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Notes

  • Dedication: For Sonja Dechian.

  • The book comprises 4 parts, each preceded by an epigraph.

    • Part 1 Epigraph: : The night is full of ambulances and dreamers. Peter Bakowski.
    • Part 2 Epigraph: We might find our life in any landscape, but moreso here. Each city a turnstile of details, questions, private moments... David O'Meara.
    • Part 3 Epigraph: No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself. Haruki Murakami.
    • Part 4 Epigraph: No one has imagined us. Adrienne Rich.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Kent Town, Norwood, Payneham & St Peters area, Adelaide - North / North East, Adelaide, South Australia,:Wakefield Press , 2008 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Begin With a Gifti"Begin to read", Bel Schenk , single work poetry (p. vii)
Solitude. This is Not Lonelyi"Evening, and a transport sydtem pressing through the rain", Bel Schenk , single work poetry (p. 3)
Birthday Dinneri"We sit around wine cups", Bel Schenk , single work poetry (p. 4-5)
To Put Sense into Wordsi"Tonight, in a haze of whisky and beer", Bel Schenk , single work poetry (p. 6-7)
In the Kitchen, You Cooki"Do not confuse your success in", Bel Schenk , single work poetry (p. 8-10)
Thoughts About Laundry and Youi"Trust me", Bel Schenk , single work poetry (p. 11-13)
Silence and Televisioni"Somebody has written on the page of a recipe book", Bel Schenk , single work poetry (p. 14-15)
Inbox Poem 1i"Those lines you write", Bel Schenk , single work poetry (p. 16)
Drift Backi"What can we do but wait", Bel Schenk , single work poetry (p. 17)
Daisies and the Chill, Bel Schenk , single work prose (p. 18-21)
On the Sauceri"The cup goes round three times", Bel Schenk , single work poetry (p. 22)
The Landing is Harder in Real Timei"At midnight", Bel Schenk , single work poetry (p. 23-27)
City Heat, Walking to the Pubi"Cop a load of us", Bel Schenk , single work poetry (p. 31)
In the Chinese Grocery Shopi"You are always learning from others", Bel Schenk , single work poetry (p. 32-33)
Music and Lovei"Someone said that we should dance", Bel Schenk , single work poetry (p. 34-35)
To Take Awayi"You make the perfect flat white", Bel Schenk , single work poetry (p. 36-37)
Val Kilmer is in Your Fortune Cookie, Bel Schenk , single work prose (p. 38-41)
Festival Time in the Cityi"Sneakers squeak", Bel Schenk , single work poetry (p. 42-43)
You Like Chinese Food - Message Found in a Fortune Cookiei"You like Chinese food slurped from tiny porcelain bowls to oily lips. You like it noisy.", Bel Schenk , single work poetry (p. 44)
The Pub in Winteri"of course there are drinks and tiny snacks", Bel Schenk , single work poetry (p. 45)
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Works about this Work

[Review] Ambulances and Dreamers Heather Taylor Johnson , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Wet Ink , September no. 16 2009; (p. 58-59)
— Review of Ambulances and Dreamers Bel Schenk , 2008 selected work poetry
At the Crossroads : Australian Poetry 2008-2009 Julian Croft , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Westerly , July vol. 54 no. 1 2009; (p. 115-127)
— Review of The Golden Bird Robert Adamson , 2008 single work poetry ; View from the Lucky Hotel Sandra Hill , 2008 selected work poetry ; Theatre Alison Croggon , 2008 selected work poetry ; Letters to the Tremulous Hand Elizabeth Campbell , 2007 selected work poetry ; Vincent Buckley : Collected Poems Vincent Buckley , 2009 selected work poetry ; True Thoughts Pamela Brown , 2008 selected work poetry ; The Other Way Out Bronwyn Lea , 2007 single work poetry ; Bark Anthony Lawrence , 2008 selected work poetry ; Divine Comedy : Journeys Through Regional Geography John Kinsella , 2008 selected work poetry prose ; Growing Up With Mr Menzies John Jenkins , 2008 selected work poetry ; Man Wolf Man L. K. Holt , 2007 selected work poetry ; Aria Sarah Holland-Batt , 2008 selected work poetry ; Autographs : 56 Poems in Prose Alex Skovron , 2006 selected work poetry ; Ambulances and Dreamers Bel Schenk , 2008 selected work poetry ; Speed and Other Liberties Andrew Sant , 2008 selected work poetry ; Therapy Like Fish : New and Selected Poems Marcella Polain , 2008 selected work poetry ; Sixty Classic Australian Poems Geoff Page , 2009 single work criticism ; Poems : 1980-2008 Jan Owen , 2008 selected work poetry ; The Incoming Tide Petra White , 2007 selected work poetry ; Southern Edge : Three Stories in Verse Barbara Temperton , 2009 selected work poetry
Not What It Means : What It Is Heather Taylor Johnson , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 195 2009; (p. 115-118)
— Review of The Kingsbury Tales Yu Ouyang , 2008 selected work poetry ; Ambulances and Dreamers Bel Schenk , 2008 selected work poetry ; The Balcony David Brooks , 2008 selected work poetry ; After Meng Jiao : Responses to the Tang Poet Christopher Kelen , 2008 selected work poetry ; Growing Up With Mr Menzies John Jenkins , 2008 selected work poetry
New Poets Mine Rich Seam of Language Geoffrey Lehmann , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 21-22 February 2009; (p. 10-11)
— Review of When the Sky Caught Fire : Youngstreet Poets Anthology 2008 anthology poetry ; Ambulances and Dreamers Bel Schenk , 2008 selected work poetry
New Poets Mine Rich Seam of Language Geoffrey Lehmann , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 21-22 February 2009; (p. 10-11)
— Review of When the Sky Caught Fire : Youngstreet Poets Anthology 2008 anthology poetry ; Ambulances and Dreamers Bel Schenk , 2008 selected work poetry
Not What It Means : What It Is Heather Taylor Johnson , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 195 2009; (p. 115-118)
— Review of The Kingsbury Tales Yu Ouyang , 2008 selected work poetry ; Ambulances and Dreamers Bel Schenk , 2008 selected work poetry ; The Balcony David Brooks , 2008 selected work poetry ; After Meng Jiao : Responses to the Tang Poet Christopher Kelen , 2008 selected work poetry ; Growing Up With Mr Menzies John Jenkins , 2008 selected work poetry
At the Crossroads : Australian Poetry 2008-2009 Julian Croft , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Westerly , July vol. 54 no. 1 2009; (p. 115-127)
— Review of The Golden Bird Robert Adamson , 2008 single work poetry ; View from the Lucky Hotel Sandra Hill , 2008 selected work poetry ; Theatre Alison Croggon , 2008 selected work poetry ; Letters to the Tremulous Hand Elizabeth Campbell , 2007 selected work poetry ; Vincent Buckley : Collected Poems Vincent Buckley , 2009 selected work poetry ; True Thoughts Pamela Brown , 2008 selected work poetry ; The Other Way Out Bronwyn Lea , 2007 single work poetry ; Bark Anthony Lawrence , 2008 selected work poetry ; Divine Comedy : Journeys Through Regional Geography John Kinsella , 2008 selected work poetry prose ; Growing Up With Mr Menzies John Jenkins , 2008 selected work poetry ; Man Wolf Man L. K. Holt , 2007 selected work poetry ; Aria Sarah Holland-Batt , 2008 selected work poetry ; Autographs : 56 Poems in Prose Alex Skovron , 2006 selected work poetry ; Ambulances and Dreamers Bel Schenk , 2008 selected work poetry ; Speed and Other Liberties Andrew Sant , 2008 selected work poetry ; Therapy Like Fish : New and Selected Poems Marcella Polain , 2008 selected work poetry ; Sixty Classic Australian Poems Geoff Page , 2009 single work criticism ; Poems : 1980-2008 Jan Owen , 2008 selected work poetry ; The Incoming Tide Petra White , 2007 selected work poetry ; Southern Edge : Three Stories in Verse Barbara Temperton , 2009 selected work poetry
[Review] Ambulances and Dreamers Heather Taylor Johnson , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Wet Ink , September no. 16 2009; (p. 58-59)
— Review of Ambulances and Dreamers Bel Schenk , 2008 selected work poetry
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