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Poems presented in four parts. Part One: Re-Writing The Hawkesbury. includes epigraph: Je dis: une fleur! et, hors de l'oubli ou ma voix relegue aucun contour, en tant que quelque chose d'autre que les calices sus, musicalement se leve, idee meme et suave, l'absente de tous bouquets. Mallarme, Variations Sur Un Sujet.
Part Two: The Speaking Page. Includes Epigraphs: We spoke in words which sounded and then died away... But to create a material thing which could be used to give voice to the decree, what Word did you speak? Augustine, Confessions XI 6.
Part Three: Imagination, A Flame With Many Tongues. Includes Epigraph: Throw away the lights, the definitions, / And say of what you see in the dark. Wallace Stevens, The Man With The Blue Guitar.
Part Four: No River, No Death. Includes Epigraph: For so it is proper to find value / In a bleak skill. Geoffrey Hill, The Songbook of Sebastian Arrurruz.
Contents
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Green Prawn Mapi"Morning before sunrise, sheets of dark air",
single work
poetry
(p. 17-18)
Section: Re-writing the Hawkesbury
Note: No dedication.
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The Channelsi"At Mooney there had been killing",
single work
poetry
(p. 19-20)
Section: Re-writing the Hawkesbury
Note: No dedication.
- Songs for Junoi"My lies are for you, take them utterly, along", single work poetry (p. 21-22) Section: Re-writing the Hawkesbury
- By No Man's Code : A Song Map : Preludei"The Lotus Bird's signature is slenderness,", single work poetry (p. 23) Section: Part One: Re-Writing the Hawkesbury
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By No Man's Code : A Song Map : The Trophyi"At the mouth of the estuary, a harbour-side",
single work
poetry
(p. 24)
Section: Part One: Re-Writing the Hawkesbury
Note: Part of a sequence of six numbered and titled poems: 1 The Jesus Bird; 2 The Trophy; 3 Wild Colonial Boys; 4 The Charts; 5 Full Tide; 6 Fishing With My Stepson.
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By No Man's Code : A Song Map : Wild Colonial Boysi"Musk ducks and the plump Wonga pigeon",
single work
poetry
(p. 25)
Section: Part One: Re-Writing the Hawkesbury
Note: Part of a sequence of six numbered and titled poems: 1 The Jesus Bird; 2 The Trophy; 3 Wild Colonial Boys; 4 The Charts; 5 Full Tide; 6 Fishing With My Stepson.
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By No Man's Code : A Song Map : A Speaking Pagei"This stanza marks the territory",
single work
poetry
(p. 26)
Section: Part One: Re-Writing the Hawkesbury
Note: Part of a sequence of six numbered and titled poems: 1 The Jesus Bird; 2 The Trophy; 3 Wild Colonial Boys; 4 The Charts; 5 Full Tide; 6 Fishing With My Stepson.
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By No Man's Code : A Song Map : Full Tidei"My whole being's the bay,",
single work
poetry
(p. 27)
Section: Part One: Re-Writing the Hawkesbury
Note: Part of a sequence of six numbered and titled poems: 1 The Jesus Bird; 2 The Trophy; 3 Wild Colonial Boys; 4 The Charts; 5 Full Tide; 6 Fishing With My Stepson.
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By No Man's Code : A Song Map : Fishing with My Stepsoni"We wake by your watch on my wrist,",
single work
poetry
(p. 28)
Section: Part One: Re-Writing the Hawkesbury
Note: Part of a sequence of six numbered and titled poems: 1 The Jesus Bird; 2 The Trophy; 3 Wild Colonial Boys; 4 The Charts; 5 Full Tide; 6 Fishing With My Stepson.
- By No Man's Code : A Song Map : Codai"In swamp land on an outcrop thick -", single work poetry (p. 29) Section: Part 1: Re-Writing the Hawkesbury
- Gutting The Salmoni"The blade touches the fish heart, over", single work poetry (p. 30) Section: Part 1: Re-Writing the Hawkesbury
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Coupletsi"On days still when the tide's full, river",
single work
poetry
(p. 31)
Section: Part 1: Re-Writing the Hawkesbury
Note: No dedication
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The Speaking Pagei"When the tide comes up over",
single work
poetry
(p. 37-38)
Section: Part 2: The Speaking Page
Note: First line: When the tide moves again
- Something Survivesi"Touching earth again animals", single work poetry (p. 39) Section: Part 2: The Speaking Page
- Silvai"It came into being from the splintered limbs", single work poetry (p. 40-41) Section: Part 2: The Speaking Page
- The Difference Looking Backi"Australia when I was a boy seemed like", single work poetry (p. 42-44) Section: Part 2: The Speaking Page
- Dreaming Up Motheri"Understanding is all, my mother would tell me,", single work poetry (p. 45) Section: Part 2: The Speaking Page
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Remembering Postsi"In this country, beyond the sparkle and the junk",
single work
poetry
(p. 46)
Section: Part 2: The Speaking Page
Note: No dedication. First line: In this country, beyond the sparkle
- The Kissi"The lips closed in the air hovered together", single work poetry (p. 47) Section: Part 2: The Speaking Page
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Angel's Own Kind : 1 : Ram Livesi"Spun round on his boot heel, turned to face",
single work
poetry
(p. 48)
Section: Part 2: The Speaking Page
Note: Angel's Own Kind is a sequence of three numbered and titled poems: 1 Ram Lives; 2 Law of the Land; 3 Last Rites.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Australian Poetry : Reflections on Nature, Space and Identity
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Explorations In Australian Poetry 2010; (p. 1-40) Jayne Fenton Keane's essay presents an overview of the many treatments of nature rendered by a host of contemporary Australian poets. (v)
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Australian Landscape as the Language of a New Identity
2009
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Imagined Australia : Reflections around the Reciprocal Construction of Identity between Australia and Europe 2009; (p. 123-136) 'The aim of this paper is to highlight the reasons of the transformation of what is called the ‘Anglo-Australian identity’ through the analysis of films, poetry and plays. Such an hyphenated identity allows the dominance of the ethnic, hybrid group who believes itself to represent the authenticity of the inhabitants of that place.' (pp. 123-124) -
Waving to Hart Crane
2007
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Salt Magazine , no. 1 (New Series) 2007; -
Interview with Robert Adamson, 1996
John Kinsella
(interviewer),
1999
single work
interview
— Appears in: Salt , vol. 11 no. 1999; (p. 315-345) -
Fishing Verse Delights
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The Newcastle Herald , 6 June 1992; (p. 48)
— Review of The Clean Dark 1989 selected work poetry ; Three Days Out of Tidal Town 1992 selected work poetry
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Under New Management
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Review , March no. 40 1992; (p. 16-17)
— Review of Selected Sonnets 1991 selected work poetry ; The Clean Dark 1989 selected work poetry ; Formerlight : Selected Poems 1992 selected work poetry ; The History of Colour : Poems 1991 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 -
Speeding Along Lines of Love and Nature
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 6 January 1990; (p. 7)
— Review of Driving Too Fast 1989 selected work poetry ; The Shed Manifesto : Poems 1989 selected work poetry ; The Clean Dark 1989 selected work poetry -
Mind's Image Casts Light In Exile's Dark Places
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 23 September 1989; (p. 81)
— Review of Brushing the Dark 1989 selected work poetry ; The Clean Dark 1989 selected work poetry ; The Partiality of Harbours 1989 selected work poetry ; Night Parrots 1989 selected work poetry -
Private Terrains Charted Publicly
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Magazine , 6-7 January 1990; (p. 6)
— Review of Eros in Landscape 1989 selected work poetry ; The Shed Manifesto : Poems 1989 selected work poetry ; The Clean Dark 1989 selected work poetry ; Night Parrots 1989 selected work poetry -
Interview with Robert Adamson, 1996
John Kinsella
(interviewer),
1999
single work
interview
— Appears in: Salt , vol. 11 no. 1999; (p. 315-345) -
Waving to Hart Crane
2007
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Salt Magazine , no. 1 (New Series) 2007; -
Australian Landscape as the Language of a New Identity
2009
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Imagined Australia : Reflections around the Reciprocal Construction of Identity between Australia and Europe 2009; (p. 123-136) 'The aim of this paper is to highlight the reasons of the transformation of what is called the ‘Anglo-Australian identity’ through the analysis of films, poetry and plays. Such an hyphenated identity allows the dominance of the ethnic, hybrid group who believes itself to represent the authenticity of the inhabitants of that place.' (pp. 123-124) -
Australian Poetry : Reflections on Nature, Space and Identity
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Explorations In Australian Poetry 2010; (p. 1-40) Jayne Fenton Keane's essay presents an overview of the many treatments of nature rendered by a host of contemporary Australian poets. (v)
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Foreword [15-16 September, 1990]
1990
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Australian Magazine , 15-16 September 1990; (p. 5)
Awards
- 1990 winner NBC Banjo Awards — NBC Turnbull Fox Phillips Poetry Prize
- 1990 winner Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — The C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry
- 1990 winner New South Wales State Literary Awards — Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry