Sugar Lee there goes the earth it's", Luke Davies , single work poetry (p. 44)
(Transparent)i"Sugar Lee you are the sun today,", Luke Davies , single work poetry (p. 45)
(Mortal)i"Come lie down on this picnic rug", Luke Davies , single work poetry (p. 46)
(Sweep)i"Come stay the afternoon at least", Luke Davies , single work poetry (p. 47)
(Suck)i"Come let's play mortals, Sugar Lee,", Luke Davies , single work poetry (p. 48)
(Shudder)i"Idea that earth crunches and body repairs", Luke Davies , single work poetry (p. 49)
(Supple)i"And the sun is everywhere", Luke Davies , single work poetry (p. 50)
(Horizon)i"Love is when green turns to silver", Luke Davies , single work poetry (p. 51)
(Hunger)i"Behold the bird of paradise, compendium", Luke Davies , single work poetry (p. 52)
(Blade)i"Behold the bird of paradise, aglow", Luke Davies , single work poetry (p. 53)
(Clasp)i"Stop we will hold each other here.", Luke Davies , single work poetry (p. 54)
(Roar)i"The mist lifts off the hills in Dorrigo", Luke Davies , single work poetry (p. 55)
(Creek)i"In Repentance Creek", Luke Davies , single work poetry (p. 56)
(Slide)i"I thought things wouldn't slide", Luke Davies , single work poetry (p. 57)
(Breathe)i"Across your back", Luke Davies , single work poetry (p. 58)
(Beyond)i"The bo tree shrieks with song–", Luke Davies , single work poetry (p. 59)
(Bloom)i"The winter wattle blooms.", Luke Davies , single work poetry (p. 60)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Out of Darkness, Light Bron Sibree , 2005 single work column
— Appears in: The West Australian , 12 February 2005; (p. 9)
Bev Braune Reviews Luke Davies Bev Braune , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , no. 19 2004;

— Review of Totem : Totem Poem Plus 40 Love Poems Luke Davies , 2004 selected work poetry
Untitled Patricia Prime , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Famous Reporter , December no. 30 2004; (p. 34-36)

— Review of Totem : Totem Poem Plus 40 Love Poems Luke Davies , 2004 selected work poetry
New Poetry 2003-2004 Adrian Caesar , 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."
Sweet and Sour Barry Hill , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 20-21 November 2004; (p. 14)

— Review of Totem : Totem Poem Plus 40 Love Poems Luke Davies , 2004 selected work poetry ; The Mundiad Justin Clemens , 2004 single work novel ; Plenty : Art into Poetry Peter Steele , 2003 selected work poetry
The Images of a Great Love Poet Cameron Woodhead , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 22 May 2004; (p. 4)

— Review of Totem : Totem Poem Plus 40 Love Poems Luke Davies , 2004 selected work poetry
Hymns that Speak of Love and Transcendence Geoff Page , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 29 May 2004; (p. 5a)

— Review of Totem : Totem Poem Plus 40 Love Poems Luke Davies , 2004 selected work poetry
Poetry in Motion Bron Sibree , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 29 May 2004; (p. 8)

— Review of Totem : Totem Poem Plus 40 Love Poems Luke Davies , 2004 selected work poetry
Love's Stillness Oliver Dennis , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 263 2004; (p. 50)

— Review of Totem : Totem Poem Plus 40 Love Poems Luke Davies , 2004 selected work poetry
Sweet and Sour Barry Hill , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 20-21 November 2004; (p. 14)

— Review of Totem : Totem Poem Plus 40 Love Poems Luke Davies , 2004 selected work poetry ; The Mundiad Justin Clemens , 2004 single work novel ; Plenty : Art into Poetry Peter Steele , 2003 selected work poetry
Out of the Wilderness Comes Grace Bron Sibree , 2004 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 29 May 2004; (p. 1a)
Love in the Time of Poetry Jason Steger , 2004 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 21 August 2004; (p. 3)
New Poetry 2003-2004 Adrian Caesar , 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."
Out of Darkness, Light Bron Sibree , 2005 single work column
— Appears in: The West Australian , 12 February 2005; (p. 9)
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