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Notes

  • Contents indexed selectively.
  • Epigraph: ... one need not notice walls, so huge in the sky. - Randolph Stow

Contents

* Contents derived from the North Fremantle, Fremantle area, South West Perth, Perth, Western Australia,:Fremantle Press , 2010 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Premonitioni"I attempt to peel the newspaper, but", John Mateer , single work poetry (p. 17)
Fire Imaginedi"Past fire is present in thick grasstrees", John Mateer , single work poetry (p. 18)
Two Years Agoi"When the locust plague", John Mateer , single work poetry (p. 19)
The Canadian Memoryi"Along the St Lawrence River, through", John Mateer , single work poetry (p. 20)
Epithalamiumi"Slowly injected with life, the roses on", John Mateer , single work poetry (p. 21)
The Sirens' Songi"Nipping tyhe wine glass against his chest", John Mateer , single work poetry (p. 22)
Outside the Nightclubi"With the intention of seeing", John Mateer , single work poetry (p. 23)
The City, John Mateer , sequence poetry (p. 23-29)
The Wordi"Meat-flower: the word I use for the sex of your", John Mateer , single work poetry (p. 24)
Strolling in the Supreme Court Gardensi"Here, strolling, if that's what legs", John Mateer , single work poetry (p. 25-26)
Moonlessi"Through thinning darkness we emerged", John Mateer , single work poetry (p. 27)
The Eyei"His eternally disembodied eye", John Mateer , single work poetry (p. 28)
At a Yellow Benchi"I could retract. You gnaw an apple, frowning.", John Mateer , single work poetry (p. 29)
Exilei"Serpil spoke about the beautiful country,", John Mateer , single work poetry (p. 30)
On Historyi"By hearing his own words", John Mateer , single work poetry (p. 31)
Mirrori"That person they see", John Mateer , single work poetry (p. 32)
Conversationi"I spoke to the Australian poet,", John Mateer , single work poetry (p. 35)
At a Partyi"When the asurveyor held her arms,", John Mateer , single work poetry (p. 36)
The Drug Scene, John Mateer , sequence poetry (p. 36-37)
In the Alleyi"I had watched her in the alley", John Mateer , single work poetry (p. 37)
Note: With title: In an Alley With first line: They watched her in the alley

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

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— Appears in: Quarterly Literary Review Singapore , January vol. 10 no. 1 2011;

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Untitled Werner Senn , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Zeitschrift fur Australienstudien , no. 25 2011; (p. 165-169)

— Review of The West : Australian Poems 1989-2009 John Mateer , 2010 selected work poetry
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— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , August vol. 33 no. 2010;

— Review of The West : Australian Poems 1989-2009 John Mateer , 2010 selected work poetry
Off the Shelf William Yeoman , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 31 August 2010; (p. 6)

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— Appears in: Australian Poetry Review , vol. 5 no. 2010;

— Review of The West : Australian Poems 1989-2009 John Mateer , 2010 selected work poetry
Sometimes Difficult, Always Diverse : Aspects of Contemporary Australian Poetry 2010-11 Paul Hetherington , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Westerly , July vol. 56 no. 1 2011; (p. 50-66)

— Review of Ashes in the Air Ali Alizadeh , 2011 selected work poetry ; Pebbles on the Roof Merle Goldsmith , 2009 selected work poetry ; Carnival Edge : New and Selected Poems Katherine Gallagher , 2010 selected work poetry ; Glass Clouds Grant Caldwell , 2010 selected work poetry ; I Painted Unafraid Robyn Cadwallader , 2010 selected work poetry ; Burning Bright Caroline Caddy , 2010 selected work poetry ; An Absence of Saints Rosanna Licari , 2010 selected work poetry ; Chemistry Jamie King-Holden , 2011 selected work poetry ; Lines for Birds : Poems and Paintings Barry Hill , 2011 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems of Dorothy Hewett Dorothy Hewett , 2010 selected work poetry ; Acts of Defiance : New and Selected Poems Dennis Haskell , 2010 selected work poetry ; News of the Insect World : And Other Poems Susan Hampton , 2009 selected work poetry ; Graphic : Two Sequences David McCooey , 2010 selected work poetry ; The Drunken Elk Shane McCauley , 2010 selected work poetry ; Possession : Poems about the Voyage of Lt James Cook in The Endeavour 1768-1771 Anna Nicholson , 2010 selected work poetry ; The West : Australian Poems 1989-2009 John Mateer , 2010 selected work poetry ; La, La, La Tatjana Lukic , 2009 selected work poetry ; Porch Music Cameron Lowe , 2010 selected work poetry ; Postcards from the Centre Ron Pretty , 2010 selected work poetry ; Swallow Claire Potter , 2010 selected work poetry ; Little River James Quinton , 2010 selected work poetry ; Where N Equals a Determinacy of Poetry Scott-Patrick Mitchell , 2010 selected work poetry ; Heartscapes Kaye Mill , 2010 selected work poetry ; Green Hair Susan McMichael , 2010 selected work poetry ; Starlight : 150 Poems John Tranter , 2010 selected work poetry ; The Gossip and the Wine Peter Steele , 2011 selected work poetry ; The Geometry of Flight Angela Smith , 2010 selected work poetry ; Keepers Philip Salom , 2010 selected work poetry ; Seasons of Doubt and Burning : New and​ Selected Poems Robyn Rowland , 2010 selected work poetry ; Time Will Tell Emma Rooksby , 2010 selected work poetry ; New Selected Poems : A Collection of Flowers : 1967-2009 Edwin Wilson , 2010 selected work poetry ; Collected Poems : Francis Webb Francis Webb , 2011 collected work poetry
What is Poetry of Place? Edward Kim , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 25 no. 2 2011; (p. 218-219)

— Review of The West : Australian Poems 1989-2009 John Mateer , 2010 selected work poetry
More Intensity : Topography of Poetry Outcrops Bonny Cassidy , 2013 single work criticism
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 February no. 41 2013;
Unbidden : Settler Poetry in the Presence of Indigenous Sovereignty Bonny Cassidy , 2016 single work criticism
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 August no. 55.0 2016;
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