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- Author:agent Lyndon Terracini
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Incidents and characters from five Les Murray poems were used to develop this screenplay. The poems are: 'Evening Alone at Bunyah', 'Noonday Axeman', 'The Widower in the Country', 'Cowyard Gates' and 'The Last Hellos'.
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2004
The Widower
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The Widower in the Country
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"I'll get up soon, and leave my bed unmade.",
Les Murray
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1965
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Ilex Tree 1965; (p. 30) Twelve Poets, 1950-1970 1971; (p. 194-195) Selected Poems : The Vernacular Republic 1976; (p. 2) The Vernacular Republic : Poems 1961-1981 1982; (p. 2) 唐正秋, 肖爱华编 ; 唐正秋等译 1994; (p. 174-179) Collected Poems 1994; (p. 3)
— Appears in: 诗收获 , Summer 2018; (p. 235) -
Noonday Axeman
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"Axe-fall, echo and silence. Noonday silence.",
Les Murray
,
1965
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Ilex Tree 1965; (p. 31-33) Australian Poetry 1965 1965; (p. 71-76) Selected Poems : The Vernacular Republic 1976; (p. 2-5) The Vernacular Republic : Poems 1961-1981 1982; (p. 3-5) Cross-Country : A Book of Australian Verse 1984; (p. 199-201) Cross-Country : A Book of Australian Verse 1988; (p. 199-201)
— Appears in: Ein ganz gewohnlicher Regenbogen : Gedichte 1996; (p. 7-9)
— Appears in: 诗收获 , Summer 2018; (p. 245-248) -
Evening Alone at Bunyah
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"Home again from the cities of the world",
Les Murray
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1966
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Poetry Australia , February no. 8 1966; (p. 14-17) Verschollen : Ausgewählte Gedichte 2008; 'To One Who Asked for Summer' : Les Murray 2009;
— Appears in: The Weatherboard Cathedral 1969; (p. 1-6) Twelve Poets, 1950-1970 1971; (p. 195-200)
— Appears in: The Vernacular Republic : Poems 1961-1981 1982; (p. 13-17) Cross-Country : A Book of Australian Verse 1984; (p. 201-204) Cross-Country : A Book of Australian Verse 1988; (p. 201-204) Collected Poems 1994; (p. 12-16) Family Ties : Australian Poems of the Family 1998; (p. 156-160)
— Appears in: 诗收获 , Summer 2018; (p. 236-240) -
Cowyard Gates
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"I saw from the road last time, our house",
Les Murray
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1977
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Ethnic Radio : Poems 1977; (p. 51-52) The Vernacular Republic : Poems 1961-1981 1982; (p. 179-180) Collected Poems 1994; (p. 155-156)
— Appears in: Verschollen : Ausgewählte Gedichte 2008; -
The Last Hellos
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"Don't die, Dad-",
Les Murray
,
1995
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , October no. 144 1995; (p. 28) The Independent Monthly , [vol.7 no.6], December-January (1995-1996) 1995; (p. 78) Subhuman Redneck Poems 1996; (p. 75-77) New Selected Poems 1998; (p. 187-189) Australian Verse : An Oxford Anthology 1998; (p. 116-118) New Selected Poems 2000; (p. 193-195)
— Appears in: Verschollen : Ausgewählte Gedichte 2008;
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