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* Contents derived from the
Melbourne,
Victoria,:Webbers
, 1992 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- William John Wills Writes His Endingi"You can buy the diary leather-bound", single work poetry (p. 9-12)
- The Collector of Conesi"The possums have finished playing the xylophone roof,", single work poetry (p. 13-15)
- Ithacai"In the harbour a dolphin arches", single work poetry (p. 16-17)
- Portrait in Rotterdami"It seemed a pity to touch the canvas", single work poetry (p. 18)
- The Lease on Silencei"Sometimes, when you look,", single work poetry (p. 19-20)
- Oliver's Cavei"A pileated pecker", single work poetry (p. 21)
- Secretary to Praise (for Seamus Heaney)i"That night you padded down the path", single work poetry (p. 22)
- Emersonian Reflections : 1 : Walt and Waldo - 1881: "...But If at the End of Years, It is Still Only Beans?"i"The cicadas are quiet now,", single work poetry (p. 23-24)
- Emersonian Reflections : 2 : "I am Glad to the Brink of Fear"i"As when a dreamer is chased", single work poetry (p. 25)
- Emersonian Reflections : 3 : the Word is a White Seedi"The symmetry of hidden hereditaries invites", single work poetry (p. 26)
- Emersonian Reflections : 4 : the Music of Wateri"The water is warm, wraps itself around our legs,", single work poetry (p. 27)
- Emersonian Reflections : 5 : Horizonsi"I went today to lop an old budless willow limb", single work poetry (p. 28)
- Lord Vestey's Stockmen (for Munjirrijirri)i"You said, "You have to be honest sometimes,"", single work poetry (p. 29)
- Arnhem Land, sequence poetry (p. 29-33)
- Rum Jungle Recreation Club (for June)i"And, looking at the rock paintings", single work poetry (p. 30)
- Visiting Malarrimi (Wigram Island) (for Bruce and Erica Wangurra)i"Leaving Nhulunbuy", single work poetry (p. 31)
- Bush Medicine (for Milminyina)i"Thick and thin arteries and veins", single work poetry (p. 32)
- The Missionariesi"Sent forth in the spirit,", single work poetry (p. 33)
- His Father's Boati"...was a mirror", single work poetry (p. 34)
- The Old Ladies and the Window Cleanersi"You will have seen how old ladies look like sickles,", single work poetry (p. 35)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Chiselling New Truths from Experience
1992
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: The Age , 5 August 1992; (p. 6) -
The View from Where You Are
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , December vol. 52 no. 4 1992; (p. 169-176)
— Review of Secretary to Praise 1992 selected work poetry ; Australian Alphabet 1992 selected work poetry ; Spiral : A Collection of Poems 1992 selected work poetry ; Gravel Corners : Poems 1992 selected work poetry ; Lost Things and Other Poems 1992 selected work poetry ; The View from a Ninetieth Birthday : Lyrical Poems of Old Age 1992 selected work poetry
-
The View from Where You Are
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , December vol. 52 no. 4 1992; (p. 169-176)
— Review of Secretary to Praise 1992 selected work poetry ; Australian Alphabet 1992 selected work poetry ; Spiral : A Collection of Poems 1992 selected work poetry ; Gravel Corners : Poems 1992 selected work poetry ; Lost Things and Other Poems 1992 selected work poetry ; The View from a Ninetieth Birthday : Lyrical Poems of Old Age 1992 selected work poetry -
Chiselling New Truths from Experience
1992
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: The Age , 5 August 1992; (p. 6)
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