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Dedication:For Laurie, who saw it coming
and
For Maree
Contents
- Helli"I've been reading a canto", single work poetry (p. 11)
- A Poem with No Beginningi"This poem begins like most things with nothing", single work poetry (p. 12)
- I - Theoryi"I have a general theory: keep going.", single work poetry (p. 13)
- II - Practicei"Prepare for the walk", single work poetry (p. 13)
- III - At the Top (Mt Rufus)i"I claim this", single work poetry (p. 13-14)
- Rules for Walking, sequence poetry (p. 13-15)
- IV - Losing Your Selfi"I was no one all day,", single work poetry (p. 14)
- V - Coming Downi"When I came, footsore, to Shadow Lake,", single work poetry (p. 15)
- VI - Second Windi"The second time I heard the unmistakable breathing of the river,", single work poetry (p. 15)
- VII - Back at the Starti"And all day the delicate foliage of the myrtle", single work poetry (p. 15)
- Reading the Entrailsi"We woke to white feathers under the orange tree", single work poetry (p. 16)
- The Poplarsi"Which in summer are a brothel, in winter", single work poetry (p. 17-18)
- Wintercarribee Ecloguesi"My daughter not yet one,", single work poetry (p. 19-21)
- And Youi"One child learned to walk", single work poetry (p. 22)
- Taking it Slowi"Near midnight, the full moon floats in a shoal of cloud:", single work poetry (p. 23-24)
- The Afterlife of Lumberi"It smells like honey", single work poetry (p. 25)
- Two Hensi"Make prayer at the concrete trough", single work poetry (p. 29)
- Dying, and How to Survive Iti"Too many cars up way too early. if you ask me,", single work poetry (p. 30-31)
- Causalityi"Before there was anything, there were fields of fire; before anyone was", single work poetry (p. 32)
- Paradisei"Once I lay in the lassitude of summer,", single work poetry (p. 33-34)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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To Sing, to Say : A Lyric Ethics for Coming into Country
2023
single work
essay
— Appears in: Griffith Review , no. 80 2023; (p. 172-181)'I AM A poet and an essayist, a teacher of writing and a father of five children, who visit like rare birds these days, and I live with my partner and two spaniels and a cat along the Wingecarribee River (one of its many much debated spellings) on Gundungurra land, country never ceded, 125 kilometres south-west of what is now mostly called Sydney, which sits on the stolen ground of the Gadigal. I am, as far as I know, a non-Indigenous Australian man, a fifth-generation descendant of Cornish and German immigrants. They settled land that was not theirs to settle, though that’s not what they were told; I live on land to which nothing but love gives me any kind of title, and I own none of it. Who can afford to own it anyway these days, even if one felt one had the right?' (Introduction)
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Review : Diane Fahey, The Wing Collection: New & Selected Poems
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Long Paddock , vol. 73 no. 1 2013;
— Review of Fire Diary 2010 selected work poetry ; The Wing Collection : New and Selected Poems 2011 selected work poetry -
Poetry Review
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Island , Spring no. 126 2011;
— Review of Fire Diary 2010 selected work poetry -
Mark Tredinnick Interviewed by Sandra Hogan
Sandra Hogan
(interviewer),
2011
single work
interview
— Appears in: Perilous Adventures , vol. 11 no. 3 2011; -
Walking the Line
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 334 2011; (p. 64)
— Review of Fire Diary 2010 selected work poetry
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Figures in a Familial Landscape
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 5-6 March 2011; (p. 20)
— Review of Fire Diary 2010 selected work poetry ; Keepers 2010 selected work poetry -
Untitled
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Famous Reporter , no. 42 2011; (p. 146-149)
— Review of Fire Diary 2010 selected work poetry -
Room for Words to Flourish
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 21 May 2011; (p. 29)
— Review of Fire Diary 2010 selected work poetry ; Keepers 2010 selected work poetry -
Walking the Line
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 334 2011; (p. 64)
— Review of Fire Diary 2010 selected work poetry -
Poetry Review
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Island , Spring no. 126 2011;
— Review of Fire Diary 2010 selected work poetry -
Mark Tredinnick Interviewed by Sandra Hogan
Sandra Hogan
(interviewer),
2011
single work
interview
— Appears in: Perilous Adventures , vol. 11 no. 3 2011; -
To Sing, to Say : A Lyric Ethics for Coming into Country
2023
single work
essay
— Appears in: Griffith Review , no. 80 2023; (p. 172-181)'I AM A poet and an essayist, a teacher of writing and a father of five children, who visit like rare birds these days, and I live with my partner and two spaniels and a cat along the Wingecarribee River (one of its many much debated spellings) on Gundungurra land, country never ceded, 125 kilometres south-west of what is now mostly called Sydney, which sits on the stolen ground of the Gadigal. I am, as far as I know, a non-Indigenous Australian man, a fifth-generation descendant of Cornish and German immigrants. They settled land that was not theirs to settle, though that’s not what they were told; I live on land to which nothing but love gives me any kind of title, and I own none of it. Who can afford to own it anyway these days, even if one felt one had the right?' (Introduction)
