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1 1 y separately published work icon Rare Bird James Lucas , Canberra : Recent Work Press , 2021 20909192 2021 selected work poetry

'Intellectually ambitious and culturally engaged, these poems speak of Sartre, Zola and Jackson Pollock, of Western Australia’s firewatch trees and Dubbo’s gibbons, of the poet-batsman Stevie Smith, of youth and age. Ranging in form, James Lucas’s poems ask to be reread rather than assented to, and are written in the belief that poetry is both solvent and fresh lick of paint.'

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1 Rare Bird i "A vagrant", James Lucas , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Communion Literary Magazine , June no. 13 2020;
1 Missing i "“Does Sartre say—maybe my reading is perverse?—", James Lucas , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , November vol. 63 no. 11 2019; (p. 101)
1 Leaf-Curling Spider i "The eye’s blood spot, or else fire licks", James Lucas , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , November vol. 63 no. 11 2019; (p. 69)
1 Rhyme i "A half good reason looking for a rhyme", James Lucas , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , November vol. 63 no. 11 2019; (p. 13)
1 Tomorrow i "I'm here. It's just a dream. And it can't hurt", James Lucas , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Island , no. 158 2019; (p. 76)
1 Banksia i "it stands about in dry sand unimpressed", James Lucas , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Ear to Earth : An Anthology of Australian Poetry 2017 2017; (p. 5)
1 Karma Bin i "Our fifth for dinner sits out in the dirt,", James Lucas , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 August vol. 82 no. 2017;
1 At Western Plains i "When siamang gibbons sing to hold their ground", James Lucas , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 May vol. 80 no. 2017;
1 Realisms i "Petty bourgeois who count their sous", James Lucas , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Southerly , August vol. 76 no. 1 2016; (p. 142-143) This poem is in two numbered and titled parts.
1 Square Peg i "I spent my twenties writing stories, trying", James Lucas , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 October no. 52.0 2015;
1 Jazz i "a flying sax", James Lucas , 2003 single work poetry
— Appears in: Heat , no. 6 (New Series) 2003; (p. 76-80)
1 Holiday Snaps i "Monaro sky yellow", James Lucas , 2002 single work poetry
— Appears in: New England Review , no. 16 2002; (p. 17)
1 Ode to Quentin Tarantino i "It's the hamburger examined, not the life:", James Lucas , 2002 single work poetry
— Appears in: Meanjin , vol. 61 no. 4 2002; (p. 132)
1 Elizabeth Bay Road i "Fruit machines accept all cards for every punter", James Lucas , 2001 single work poetry
— Appears in: Heat , no. 2 ( New Series) 2001; (p. 184)
1 Open Season i "A cattledog drinks from a can, flanks vibrating,", James Lucas , 2001 single work poetry
— Appears in: Heat , no. 2 ( New Series) 2001; (p. 183)
1 Christmas, Kangaroo Valley i "Even The Darkest Hour Lasts Only", James Lucas , 2001 single work poetry
— Appears in: Heat , no. 2 ( New Series) 2001; (p. 182)
1 Royal Hotel i "A ute erupts from gravel skid,", James Lucas , 2001 single work poetry
— Appears in: Heat , no. 2 ( New Series) 2001; (p. 181)
1 Poem (i.m. John Forbes) i "While peaking lungs slap shut", James Lucas , 2000 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , no. 6-7 2000; (p. 25)
1 Ode to Kandinsky: Point and Line to Plane, 1925 i "[concrete poem]", James Lucas , 1999 single work poetry
— Appears in: Scarp , October no. 35 1999; (p. 11)
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