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  • Author:agent Rosemary Dobson http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/dobson-rosemary
Issue Details: First known date: 1991... 1991 Collected Poems
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Contents

* Contents derived from the North Ryde, Ryde - Gladesville - Hunters Hill area, Northwest Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson , 1991 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
In a Convex Mirrori"See, in the circle how we stand,", Rosemary Dobson , single work poetry (p. 3)
Young Girl at a Windowi"Lift your hand to the window latch:", Rosemary Dobson , single work poetry (p. 4)
The Fisherman and the Mooni"Under these caves are drips that pause", Rosemary Dobson , single work poetry (p. 4-5)
The Tempesti"Washed by what waves to pearl, these eyes?", Rosemary Dobson , single work poetry (p. 5)
Foreshorei"Here, at the harbour foreshore, the stone wall", Rosemary Dobson , single work poetry (p. 6)
Moving in Misti"Moving in mist down unfrequented pathways,", Rosemary Dobson , single work poetry (p. 6-7)
Over the Hilli"This workman dredges home at dusk", Rosemary Dobson , single work poetry (p. 7-8)
In a Cafei"She clasps the cup with both her hands,", Rosemary Dobson , single work poetry (p. 8)
Disconnectedi"Like spider webs the telephone wires,", Rosemary Dobson , single work poetry (p. 9)
The Rideri"Time in my ticking clock becomes", Rosemary Dobson , single work poetry (p. 10)
Letter to a Friendi"There were three angels at my birth", Rosemary Dobson , single work poetry (p. 10-12)
One Sectioni"At the first doorway a child with a jug held carefully,", Rosemary Dobson , single work poetry (p. 12)
Cherry-Pickingi"Hearing the truck cresting the rise of the hillside", Rosemary Dobson , single work poetry (p. 13-14)
Australian Holiday, 1940i"We have passed between the steep, scarped sides of the valley", Rosemary Dobson , single work poetry war literature (p. 14-16)
Cockerel Suni"This golden cockerel summer sun ruffles his feathers into sleep,", Rosemary Dobson , single work poetry (p. 16-17)
Summer's Endi"After the summer season, with the miraculous", Rosemary Dobson , single work poetry (p. 17-18)
The Devil and the Angeli"Chancing upon the Devil in the doorway", Rosemary Dobson , single work poetry (p. 21)
The Devil and the Angel : Lost Soul The Devil and the Angel : The Dutch Tavern Portrait i"Somewhat confused about the date of reckoning,", Rosemary Dobson , single work poetry (p. 21-22)
The Devil and the Angel, Rosemary Dobson , single work poetry (p. 21-28)
The Devil and the Angel : The Scarecrowi"Beneath the moon in the standing corn at midnight,", Rosemary Dobson , single work poetry (p. 22-23)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

[Essay] : Dobson : Collected Poems Peter Goldsworthy , 2013 single work essay
— Appears in: Reading Australia 2013-;

'‘Wonder’ is probably Rosemary Dobson’s second most favourite word. As David McCooey points out in his excellent introduction to her Collected Poems, her all-time favourite is probably ‘light’. Her poems are always well lit, often radiantly so, as befits a poet who began her creative life as a visual artist. But wonderment best expresses her poetic approach to the world. Her early poems, especially, are suffused by wonder as much as light. ‘Wonder is music heard in the heart, is voiceless’ she writes in one of those early poems (titled, in fact, ‘Wonder’) as the narrator of the poem stands, momentarily speechless, in front of a work by the Flemish painter Anthony Van Dyck. In another poem from the same book, ‘In My End is My Beginning’, it’s the first word in a list of what lies within the poet’s perceptual world...' (Introduction)

Rosemary Dobson : Collected Martin Duwell , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Review , vol. 7 no. 2012;

— Review of Collected Poems Rosemary Dobson , 1991 selected work poetry drama
Vision Language and the Land in Rosemary Dobson's Poetry Werner Senn , 1996 single work criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 10 no. 2 1996; (p. 111-116)
Open, Mixed, and Moving: Recent Australian Poetry Kevin Hart , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: World Literature Today , Summer vol. 67 no. 3 1993; (p. 482-488) Twayne Companion to Contemporary World Literature 2003; (p. 794-801)

— Review of Selected Poems [1990] Gwen Harwood , 1990 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems 1939-1990 John Blight , 1992 selected work poetry ; Poems 1959-1989 David Malouf , 1992 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems Elizabeth Riddell , 1992 selected work poetry ; Collected Poems Rosemary Dobson , 1991 selected work poetry drama ; New and Selected Poems John Forbes , 1992 selected work poetry
Untitled Werner Senn , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: Westerly , Autumn vol. 37 no. 1 1992; (p. 93-94)

— Review of Collected Poems Rosemary Dobson , 1991 selected work poetry drama
Rosemary Dobson : Collected Martin Duwell , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Review , vol. 7 no. 2012;

— Review of Collected Poems Rosemary Dobson , 1991 selected work poetry drama
Open, Mixed, and Moving: Recent Australian Poetry Kevin Hart , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: World Literature Today , Summer vol. 67 no. 3 1993; (p. 482-488) Twayne Companion to Contemporary World Literature 2003; (p. 794-801)

— Review of Selected Poems [1990] Gwen Harwood , 1990 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems 1939-1990 John Blight , 1992 selected work poetry ; Poems 1959-1989 David Malouf , 1992 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems Elizabeth Riddell , 1992 selected work poetry ; Collected Poems Rosemary Dobson , 1991 selected work poetry drama ; New and Selected Poems John Forbes , 1992 selected work poetry
Romantic Legends and Poetic Force Ken L. Goodwin , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 31 August 1991; (p. wkd 7)

— Review of Collected Poems Rosemary Dobson , 1991 selected work poetry drama ; Orpheus A. D. Hope , 1991 selected work poetry
The Horror and the Courage John Foulcher , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 10 August 1991; (p. C9)

— Review of Collected Poems Rosemary Dobson , 1991 selected work poetry drama ; Orpheus A. D. Hope , 1991 selected work poetry
The Quiet Virtues Diane Fahey , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 135 1991; (p. 37-38)

— Review of Collected Poems Rosemary Dobson , 1991 selected work poetry drama
A Poet Who Tries to Commune with Mars Robert Hefner , 1991 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 28 July 1991; (p. 23)
Courtenay to Launch New Work in Canberra Robert Hefner , 1991 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 2 June 1991; (p. 23)
After Poetry (11) : A Quarterly Account of Recent Poetry Kevin Hart , 1991 single work criticism
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 125 1991; (p. 61-67)
Vision Language and the Land in Rosemary Dobson's Poetry Werner Senn , 1996 single work criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 10 no. 2 1996; (p. 111-116)
[Essay] : Dobson : Collected Poems Peter Goldsworthy , 2013 single work essay
— Appears in: Reading Australia 2013-;

'‘Wonder’ is probably Rosemary Dobson’s second most favourite word. As David McCooey points out in his excellent introduction to her Collected Poems, her all-time favourite is probably ‘light’. Her poems are always well lit, often radiantly so, as befits a poet who began her creative life as a visual artist. But wonderment best expresses her poetic approach to the world. Her early poems, especially, are suffused by wonder as much as light. ‘Wonder is music heard in the heart, is voiceless’ she writes in one of those early poems (titled, in fact, ‘Wonder’) as the narrator of the poem stands, momentarily speechless, in front of a work by the Flemish painter Anthony Van Dyck. In another poem from the same book, ‘In My End is My Beginning’, it’s the first word in a list of what lies within the poet’s perceptual world...' (Introduction)

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