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y separately published work icon Pictures from an Exhibition anthology   poetry  
Is part of Mattara Poetry Prize Anthology series - publisher
Issue Details: First known date: 1989... 1989 Pictures from an Exhibition
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Newcastle, Newcastle - Hunter Valley area, New South Wales,:University of Newcastle , 1989 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Stranger's Kissi"I dream sometimes of becoming anonymous, alone,", Jill Jones , single work poetry (p. 53)
Our Conspiracyi"October rain makes the footpath slippery", Jill Jones , single work poetry (p. 54)
Untitledi"Holiday is all done:", Nora Krouk , single work poetry (p. 57)
Voicesi"Lily returned to the room. Mama was gone now. Stuffed into a", Nora Krouk , single work poetry (p. 58-66)
Clappingi"I clap.", Martin Langford , single work poetry (p. 67-68)
Touchi"You cannot just walk up to someone and touch:", Martin Langford , single work poetry (p. 69)
A Good Nighti"The mulies are in the harbour,", Andrew Lansdown , single work poetry (p. 70-71)
Somewhere in Central Australiai"Rattling,", Mark Miller , single work poetry (p. 72)
Detaineei"Images intensify in prison;", Sudesh Mishra , single work poetry (p. 73)
A God for Mani"Goodmorning God.", M. Munganye , single work poetry (p. 74-77)
Adventures in New French Feminism (for Margaret Coombs)i"Once a month through the seventies", Penelope Nelson , single work poetry (p. 78-81)
Narrativei"I wanted you both at once, I thought: I wanted", John Newton , single work poetry (p. 82-83)
Bark Canoe (for Sandy Atkinson) Bark Canoe (for Sandy Atkinson)i"Pick the best tree and wound it:", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 84-85)
The Campanile : St Mark's, Venicei"'You seem a little sad, Madame?'", Jan Owen , single work poetry (p. 86-88)
The Candlei"And then went in to a pine room full of sun.", Jan Owen , single work poetry
The poem is set in 1989, when 'szabadsag',(freedom) reached Hungary in the wake of Glasnost,and Russian troops are leaving. The narrator describes the room of a cultured and liberal schoolteacher doing a thesis on 'Contrapuntal Techniques' in Ezra Pound's 'Cantos.' Quotations from Pound and references to his chair (ie. his time) in Venice set up a delicate counterpoint between new freedom and ongoing culture in Hungary, Pound's WWII Fascism, and what is implied to be the enduring value of his poetry.
 (p. 89-90)
Herendi Porcelaini"Brody Sandor U. 17, second courtyard, no.1:", Jan Owen , single work poetry (p. 91-92)
Metroi"Buskers, somewhere at Chatelet-", Jan Owen , single work poetry (p. 93)
Hotel Third Class Hoteli"Leicester Court was misrun", Jan Owen , single work poetry (p. 94)
[Untitled] (from Improvisations)i"A gifted child", Geoff Page , single work poetry (p. 95)
My Father's Black Handsi"When the embalmers", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 96)
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