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Dedication: For O. M. C.
Contents
- Man Is Wolf to Mani"Until the consummation of things:", single work poetry (p. 1)
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Sleeping at the Tram Stopi"The post is cold at first but it will soon mimic",
single work
poetry
(p. 3)
Note: With title 'Sleeping Against a Signpost'
- Slaughter Housei"After the pageantry of pain comes a formal feeling;", single work poetry (p. 4)
- My Lover Meets the Bower Birdi"He nods at the silence then tries out his love song;", single work poetry (p. 9)
- The Children and the Worldi"The children go to school and they come back", single work poetry (p. 48)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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'As the New / Gets Newer' : Rethinking the Possibilities of a New Australian Lyric
2013
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 73 no. 2 2013; (p. 153-164) -
An Exercise in Googling
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Coolabah , no. 4 2010; (p. 36-38)
— Review of Man Wolf Man 2007 selected work poetry'L.K. Holt does not wear her learning lightly, and unless her intention is simply to impress with evocative terms and exotic references, she presumably expects her readers to do some heavy duty investigative work on Google. The first poem in the collection, “Man is Wolf to Man” depicts man’s bestial violence, a violence that seems biologically determined, or divinely ordained: “A man hangs / like an amulet. His death to counter- / weight the deaths by his hand, / assuming God has a sense of balance.” The enjambment of counter- / weight dividing His death from deaths by his hand, although predictable, is nonetheless effective, but the following line, “The skeleton in the sand of Ash Sham” sends us scurrying to discover that Ash Sham is another name for Damascus. Further enquiry reveals that in the twelfth century there was indeed a man of violence, Reginald of Chatillon-sur-Marne, a Frankish crusader, known as “The Wolf” by the afflicted Damascenes. Is this what she is referring to? But surely a crusader would not have worn a “Shirt unbuttoned / to show a cage of sand, the blindfold / blown off his three eyeholes.” No, she must be referring to the murder of a hostage by terrorists, or perhaps the victim of a CIA operation. Who knows? Is this our task as readers, to try and find out?' (Introduction)
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Untitled
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Voice : A Journal of Comment and Review , June no. 34 2010; (p. 44-45)
— Review of Man Wolf Man 2007 selected work poetry -
Kim Cheng Boey Reviews Man Wolf Man by L.K.Holt
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Mascara Literary Review , November no. 6 2009;
— Review of Man Wolf Man 2007 selected work poetry -
At the Crossroads : Australian Poetry 2008-2009
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , July vol. 54 no. 1 2009; (p. 115-127)
— Review of The Golden Bird 2008 single work poetry ; View from the Lucky Hotel 2008 selected work poetry ; Theatre 2008 selected work poetry ; Letters to the Tremulous Hand 2007 selected work poetry ; Vincent Buckley : Collected Poems 2009 selected work poetry ; True Thoughts 2008 selected work poetry ; The Other Way Out 2007 single work poetry ; Bark 2008 selected work poetry ; Divine Comedy : Journeys Through Regional Geography 2008 selected work poetry prose ; Growing Up With Mr Menzies 2008 selected work poetry ; Man Wolf Man 2007 selected work poetry ; Aria 2008 selected work poetry ; Autographs : 56 Poems in Prose 2006 selected work poetry ; Ambulances and Dreamers 2008 selected work poetry ; Speed and Other Liberties 2008 selected work poetry ; Therapy Like Fish : New and Selected Poems 2008 selected work poetry ; Sixty Classic Australian Poems 2009 single work criticism ; Poems : 1980-2008 2008 selected work poetry ; The Incoming Tide 2007 selected work poetry ; Southern Edge : Three Stories in Verse 2009 selected work poetry
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Generation of '08?
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 301 2008; (p. 60)
— Review of Man Wolf Man 2007 selected work poetry ; Letters to the Tremulous Hand 2007 selected work poetry -
At the Crossroads : Australian Poetry 2008-2009
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , July vol. 54 no. 1 2009; (p. 115-127)
— Review of The Golden Bird 2008 single work poetry ; View from the Lucky Hotel 2008 selected work poetry ; Theatre 2008 selected work poetry ; Letters to the Tremulous Hand 2007 selected work poetry ; Vincent Buckley : Collected Poems 2009 selected work poetry ; True Thoughts 2008 selected work poetry ; The Other Way Out 2007 single work poetry ; Bark 2008 selected work poetry ; Divine Comedy : Journeys Through Regional Geography 2008 selected work poetry prose ; Growing Up With Mr Menzies 2008 selected work poetry ; Man Wolf Man 2007 selected work poetry ; Aria 2008 selected work poetry ; Autographs : 56 Poems in Prose 2006 selected work poetry ; Ambulances and Dreamers 2008 selected work poetry ; Speed and Other Liberties 2008 selected work poetry ; Therapy Like Fish : New and Selected Poems 2008 selected work poetry ; Sixty Classic Australian Poems 2009 single work criticism ; Poems : 1980-2008 2008 selected work poetry ; The Incoming Tide 2007 selected work poetry ; Southern Edge : Three Stories in Verse 2009 selected work poetry -
Kim Cheng Boey Reviews Man Wolf Man by L.K.Holt
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Mascara Literary Review , November no. 6 2009;
— Review of Man Wolf Man 2007 selected work poetry -
Untitled
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Voice : A Journal of Comment and Review , June no. 34 2010; (p. 44-45)
— Review of Man Wolf Man 2007 selected work poetry -
An Exercise in Googling
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Coolabah , no. 4 2010; (p. 36-38)
— Review of Man Wolf Man 2007 selected work poetry'L.K. Holt does not wear her learning lightly, and unless her intention is simply to impress with evocative terms and exotic references, she presumably expects her readers to do some heavy duty investigative work on Google. The first poem in the collection, “Man is Wolf to Man” depicts man’s bestial violence, a violence that seems biologically determined, or divinely ordained: “A man hangs / like an amulet. His death to counter- / weight the deaths by his hand, / assuming God has a sense of balance.” The enjambment of counter- / weight dividing His death from deaths by his hand, although predictable, is nonetheless effective, but the following line, “The skeleton in the sand of Ash Sham” sends us scurrying to discover that Ash Sham is another name for Damascus. Further enquiry reveals that in the twelfth century there was indeed a man of violence, Reginald of Chatillon-sur-Marne, a Frankish crusader, known as “The Wolf” by the afflicted Damascenes. Is this what she is referring to? But surely a crusader would not have worn a “Shirt unbuttoned / to show a cage of sand, the blindfold / blown off his three eyeholes.” No, she must be referring to the murder of a hostage by terrorists, or perhaps the victim of a CIA operation. Who knows? Is this our task as readers, to try and find out?' (Introduction)
-
'As the New / Gets Newer' : Rethinking the Possibilities of a New Australian Lyric
2013
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 73 no. 2 2013; (p. 153-164)