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A collection of poems focussed on memories of the poet's upbringing in a dairying community in Victoria and his transition from country to city life.
Notes
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Dedication: To the women of the house
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Carlton,
Parkville - Carlton area,
Melbourne - North,
Melbourne,
Victoria,:Five Islands Press
, 2007 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- I Know, I Knowi"the horizon by the back roads which lead to it", single work poetry (p. 11)
- Catholic Daydreamsi"Lost in language", single work poetry (p. 12)
- Woman Leaving a Farmi"It's not the beaten path that led", single work poetry (p. 13-14)
- In the Company of Farmersi"Talking of cows", single work poetry (p. 15)
- The Outer Limitsi"The land rises from water-logged flats", single work poetry (p. 16)
- What it Feels Likei"It is two fathers punching each other in the footy sheds", single work poetry (p. 17)
- A Beautiful Ruini"School Holidays", single work poetry (p. 18)
- The Big Holei"Bottomless, dark, so cold", single work poetry (p. 19)
- Farm Boysi"You can see their utes pulling dust toward the highway", single work poetry (p. 20)
- Gravel Storiesi"He was turning into his gateway", single work poetry (p. 21)
- A Job to Doi"hitting a crippled calf on the head", single work poetry (p. 22)
- Penitenti"He was a small man who holidayed in Manila.", single work poetry (p. 23)
- Permanent As Can Bei"Foggy morning, in the darkness", single work poetry (p. 24-25)
- She Lets Goi"Her hand in mine", single work poetry (p. 26-27)
- Cow with Paralysisi"Her back leg is folded up beneath her", single work poetry (p. 28)
- The Viewi"The view through the kitchen window", single work poetry (p. 29-31)
- Catching a Train to Intimacyi"The Literary world stops at Spencer Street", single work poetry (p. 32-33)
- The Paddock with the Big Tree in Iti"Like an anchor rattling overboard", single work poetry (p. 37)
- Maternity Paddocki"Chopped up by staggery cows", single work poetry (p. 38-39)
- The Paddock Beside the Dairyi"A bloodied sheep bag hangs over our back yard.", single work poetry (p. 40)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Leaning Into the Horizon
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Foam:e , March no. 5 2008;
— Review of A Paddock in His Head 2007 selected work poetry -
Poetry Survey
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Island , Summer no. 115 2008; (p. 42-47)
— Review of A Paddock in His Head 2007 selected work poetry ; Not Finding Wittgenstein 2007 selected work poetry ; The Incoming Tide 2007 selected work poetry ; Permitted to Fall 2007 selected work poetry ; Vertigo (a Cantata) 2007 selected work poetry -
Paddocks, Poems and Panmure's Pull Prevails
2008
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Age , 26 January 2008; (p. 27) -
'So You Make a Shadow' : Australian Poetry in Review 2006-2007
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 52 no. 2007; (p. 81-98)
— Review of Vertigo (a Cantata) 2007 selected work poetry ; All the Time in the World 2006 selected work poetry ; The Escape Sonnets and Other Poetry 2006 selected work poetry ; Sometimes Gladness : Collected Poems, 1954 to 2005 2006 selected work poetry ; Ocean Island 2006 selected work poetry ; I'm Not Racist, But... : A Collection of Social Observations 2007 selected work poetry ; Excess Baggage and Claim 2007 selected work poetry ; The Passion Paintings : Poems 1983-2006 2006 selected work poetry ; Typewriter Music 2007 selected work poetry ; Fredy Neptune 1998 single work novel ; Lawrie and Shirley, The Final Cadenza : A Movie in Verse 2006 single work novel ; A Difficult Faith : Poems 2006 selected work poetry ; A Paddock in His Head 2007 selected work poetry ; The City of Empty Rooms 2006 selected work poetry ; Helen of Troy and Other Poems 2007 selected work poetry ; The Incoming Tide 2007 selected work poetry -
Pastoral Doubleness
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 295 2007; (p. 50)
— Review of A Paddock in His Head 2007 selected work poetry
-
Pastoral Doubleness
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 295 2007; (p. 50)
— Review of A Paddock in His Head 2007 selected work poetry -
'So You Make a Shadow' : Australian Poetry in Review 2006-2007
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 52 no. 2007; (p. 81-98)
— Review of Vertigo (a Cantata) 2007 selected work poetry ; All the Time in the World 2006 selected work poetry ; The Escape Sonnets and Other Poetry 2006 selected work poetry ; Sometimes Gladness : Collected Poems, 1954 to 2005 2006 selected work poetry ; Ocean Island 2006 selected work poetry ; I'm Not Racist, But... : A Collection of Social Observations 2007 selected work poetry ; Excess Baggage and Claim 2007 selected work poetry ; The Passion Paintings : Poems 1983-2006 2006 selected work poetry ; Typewriter Music 2007 selected work poetry ; Fredy Neptune 1998 single work novel ; Lawrie and Shirley, The Final Cadenza : A Movie in Verse 2006 single work novel ; A Difficult Faith : Poems 2006 selected work poetry ; A Paddock in His Head 2007 selected work poetry ; The City of Empty Rooms 2006 selected work poetry ; Helen of Troy and Other Poems 2007 selected work poetry ; The Incoming Tide 2007 selected work poetry -
Poetry Survey
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Island , Summer no. 115 2008; (p. 42-47)
— Review of A Paddock in His Head 2007 selected work poetry ; Not Finding Wittgenstein 2007 selected work poetry ; The Incoming Tide 2007 selected work poetry ; Permitted to Fall 2007 selected work poetry ; Vertigo (a Cantata) 2007 selected work poetry -
Leaning Into the Horizon
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Foam:e , March no. 5 2008;
— Review of A Paddock in His Head 2007 selected work poetry -
Paddocks, Poems and Panmure's Pull Prevails
2008
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Age , 26 January 2008; (p. 27)
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