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Stephen Gilfedder Stephen Gilfedder i(A31555 works by)
Born: Established: 1948 Melbourne, Victoria, ;
Gender: Male
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1 Canticle for a Dancing Man i "It has come to this, the embalmed fifties", Stephen Gilfedder , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 66 no. 2 2021; (p. 73)
1 Shoeing The Horses i "The way my father told it", Stephen Gilfedder , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 16 October 2021; (p. 14)
1 Heather Takes the Railmotor to the Peter Mac i "At least the rain’s stopped", Stephen Gilfedder , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 11-12 September 2021; (p. 18) The Weekend Australian , 11 September 2021; (p. 18)
1 An Integration Manual i "The immigrant Irishman had left it all behind", Stephen Gilfedder , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , September vol. 65 no. 9 2021; (p. 53)
1 Terry Hourigan Repairs the Cistern i "Tree stump legs and an archipelago of freckles", Stephen Gilfedder , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , 1 June vol. 65 no. 6 2021; (p. 103)
1 The Commercial Traveller at the Bar i "Beret on a slant, cultivated mo, the stripey top,", Stephen Gilfedder , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , March vol. 65 no. 3 2021; (p. 47)
1 After Parthenius i "In the echo chamber beneath the morning swell,", Stephen Gilfedder , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , March vol. 65 no. 3 2021; (p. 47)
1 y separately published work icon Way Stations Stephen Gilfedder , Canberra : Recent Work Press , 2021 20909405 2021 selected work poetry

'Stephen Gilfedder’s Way Stations features selected poems from the past 40 and more years. The chronology leads us from the contemporary to his initial fully realised work.  Throughout, people – in their various guises, locations and predicaments – are the abiding concentration.  An important aspect is the observation and recording of human mutability in time, place and circumstance. The personal dimension is explored across its contradictions, from commitment to uncertainty, to self-discovery and perseverance.  Throughout the language is rich and rhythmic, steeped in the Australian vernacular.

‘Gilfedder’s unforced and liquid vernacular is sharpened and made memorable by his vivid and exacting imagery. These poems are moments observed from the inside and outside, narratives that are as particular as the shape of a place-name in the mouth, yet as universal as the waystations of every life.’

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1 Allie Riding Mr Gentle i "My daughter on the black horse", Stephen Gilfedder , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , December vol. 64 no. 12 2020; (p. 104)
1 The Snowline i "The dog was curled", Stephen Gilfedder , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , December vol. 64 no. 12 2020; (p. 52)
1 Captive i "Checked in and speechless", Stephen Gilfedder , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , December vol. 64 no. 12 2020; (p. 52)
1 Cornelius in the Lingerie Factory i "Just off the boat and only", Stephen Gilfedder , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , October vol. 64 no. 10 2020; (p. 69)
1 Carnies i "The dark was coming on", Stephen Gilfedder , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , October vol. 64 no. 10 2020; (p. 69)
1 My Father Marshals the ASIO Photographers at the 1967 Referendum Rally i "The shout of ‘hold’ seemed to come", Stephen Gilfedder , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Westerly , vol. 64 no. 2 2019; (p. 97)
1 Veneration i "Just days off the boat from Ireland In the shipment of", Stephen Gilfedder , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 2 November 2019; (p. 20)
1 My Fatherland i "In that foreign, half-familiar country", Stephen Gilfedder , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 27 April 2019; (p. 18)
1 Diurnal i "The breakfast presenter fails", Stephen Gilfedder , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Island , no. 158 2019; (p. 77)
1 Sawcraft i "Athol tells it like it bloody is", Stephen Gilfedder , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 15 April 2017; (p. 19)
1 Nature Boy i "Passing the forgotten turnoff", Stephen Gilfedder , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Island , no. 149 2017; (p. 61)
1 The Bowling Green at Night i "You drive past when the timer", Stephen Gilfedder , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Island , no. 144 2016; (p. 107)
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