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Notes
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Dedication: For David and Gregory
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Epigraph: The poem never reveals its proper name, not even to its author. Kevin Hart: A. D. Hope
Contents
* Contents derived from the
St Lucia,
Indooroopilly - St Lucia area,
Brisbane - North West,
Brisbane,
Queensland,:University of Queensland Press
, 1995 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- The City of Homei"The City of Home is reached only in dreams.", single work poetry (p. xi)
- Meditation 1 : Hugging the Centre : 1 : Making a Towni"Your claim on the town is a lien that is as firm", single work poetry (p. 1-2)
- Meditation 1 : Hugging the Centre, single work poetry (p. 1-9)
- Meditation 1 : Hugging the Centre : 2 : Waiti"We are in the metropolis mode, confident in that", single work poetry (p. 3)
- Meditation 1 : Hugging the Centre : 3 : It is the Nighti"It is not the night for recitals.", single work poetry (p. 4-5)
- Meditation 1 : Hugging the Centre : 4 : Making Iti"Ending it, is the theory.", single work poetry (p. 6-7)
- Meditation 1 : Hugging the Centre : 5 : Exploiti"Look how far we've gone without being specific.", single work poetry (p. 8-9)
- Four Parks : 1 : Itchy Parki"It was a triangle of sloping ground with a dozen starved trees;", single work poetry (p. 10)
- Bush Lemon, 1945 Bush Lemon (1945)i"Too big for a golf ball", single work poetry (p. 11)
- Victory Celebrationsi"I was ten. They say that in big Brisbane", single work poetry (p. 12)
- Four Parks : 4 : Adelaidei"You saw us from your car, hand-in-hand", single work poetry (p. 13)
- An Ordinary Partyi"What was the year of Jacqui Finimore's party?", single work poetry (p. 14-15)
- After Thomas Traherne (for Gwen Harwood)i"Only the first time can be repeated.", single work poetry (p. 16-17)
- Itchy Park (2)i"The von Losberg house off Itchy Park", single work poetry (p. 18)
- Itchy Park Songi"Where did she go, Cathy in Itchy Park?", single work poetry (p. 19)
- Near Itchy Parki"The Big House down the street had walls, not a fence.", single work poetry (p. 20)
- Folklorei"The Daylight family were the most beautiful", single work poetry (p. 21)
- Hostelsi"The men's hostel burned, there were no precautions", single work poetry (p. 22-23)
- Postcard from Naxosi"Naxos is an island of mind here in the South Pacific: it is", single work poetry (p. 24)
- Maremmai"I remember olive trees on someone's farm outside Adelaide,", single work poetry (p. 25)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Pelicans, Cycads and Ghost Crabs : Judith Wright and the Poetry of Queensland
2002
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Hot Iron Corrugated Sky : 100 Years of Queensland Writing 2002; (p. 136-147) -
'What Is Gone Is Not Gone': Intimations in the Poetry of Thomas Shapcott
1997
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 18 no. 1 1997; (p. 21-30) -
Poet Meditates on the Past
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 10 no. 2 1996; (p. 153-155)
— Review of The City of Home 1995 selected work poetry -
Under the Ashes of Type-Face
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , Spring vol. 56 no. 3 1996; (p. 213-220)
— Review of The City of Home 1995 selected work poetry ; Mortal Instruments : Poems 1990-1995 1995 selected work poetry -
Untitled
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: Imago : New Writing , Autumn vol. 8 no. 1 1996; (p. 162-163)
— Review of The City of Home 1995 selected work poetry
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Reviews
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: Scarp , October no. 29 1996; (p. 53-57)
— Review of Monkey's Wedding 1995 selected work poetry ; The Silo : A Pastoral Symphony : Poems 1995 selected work poetry ; The Colour of Maps 1995 selected work poetry ; Learning to Breathe under Water 1995 selected work poetry ; The City of Home 1995 selected work poetry -
Untitled
1995
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 174 1995; (p. 50-51)
— Review of The City of Home 1995 selected work poetry -
A City Remembered
1995
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 23 September 1995; (p. wkd 8)
— Review of The City of Home 1995 selected work poetry -
Love and Lust in Memorial Debut
1995
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 30 September 1995; (p. 14A)
— Review of The City of Home 1995 selected work poetry ; Mortal Instruments : Poems 1990-1995 1995 selected work poetry ; Coming Up for Light 1994 selected work poetry ; Making Country 1995 selected work poetry -
Poetry
1995
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 18 November 1995; (p. 8)
— Review of The City of Home 1995 selected work poetry ; Mortal Instruments : Poems 1990-1995 1995 selected work poetry ; Inheritance : A Poem 1995 single work poetry -
Pelicans, Cycads and Ghost Crabs : Judith Wright and the Poetry of Queensland
2002
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Hot Iron Corrugated Sky : 100 Years of Queensland Writing 2002; (p. 136-147) -
'What Is Gone Is Not Gone': Intimations in the Poetry of Thomas Shapcott
1997
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 18 no. 1 1997; (p. 21-30)
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