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Verbal Medicine : Twenty-One Contemporary Clinician Poets of Australia & New Zealand with Introduction, Historical Sketch and Select Bibliography
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2006
Verbal Medicine : Twenty-One Contemporary Clinician Poets of Australia & New Zealand with Introduction, Historical Sketch and Select Bibliography
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'One hundred poems, a historical sketch and select bibliography record a blossoming of poetry concerned to locate the human firmly at the centre of a clinical world that often has other priorities.' (Publication summary)
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Contents
* Contents derived from the
Charnwood,
Belconnen area,
Canberra,
Australian Capital Territory,:Ginninderra Press
, 2006 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- The Waiting Roomi"In the back room behind it", single work poetry (p. 13)
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Pages from the Other World : Snap Shots from a Journey Through Illness : Veinsi"Trees of my life",
single work
poetry
(p. 14)
Note: With title: Veins
- On the Way to the Operating Theatrei"How strange it is", single work poetry (p. 15-16)
- Operating Theatrei"The first thing they do", single work poetry (p. 17)
- Intravenous Dripi"The thin man is always beside me.", single work poetry (p. 18)
- Paini"When it's over, the body", single work poetry (p. 19)
- Anniversaryi"It is summer again. The city has taken", single work poetry (p. 20)
- The Migrainei"against a surfeit", single work poetry (p. 21)
- Signingi"She takes the reading glasses", single work poetry (p. 22)
- I. Dad's Monologuei"Between 12.30 and 2, a rough estimate,", single work poetry (p. 23-24)
- II. The Responsei"Uncanny-thick cement slab laundry floor", single work poetry (p. 25)
- X. The Reminderi"Now, Bubby, I've turned the electricity off, and asked", single work poetry (p. 25)
- The Accidenti"The radio tells me", single work poetry (p. 26)
- The Whitei"He lacquered a hard wood table today", single work poetry (p. 36)
- The Body's Innuendoi"At first I only sensed the obvious -", single work poetry (p. 37-38)
- The Skeletoni"Passed on second hand it cost thirty quid,", single work poetry (p. 39)
- Suicide on Christmas Evei"After the doctor, the steam-cleaners,", single work poetry (p. 40)
- Four Morbid Songsi"I learnt to love a body once,", single work poetry (p. 41-44)
- The Operationi"Becoming the person you have always been", single work poetry (p. 45)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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[Review] Verbal Medicine
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Five Bells , Spring vol. 13 no. 4 2006; (p. 53-54)
— Review of Verbal Medicine : Twenty-One Contemporary Clinician Poets of Australia & New Zealand with Introduction, Historical Sketch and Select Bibliography 2006 anthology poetry -
[Review] Verbal Medicine
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Voice : A Journal of Comment and Review , December no. 20 2006; (p. 45-46)
— Review of Verbal Medicine : Twenty-One Contemporary Clinician Poets of Australia & New Zealand with Introduction, Historical Sketch and Select Bibliography 2006 anthology poetry
-
[Review] Verbal Medicine
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Voice : A Journal of Comment and Review , December no. 20 2006; (p. 45-46)
— Review of Verbal Medicine : Twenty-One Contemporary Clinician Poets of Australia & New Zealand with Introduction, Historical Sketch and Select Bibliography 2006 anthology poetry -
[Review] Verbal Medicine
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Five Bells , Spring vol. 13 no. 4 2006; (p. 53-54)
— Review of Verbal Medicine : Twenty-One Contemporary Clinician Poets of Australia & New Zealand with Introduction, Historical Sketch and Select Bibliography 2006 anthology poetry
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