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Dedication: For my grandchildren
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Ainslie,
North Canberra area,
Canberra,
Australian Capital Territory,:Rathbarry Press
, 1989 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Ash-Can to Carthagei"Sometimes I find", single work poetry (p. x-xi)
- Heave Away - Haul Awayi"It's the little things you miss -", single work poetry (p. 2)
- And on Earth Peacei"Dawn - long whipstick shadows scratched on sand.", single work poetry (p. 3)
- Treadle Drill and Trinity Degreei"His drill came early - on the morning train", single work poetry (p. 4-5)
- Morituri Te Salutant (for Merril and Ken)i"Denton has planted out geraniums again.", single work poetry (p. 6-7)
- Shall We Order Now?i"They told me it had changed. Do you recall -", single work poetry (p. 8-9)
- It's No Use Knockingi"This town decays", single work poetry (p. 10)
- Summer Holidayi"Yes, back already. Just this morning from", single work poetry (p. 11)
- We Will Now Sing the School Hymn : Burra (S.A.) 1940i"Assembly. Summoned from the grey, grimed", single work poetry (p. 12-13)
- God's Will be Donei"Fourteen times that day God's will was done.", single work poetry (p. 14)
- Skipping Pepperi"A rope tapped and the ground spat dust up.", single work poetry (p. 15)
- Mackerodei"Passing cars waved wipers. By the road", single work poetry (p. 16-17)
- Miners' Dugouts : Burra, South Australiai"They say it's in the way you listen. Walls,", single work poetry (p. 18)
- Easterly (for Amy)i"Windmills face the way it came from.", single work poetry (p. 19)
- Song of Australiai"The words decayed", single work poetry (p. 20)
- Sojourner, as My Father Wasi""My God, but he was beautiful, that man".", single work poetry (p. 21)
- Haikui"From Ramco", single work poetry (p. 22)
- Crimondi"My mind was years away. A bar or two", single work poetry (p. 24-25)
- Fallen Sparrow - St John's Churchyard Lent 1985i"Purple in the service. Sandstone stores", single work poetry (p. 26)
- A Time to Every Purposei"Good news last night. Manned bases on the moon", single work poetry (p. 27)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also sound recording.
Works about this Work
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The Asphalt and the Stars
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: Muse , November no. 83 1989; (p. 23-24)
— Review of The Asphalt and the Stars 1989 selected work poetry -
Rich Crop of Recent Poetry
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 7 October 1989; (p. 14)
— Review of The Epigrams of Martial 1989 selected work poetry ; Years Found in Likeness 1988 selected work poetry ; The Clean Dark 1989 selected work poetry ; Singles : Shorter Works 1981-1986 1989 selected work poetry ; The Idyll Wheel : Cycle of a Year at Bunyah, New South Wales, April 1986 - April 1987 1989 sequence poetry ; The Asphalt and the Stars 1989 selected work poetry
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Rich Crop of Recent Poetry
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 7 October 1989; (p. 14)
— Review of The Epigrams of Martial 1989 selected work poetry ; Years Found in Likeness 1988 selected work poetry ; The Clean Dark 1989 selected work poetry ; Singles : Shorter Works 1981-1986 1989 selected work poetry ; The Idyll Wheel : Cycle of a Year at Bunyah, New South Wales, April 1986 - April 1987 1989 sequence poetry ; The Asphalt and the Stars 1989 selected work poetry -
The Asphalt and the Stars
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: Muse , November no. 83 1989; (p. 23-24)
— Review of The Asphalt and the Stars 1989 selected work poetry
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