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y separately published work icon Thirsty for the Joy : Australian and American Voices selected work   poetry  
Issue Details: First known date: 2008... 2008 Thirsty for the Joy : Australian and American Voices
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Notes

  • Epigraphs:

    Confronted by the foreign,
    we grow newly attentive
    to the details of the world,
    even as we make out, sometimes,
    the larger outline that lies behind them.
    -- Pico Iyer

    Good times,
    bad times,
    gimme some of that...
    --Edie Brickell

  • Contents indexed selectively. Only those poems with Australian themes/settings indexed.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Camberwell East, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,:One Day Hill , 2008 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
On Wurundjeri Way in Melbournei"A guy asks me if I know what street this is.", Brian Doyle , single work poetry (p. 2)
In Beaconsfield, in the Shire of Cardinia,i"On a very dusty day", Brian Doyle , single work poetry (p. 3)
At Saint Brigid's Church in Fitroy in Melbourne,i"I listen to an elderly priest deliver a tart sermon", Brian Doyle , single work poetry (p. 4)
Conrad Korzeniowski, Commander of the Barque Otago, Enters Port Phillip & Is Granted Revelationi"It was when we were within sight of the mouth of the Yarra", Brian Doyle , single work poetry (p. 5)
In a Pub on LaTrobe Street in Melbourne,i"A guy tells me a story.", Brian Doyle , single work poetry (p. 6)
On Drewery Lane in Melbourne,i"A woman stops me and says,", Brian Doyle , single work poetry (p. 7)
On Shields Street in Flemington in Melbourne in Victoria,i"I get to talking to a quiet woman who sings and paints,", Brian Doyle , single work poetry (p. 8)
On Young Street, in Melbournei"I get to talking to a Welshman", Brian Doyle , single work poetry (p. 9)
On Punt Road, in Melbournei"Near the hallowed Cricket Ground", Brian Doyle , single work poetry (p. 10-11)
On Victoria Parade, in Melbourne,i"An old priest tells me a story.", Brian Doyle , single work poetry (p. 13)
On Napier Street, in Melbournei"A quiet old woman tells me a story.", Brian Doyle , single work poetry (p. 13)
On Flinders Lane, in Melbourne,i"I meet a guy who used to play some ball,", Brian Doyle , single work poetry (p. 14)
In the City of Bath, in the County of Somerset, on the Last Day of August 1814,i"Arthur Phillip, aged 73, of Her Magesty's Royal Navy,", Brian Doyle , single work poetry (p. 15)
On Brunswick Street, in Fitzroy, in Melbourne,i"I get talking to a woman who has been a nurse", Brian Doyle , single work poetry (p. 16)
In Melbourne One Morning, As the Bundoora Tram Goes by,i"I get to talking to a tiny Greek man", Brian Doyle , single work poetry (p. 17-18)
On Nicholson Street, in the Melbourne Museum,i"I get to talking about wallabies and potoroos", Brian Doyle , single work poetry (p. 19)
On Gertrude Street, in Fitzroy, in Melbournei"I meet a man who used to be a boxer.", Brian Doyle , single work poetry (p. 20)
On Tattersalls Lane, in Melbourne,i"I get to talking to a guy about all the ways people look away", Brian Doyle , single work poetry (p. 21)
In Parramatta, in New South Walesi"A guy tells me a story in a pub", Brian Doyle , single work poetry (p. 62-63)
In Toongabbie, in New South Walesi"A guy tells me a story in a pub", Brian Doyle , single work poetry (p. 64)
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