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Dedication: for Judith, deep love and humane counsel beside me for so long and for my grandchildren whose impromptu tableaux under the trees continue to warm the world - Annabella, Amelia, Emily, Luke, Alex, Isabelle, Anthony, Marcus and Evie.
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Epigraph: The bud stands for all things... Galway Kinnell.
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The collection is divided into four parts:
- Part 1 'Coasts' (1-28) Epigraph: The mere act of writing splits the self in two... Margaret Atwood.
- Part 2 'Available Light' (29-59) Epigraph: What draws you in is what slips away... Bill Henson.
- Part 3 'Forget Rilke' (61-87) Epigraph: ...if you don't live it, it won't come out of your born... Charlie Parker.
- Part 4 'Can't Help Noticing' (89-113) Epigraph: Black arts we make in the black lamps of the heart Le Roi Jones
- Part 1 'Coasts' (1-28) Epigraph: The mere act of writing splits the self in two... Margaret Atwood.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Geelong,
Geelong City - Geelong East area,
Geelong area,
Geelong - Terang - Lake Bolac area,
Victoria,:Whitmore Press
, 2012 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Paean To Gardening For Moneyi"...the lady owners pay him in advance then drive away", single work poetry (p. 3)
- In My Wheat-Bag Hoodi"For the rain my uncle throws me a wheat-bag hood", single work poetry (p. 4-5)
- Jouer au Tennisi"You get ready", single work poetry (p. 6-7)
- Commasi"In the shade of trees", single work poetry (p. 8-9)
- Male Ironingi"Ah yes! After a shirt or two the old skill returns", single work poetry (p. 10-11)
- Horizoni"But we do, don't we? We'll reach it, won't we", single work poetry (p. 12)
- Spring Timei"business", single work poetry (p. 13)
- Inningsi"Where the roads meet, on the triangle of ground the cattle have", single work poetry (p. 14-15)
- Coastsi"unfurl where night scowls into morning", single work poetry (p. 16)
- Dreami"when I get there driving through the night rain's sheen", single work poetry (p. 17)
- Considering His Lifei"... mine seeming to require the ladder's shadow across leaves, the", single work poetry (p. 18)
- Metaphor Strayedi"he knows the touch of skin can stave off desolation", single work poetry (p. 19-20)
- Lamb in the Nighti"a lamb's tremola pleading seeks me out.", single work poetry (p. 21)
- Extending the Englyn and Considering the Differencesi"First difference runs", single work poetry (p. 22)
- If I Be Not I...i"my toes stil ask a barefoot question", single work poetry (p. 23)
- The Gallery of Knowingi"...I will be locked into the gallery for the night. I have always", single work poetry (p. 24)
- Enlightenment at 5ami"I lie still. I'm drifting on the pillow. Isabelle Huppert has been", single work poetry (p. 25-26)
- Excellencei"... the souls of wines in different bottles", single work poetry (p. 27)
- Waterwheeli"Europe turns over, nurses centuries of wounds", single work poetry (p. 28)
- Watchingi"...nor does my lens tell me why it searches", single work poetry (p. 31)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Silvery Responsibility of Knowing Everything
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 22-23 March 2014; (p. 20-21)
— Review of Available Light : New Poems 2012 selected work poetry ; Six Different Windows 2013 selected work poetry
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Silvery Responsibility of Knowing Everything
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 22-23 March 2014; (p. 20-21)
— Review of Available Light : New Poems 2012 selected work poetry ; Six Different Windows 2013 selected work poetry
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