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A Visitation single work   poetry   "All night wild fire burned in the tree-tops"
Is part of A Bend on the Euphrates Robert Adamson , 2005 single work poetry
  • Author:agent Robert Adamson http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/adamson-robert
Issue Details: First known date: 2005... 2005 A Visitation
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Notes

  • Second poem in the sequence, 'A Bend on the Euphrates'.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Weekend Australian 31 December 2005 - 1 January 2006 2005 Z1231211 2005 newspaper issue 2005 pg. 13 Section: Review
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Best Australian Poetry 2006 Judith Beveridge (editor), St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 2006 Z1304971 2006 anthology poetry (taught in 1 units)

    'In making her selection of the best 40 poems from Australia’s literary journals, Beveridge – one of Australia’s leading poets – has searched for poems that enact ‘a serious showdown between the word and the poet’. Passionate, vigorous and filled with visitations and mysterious narratives, The Best Australian Poetry 2006 is the liveliest gathering of Australian poetry. '  (Publication summary)

         St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 2006     pg. 1-2
    Note: Contributor note includes details on the poet's inspiration for this poem.
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Goldfinches of Baghdad Robert Adamson , Chicago : Flood Editions , 2006 Z1305059 2006 selected work poetry (taught in 2 units) Chicago : Flood Editions , 2006 pg. 5
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Best Australian Poems 2006 Dorothy Porter (editor), Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2006 Z1325842 2006 anthology poetry extract Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2006 pg. 19
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Golden Bird : New and Selected Poems Robert Adamson , Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2008 Z1535162 2008 selected work poetry 'The Golden Bird brings together the best of Robert Adamson's work from the last four decades, as well as many superb new poems. Selected and arranged by the author, it provides an accessible introduction to Australia's foremost lyric poet and an insight into the recurring themes that have shaped his remarkable body of work.' (Publisher's blurb) Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2008 pg. 139
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Kingfisher's Soul Robert Adamson , Northumberland : Bloodaxe Books , 2009 Z1607365 2009 selected work poetry Northumberland : Bloodaxe Books , 2009 pg. 35
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Works about this Work

The Other Shore Is Here : Contemporary Poetry of the Sacred Bill Ashcroft , Frances Devlin-Glass , Lyn McCredden , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Intimate Horizons : The Post-Colonial Sacred in Australian Literature 2009; (p. 243-286)
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