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Author:agent Randolph Stow

Issue Details: First known date: 1969... 1969 A Counterfeit Silence : Selected Poems

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Epigraph: Even speech was for them a debased form of silence; how much more futile is poetry, which is a debased form of speech. Thornton Wilder: The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Dedication: To Jock Curle

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson , 1969 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.

The Farmer's Tale"Morning by night and evening after noon,", Randolph Stow , single work poetry (p. 3)

Seashells and Sandalwood"My childhood was seashells and sandalwood, windmills", Randolph Stow , single work poetry (p. 4)

Sea Children"When the sun blew over the hills on the dry east wind", Randolph Stow , single work poetry (p. 5)

Country Children"Country children know more than they know;", Randolph Stow , single work poetry (p. 6)

As He Lay Dying"As he lay dying, two fat crows", Randolph Stow , single work poetry (p. 7)

The Recluse"His mind was a long seashore, where the tide", Randolph Stow , single work poetry (p. 8)

The Ship Becalmed"How long it is since I put out from land", Randolph Stow , single work poetry (p. 9)

Child Portraits, with Background : On Northern Downs"There was another, living where the sun", Randolph Stow , single work poetry (p. 10)

Child Portraits, with Background : In Southern Forest"A child was born among sky-scraping trees", Randolph Stow , single work poetry (p. 10)

The Conventional Young Man, at Springtime"Never and never, oh my lover,", Randolph Stow , single work poetry (p. 11)

"The Language of Flowers" - A Handbook for Victorian Lovers"I sent my love clematis. She, walking white", Randolph Stow , single work poetry (p. 12)

For One Dying : Miss Sutherland MacDonald, 1873-1956"Now, in that place where all birds cease to sing,", Randolph Stow , single work poetry (p. 13)

Socratic Dialogue""The body that my love loves, love not I,", Randolph Stow , single work poetry (p. 14)

Before Eden"I, Lucifer, informed with fire,", Randolph Stow , single work poetry (p. 15)

The First Monarch"The first great egotist, brass-clad", Randolph Stow , single work poetry (p. 16)

Madame Yuan Ying Disoriented"My lady of the western room sits tearing", Randolph Stow , single work poetry (p. 17-18)

Chorale for The Death of Icarus"But he has wings, and is pursued with light;", Randolph Stow , single work poetry (p. 19)

Rite of Spring"At blade-rise, as she left the parquetry", Randolph Stow , single work poetry (p. 20)

A Fancy for His Death"Walking at large in the future of his death", Randolph Stow , single work poetry (p. 21)

The Ghost at Anlaby"Now sulkies come haunting softwheeled down the", Randolph Stow , single work poetry (p. 25)

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Speeches and Silences Fay Zwicky , 1983 single work criticism
— Appears in: Quadrant , May vol. 27 no. 5 1983; (p. 40-46) The Lyre in the Pawnshop : Essays on Literature and Survival 1974-1984 1986; (p. 23-36)

Interview with Randolph Stow Anthony J. Hassall (interviewer), 1982 single work interview
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 10 no. 3 1982; (p. 311-325) Randolph Stow : Visitants, Episodes from Other Novels, Poems, Stories, Interviews, and Essays 1990; (p. 380-401)

The Poetry of Randolph Stow Anthony J. Hassall , 1982 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , September vol. 42 no. 3 1982; (p. 259-276)

Voyager from Eden Brandon Conron , 1970 single work review
— Appears in: Ariel , vol. 1 no. 4 1970; (p. 96-102)
— Review of A Counterfeit Silence : Selected Poems Randolph Stow , 1969 selected work poetry

[Review] A Counterfeit Silence 1970 single work review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 15 January 1970; (p. 60)
— Review of A Counterfeit Silence : Selected Poems Randolph Stow , 1969 selected work poetry

Poetry - The Present Scene Frank Kellaway , 1970 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Summer (1970-1971) no. 46 1970; (p. 38-40)
— Review of Inwards to the Sun : Poems Thomas Shapcott , 1969 selected work poetry ; The Law of Karma : A Progression of Poems Rodney Hall , 1968 selected work poetry ; Beyond the Subdivisions : Poems Bruce Dawe , 1969 selected work poetry ; Deep Blue and Green : Poems Charles Buckmaster , 1970 selected work poetry ; A Counterfeit Silence : Selected Poems Randolph Stow , 1969 selected work poetry ; The Weatherboard Cathedral Les Murray , 1969 selected work poetry ; New Poems 1965-1969 A. D. Hope , 1969 selected work poetry ; Tense Mood and Voice Tim Thorne , 1969 selected work poetry ; Segments of the Bowl Robert Clark , 1967 selected work poetry

Confessional and Experimental Verse S. E. Lee , 1970 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 30 no. 4 1970; (p. 306-311)
— Review of Fingers at Air : Experimental Poems 1969 Thomas Shapcott , 1969 selected work poetry ; A Counterfeit Silence : Selected Poems Randolph Stow , 1969 selected work poetry ; To Life : Poems Marjorie Pizer , 1969 selected work poetry ; Tense Mood and Voice Tim Thorne , 1969 selected work poetry

[Review] Surprises of the Sun [and] A Counterfeit Silence Katharine England , 1970 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 3 January 1970; (p. 14)
— Review of Surprises of the Sun James McAuley , 1969 selected work poetry ; A Counterfeit Silence : Selected Poems Randolph Stow , 1969 selected work poetry

Recent Australian Poetry Ronald T. Dunlop , 1970 single work review
— Appears in: Poetry Australia , February no. 32 1970; (p. 50-57) Journal of Poetics Research , September 2014 no. 1 2014;
— Review of The Weatherboard Cathedral Les Murray , 1969 selected work poetry ; A Counterfeit Silence : Selected Poems Randolph Stow , 1969 selected work poetry ; Beyond the Subdivisions : Poems Bruce Dawe , 1969 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems Nan McDonald , 1969 selected work poetry ; Two Houses Grace Perry , 1969 selected work poetry ; Surprises of the Sun James McAuley , 1969 selected work poetry ; New Poems 1965-1969 A. D. Hope , 1969 selected work poetry