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A major work of lyrical complexity and ethical vision, a turning point for a maturing and daring imagination. The poems are alert, assured and readable, concentrating with sensual, empathic intelligence on extraordinarily everyday happenings. Australian poet. (Source: TROVE)
Notes
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Dedication: This book is dedicated to the people with whom I was born, Maurice Minter, Sandra Minter and Cath Minter. And to Kate Fagan, the love with whom I live.
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Epigraph: eastward into another land, the bluegrass plain / Homer, Odyssey
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This book is divided into four sections : History of the Present p.6, Auto Heaven (epigraph : Where are you? Sorry? Oh. ok.) p.44, Australiana p.64, Fresh Kills p.85.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Cambridge,
Cambridgeshire,
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England,c
c
United Kingdom (UK),c
Western Europe,
Europe,:Salt Publishing
, 2006 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.- Voyageri"It could start here again,", single work poetry (p. 3)
- Garden Estatesi"All academics are hopeless", single work poetry (p. 7)
- Joui"Morning then was deep", single work poetry (p. 8)
- Never Return to a Meadow Permiti"You began as it ends to begin, holy world", single work poetry (p. 9)
- Glimpsei"Either here, or between", single work poetry (p. 10)
- On the Moida of Roni Levi by Constable Rodney Podesta and Senior Constable Anthony Dilorenzo, the 'Awesome Twosome', at Bondi Beach Early on the Morning of Sunday, 28th June, 1997i"Paddling over a wave, fresh & bracing as", single work poetry (p. 11-14)
- Realisable Desire (from Yonder Sonnets, a sequence-in-progress)i"All the oars fell in time.", extract poetry (p. 15)
- Super Georgici"The dream begins here", single work poetry (p. 16-21)
- Quiet Hunti"Then I stood on quiet sand", single work poetry (p. 22)
- Elopei"At first I called to you from the grasses,", single work poetry (p. 29)
- The Sign as Nature Struck at the Capital's Hearti"Ozone seeps", single work poetry (p. 30-31)
- Cove Lamenti"Like a key that fell to sand", single work poetry (p. 32)
- Lifei"In another complicated manoeuvre", single work poetry (p. 33)
- Emperor Go, Godspeedi"The first sharp salt splash on the brow", single work poetry (p. 34)
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Is It Isi"It's as if, again, wanting to know",
single work
poetry
(p. 35-39)
Note: A poem in five parts
- Elengei"At night I lift crows", single work poetry (p. 40)
- Cleaning Flakes from Grassi"Declaring past", single work poetry (p. 41)
- Target Rich Environmenti"Tho not calm in the head", single work poetry (p. 45)
- Assenti"Occassionally we make it into town-", single work poetry (p. 46)
- War in the Filigree of Peacei"On a fair and pleasant day", single work poetry (p. 47)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Poetry Now
2008
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Five Bells , Spring/Summer vol. 15-16 no. 4/1 2008; (p. 98-103) -
Voices of the New Guard
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 13-14 October 2007; (p. 12-13)
— Review of Love in the Place of Rats 2007 selected work poetry ; Blue Grass 2006 selected work poetry -
Poetry Survey
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Island , Autumn no. 108 2007; (p. 34-37)
— Review of Wren Lines : Selected Poems and Drawings. Volume 1 2006 selected work poetry ; Lemon Shark 2006 selected work poetry ; The Last Tourist : Poems 2006 selected work poetry ; Phosphorescence : A Collection of Poems 2006 selected work poetry ; Blue Grass 2006 selected work poetry ; Necessary Evil : Poems 2006 selected work poetry -
Peter Minter
Rosanna Licari
(interviewer),
2007
single work
interview
— Appears in: Stylus Poetry Journal , January no. 24 2007; -
New Poetry, 2005-2006
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 51 no. 2006; (p. 60-73) Argues for the importance of first impressions in reading and appreciating poems.
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Surfy, Erotic Charge
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 284 2006; (p. 56)
— Review of Blue Grass 2006 selected work poetry -
(a) Review
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Jacket , October no. 31 2006;
— Review of Blue Grass 2006 selected work poetry -
Review: Peter Minter's 'Blue Grass'
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Famous Reporter , [December] no. 34 2006; (p. 65-67)
— Review of Blue Grass 2006 selected work poetry -
Untitled
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 66 no. 3 2006; (p. 226-237)
— Review of Blue Grass 2006 selected work poetry ; The Flower, the Thing : A Book of Flowers and Dedications 2006 selected work poetry -
Poetry Survey
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Island , Autumn no. 108 2007; (p. 34-37)
— Review of Wren Lines : Selected Poems and Drawings. Volume 1 2006 selected work poetry ; Lemon Shark 2006 selected work poetry ; The Last Tourist : Poems 2006 selected work poetry ; Phosphorescence : A Collection of Poems 2006 selected work poetry ; Blue Grass 2006 selected work poetry ; Necessary Evil : Poems 2006 selected work poetry -
Peter Minter
Rosanna Licari
(interviewer),
2007
single work
interview
— Appears in: Stylus Poetry Journal , January no. 24 2007; -
New Poetry, 2005-2006
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 51 no. 2006; (p. 60-73) Argues for the importance of first impressions in reading and appreciating poems. -
Poetry Now
2008
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Five Bells , Spring/Summer vol. 15-16 no. 4/1 2008; (p. 98-103)
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