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Issue Details: First known date: 2012... 2012 When Sky Becomes the Space Inside Your Head
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The poems in When Sky Becomes the Space Inside Your Head are a series of lyrical meditations that play with the relationship of inner states to the outside world, of individuals to others. These poems are accessible, welcoming even as they present troubling ideas as flashes in the sideshow of the mind. Wright's lyricism is one that questions its own values, the possibility of transcendence, and of using words to try and achieve it. Even if the poems build toward transcendent gestures, on arrival they often manifest as a pleasant emptiness, the post-coital lull that follows the unruly intensity of poetic thought. The epiphany is often a return to the everyday.


 

Notes

  • Dedication: For Kumuda, who is susceptible to verse.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Glebe, Glebe - Leichhardt - Balmain area, Sydney Inner West, Sydney, New South Wales,:Puncher and Wattmann , 2012 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Wanton Boysi"In the park on a sunny day while we're waiting", Ed Wright , single work poetry (p. 9)
Free Djunai"In a New York shoebox Djuna Barnes grew old and acrimonious and alone,", Ed Wright , single work poetry (p. 10)
Note: Dedication: For G.
Reading Eyesi"Some say reading never goes beyond", Ed Wright , single work poetry (p. 11)
Madonna and Childi"At the beach a young mother,", Ed Wright , single work poetry (p. 12)
Sandcastlei"This beach is a golden crescent,", Ed Wright , single work poetry (p. 13-14)
Plazai"Bondi Plaza's caught the winter sun,", Ed Wright , single work poetry (p. 15-16)
Fatboyi"A fat boy on school holidays", Ed Wright , single work poetry (p. 17-18)
The Fine Art of Pervingi"Summer first turns up on a Wednesday in October:", Ed Wright , single work poetry (p. 19-20)
Hanamii"The drift and pirouette of the pink snowflakes.", Ed Wright , single work poetry (p. 21)
Connemarra Karaokei"On a bleak Irish morning,", Ed Wright , single work poetry (p. 22)
'A Shooting Star'i"a shooting star", Ed Wright , single work poetry (p. 23)
For H.i"You are like the strong calm of the dawn", Ed Wright , single work poetry (p. 24)
For C.i"All godbyes come to silence", Ed Wright , single work poetry (p. 25-27)
Lennox St Bluesi"From a director's chair in a broken brick backyard", Ed Wright , single work poetry (p. 28)
Blue Knobi"from the verandah", Ed Wright , single work poetry (p. 29)
Murray's Cottage, Hill End, July 2007i"The wind sings", Ed Wright , single work poetry (p. 30)
Omnibusi"An absence and an opening,", Ed Wright , single work poetry (p. 31-37)
Falling Leavesi"this moment we now let go of", Ed Wright , single work poetry (p. 38)
Note: Dedication: For K.
Untitledi"In the breath of the poem a thing restless as the wind", Ed Wright , single work poetry (p. 39)
When Sky Becomes the Space Inside Your Head 1i"When sky becomes the space inside your head", Ed Wright , single work poetry (p. 40)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Connection, Disconnection, & Reconnection : Lisa Wardle Reviews ‘When Sky Becomes the Space Inside Your Head’ by Ed Wright Lisa Wardle , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , October 2014 – March no. 13 2015;

— Review of When Sky Becomes the Space Inside Your Head Ed Wright , 2012 selected work poetry
Plain Spoken Poems Rooted in Real Experience Geoff Page , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 2-3 February 2013; (p. 22)

— Review of Body Language Elizabeth Allen , 2012 selected work poetry ; When Sky Becomes the Space Inside Your Head Ed Wright , 2012 selected work poetry
Plain Spoken Poems Rooted in Real Experience Geoff Page , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 2-3 February 2013; (p. 22)

— Review of Body Language Elizabeth Allen , 2012 selected work poetry ; When Sky Becomes the Space Inside Your Head Ed Wright , 2012 selected work poetry
Connection, Disconnection, & Reconnection : Lisa Wardle Reviews ‘When Sky Becomes the Space Inside Your Head’ by Ed Wright Lisa Wardle , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , October 2014 – March no. 13 2015;

— Review of When Sky Becomes the Space Inside Your Head Ed Wright , 2012 selected work poetry
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