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Notes
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Dedication: This book is for Sarah Day and Andrew Sant
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Epigraph: now these delights for my companions I shall sing beautifully - Sappho, Fragment 160
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Fitzroy North,
Fitzroy - Collingwood area,
Melbourne - North,
Melbourne,
Victoria,:Black Pepper
, 2006 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- The Immortalsi"A breeze fills up the manna gum's huge lung,", single work poetry (p. 1-2)
- Tomorrowlandi"You can't see it from here,", single work poetry (p. 3-4)
- Im Sommerwindi"On a hot listless Sunday afternoon", single work poetry (p. 5-6)
- The Time Machinei"It's not by that contraption, nor inside", single work poetry (p. 7-8)
- Photography for Beginnersi"Taken before their time,", single work poetry (p. 9-10)
- History of the Housei"Switch off the radio.", single work poetry (p. 11-13)
- Another Countryi"She said she loved being a woman.", single work poetry (p. 14)
- So Goodi"Can anything feel worse:", single work poetry (p. 15-16)
- Traleei"And later, wondering, 'Can this be true?'", single work poetry (p. 17-18)
- English as a Foreign Languagei"One day in bed I read Cavafy", single work poetry (p. 19)
- Song Without Wordsi"Quite early on a Sunday morning,", single work poetry (p. 20-21)
- Merlin and Vivieni"And in the hollow oak he lay as dead,", single work poetry (p. 22-23)
- The Kissi"How can she do this now that it's all changed,", single work poetry (p. 24-25)
- Man on the Mooni"Hardly a feature in the evening sky", single work poetry (p. 26-27)
- The Transit of Venusi"Today's the day a heaven-sent", single work poetry (p. 28-30)
- Proprioceptioni"Circling the fountain at the roundabout", single work poetry (p. 33-34)
- Unsunnedi"A disc that should have been the sun, moon pale -", single work poetry (p. 35)
- State Secretsi"The imagery was true. When Eve", single work poetry (p. 36-37)
- The Sorcerer's Apprenticei"The cards are dealt.", single work poetry (p. 43-44)
- Eighth Heaveni"I open the flyscreen door and slip inside,", single work poetry (p. 45-47)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Untitled
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Five Bells , Spring/Summer vol. 15-16 no. 4/1 2008; (p. 156-159)
— Review of Other Summers 2006 selected work poetry -
Tight Knot of Time
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: BlueDog , vol. 6 no. 12 2007; (p. 58-63)
— Review of Other Summers 2006 selected work poetry -
Other Summers
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Indigo , Winter no. 1 2007; (p. 99-102)
— Review of Other Summers 2006 selected work poetry -
Poetry
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 11 May no. 5432 2007; (p. 28)
— Review of Other Summers 2006 selected work poetry -
[Review] Other Summers
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Wet Ink , Summer no. 5 2006; (p. 55-56)
— Review of Other Summers 2006 selected work poetry
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Fluent Rhyme and Metre Come Up Trumps
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 11 November 2006; (p. 16)
— Review of Other Summers 2006 selected work poetry -
Clarity and Mastery
2006-2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January no. 287 2006-2007; (p. 54-55)
— Review of Other Summers 2006 selected work poetry -
Poetry Survey
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Island , Summer no. 107 2006; (p. 61-66)
— Review of Subterranean Radio Songs 2005 selected work poetry ; Midden Places 2006 selected work poetry ; Other Summers 2006 selected work poetry ; Folly and Grief 2006 selected work poetry ; Balance: New and Selected Poems 2006 selected work poetry -
[Review] Other Summers
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Wet Ink , Summer no. 5 2006; (p. 55-56)
— Review of Other Summers 2006 selected work poetry -
Poetry
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 11 May no. 5432 2007; (p. 28)
— Review of Other Summers 2006 selected work poetry
Awards
- 2007 highly commended ASAL Awards — ALS Gold Medal
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