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- In a Convex Mirrori"See, in the circle how we stand,", single work poetry (p. 3)
- Young Girl at a Windowi"Lift your hand to the window latch:", single work poetry (p. 4)
- The Fisherman and the Mooni"Under these caves are drips that pause", single work poetry (p. 4-5)
- The Tempesti"Washed by what waves to pearl, these eyes?", single work poetry (p. 5)
- Foreshorei"Here, at the harbour foreshore, the stone wall", single work poetry (p. 6)
- Moving in Misti"Moving in mist down unfrequented pathways,", single work poetry (p. 6-7)
- Over the Hilli"This workman dredges home at dusk", single work poetry (p. 7-8)
- In a Cafei"She clasps the cup with both her hands,", single work poetry (p. 8)
- Disconnectedi"Like spider webs the telephone wires,", single work poetry (p. 9)
- The Rideri"Time in my ticking clock becomes", single work poetry (p. 10)
- Letter to a Friendi"There were three angels at my birth", single work poetry (p. 10-12)
- One Sectioni"At the first doorway a child with a jug held carefully,", single work poetry (p. 12)
- Cherry-Pickingi"Hearing the truck cresting the rise of the hillside", single work poetry (p. 13-14)
- Australian Holiday, 1940i"We have passed between the steep, scarped sides of the valley", single work poetry war literature (p. 14-16)
- Cockerel Suni"This golden cockerel summer sun ruffles his feathers into sleep,", single work poetry (p. 16-17)
- Summer's Endi"After the summer season, with the miraculous", single work poetry (p. 17-18)
- The Devil and the Angeli"Chancing upon the Devil in the doorway", 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,", single work poetry (p. 21-22)
- The Devil and the Angel, single work poetry (p. 21-28)
- The Devil and the Angel : The Scarecrowi"Beneath the moon in the standing corn at midnight,", single work poetry (p. 22-23)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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[Essay] : Dobson : Collected Poems
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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Rosemary Dobson : Collected
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Review , vol. 7 no. 2012;
— Review of Collected Poems 1991 selected work poetry drama -
Vision Language and the Land in Rosemary Dobson's Poetry
1996
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 10 no. 2 1996; (p. 111-116) -
Open, Mixed, and Moving: Recent Australian Poetry
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] 1990 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems 1939-1990 1992 selected work poetry ; Poems 1959-1989 1992 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems 1992 selected work poetry ; Collected Poems 1991 selected work poetry drama ; New and Selected Poems 1992 selected work poetry -
Untitled
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , Autumn vol. 37 no. 1 1992; (p. 93-94)
— Review of Collected Poems 1991 selected work poetry drama
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Rosemary Dobson : Collected
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Review , vol. 7 no. 2012;
— Review of Collected Poems 1991 selected work poetry drama -
Open, Mixed, and Moving: Recent Australian Poetry
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] 1990 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems 1939-1990 1992 selected work poetry ; Poems 1959-1989 1992 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems 1992 selected work poetry ; Collected Poems 1991 selected work poetry drama ; New and Selected Poems 1992 selected work poetry -
Romantic Legends and Poetic Force
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 31 August 1991; (p. wkd 7)
— Review of Collected Poems 1991 selected work poetry drama ; Orpheus 1991 selected work poetry -
The Horror and the Courage
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 10 August 1991; (p. C9)
— Review of Collected Poems 1991 selected work poetry drama ; Orpheus 1991 selected work poetry -
The Quiet Virtues
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 135 1991; (p. 37-38)
— Review of Collected Poems 1991 selected work poetry drama -
A Poet Who Tries to Commune with Mars
1991
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 28 July 1991; (p. 23) -
Courtenay to Launch New Work in Canberra
1991
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 2 June 1991; (p. 23) -
After Poetry (11) : A Quarterly Account of Recent Poetry
1991
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 125 1991; (p. 61-67) -
Vision Language and the Land in Rosemary Dobson's Poetry
1996
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 10 no. 2 1996; (p. 111-116) -
[Essay] : Dobson : Collected Poems
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)