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Notes
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Dedication: For Zenon Pirga and Peter Good
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Epigraph: the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness (Isaiah, lxi:iii)
Contents
* Contents derived from the
North Ryde,
Ryde - Gladesville - Hunters Hill area,
Northwest Sydney,
Sydney,
New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson
, 1987 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- The Horseshoe Shooteri"It is almost dark. A car passes", single work poetry (p. 1)
- Poised on a Premonitioni"I sit waiting for a fish", single work poetry (p. 2)
- The Shodo Egreti"Engrossed, the egret", single work poetry (p. 3-4)
- Choka for Sacred Kingfisheri"If I draw too close", single work poetry (p. 5)
- New Leafi"Spiking from the centre of the older leaves", single work poetry (p. 6)
- Casuarina, Walyungai"The Tree by the river", single work poetry (p. 7-8)
- Poem about Freedomi"I am sitting in the shade", single work poetry (p. 9)
- Daystari"The almond tree I meant to cut down last autumn", single work poetry (p. 10)
- Tenanti"Lifting a brick, I make", single work poetry (p. 11)
- For Susan (1)i"I am won and wounded by", single work poetry (p. 12)
- Absencei"And daddy, you know what?", single work poetry (p. 13)
- Goshawki"Birds burst from the almond tree.", single work poetry (p. 14)
- Bird Haiku : 1i"An axe in the red", single work poetry (p. 15)
- Bird Haiku : 2i"Thornbills, dull and grey,", single work poetry (p. 15)
- Bird Haiku : 3 Bird Haiku : 3i"On the cow's ridge-rump,", single work poetry (p. 15)
- Bird Haiku : 4i"A dusting of white", single work poetry (p. 15)
- On Haikui"Haiku are pebbles", single work poetry (p. 16)
- A Remembrance of Robinsi"From the twig where they rested", single work poetry (p. 17)
- Birds, South Perth Zooi"Black foot in the white back feathers,", single work poetry (p. 18)
- Cati"A stray cat has just", single work poetry (p. 19)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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The Self Moving : Recent Australian Poetry
1989
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Quadrant , April vol. 33 no. 4 1989; (p. 62-64) -
Andrew Lansdown
1989
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Wordhord : A Critical Selection of Contemporary Western Australian Poetry 1989; (p. 122-124) -
After Poetry (1) : Questions of Strength
1989
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Overland , May no. 114 1989; (p. 44-49) -
Untitled
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: Fremantle Arts Review , November vol. 3 no. 11 1988; (p. 15)
— Review of Waking and Always : Poems 1987 selected work poetry ; The Habit of Balance 1988 selected work poetry ; Redshift / Blueshift 1988 selected work poetry ; Airborne Dogs and Other Collaborations 1988 selected work poetry -
Untitled
1987
single work
review
— Appears in: This Australia , Summer (1987-1988) vol. 7 no. 1 1987; (p. 91)
— Review of Waking and Always : Poems 1987 selected work poetry
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Untitled
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: Fremantle Arts Review , November vol. 3 no. 11 1988; (p. 15)
— Review of Waking and Always : Poems 1987 selected work poetry ; The Habit of Balance 1988 selected work poetry ; Redshift / Blueshift 1988 selected work poetry ; Airborne Dogs and Other Collaborations 1988 selected work poetry -
Poet on a Hot Tin Roof
1987
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 14 November 1987; (p. 17)
— Review of A Hunger to be Less Serious 1987 selected work poetry ; Alice in Wormland 1987 selected work poetry ; Waking and Always : Poems 1987 selected work poetry -
Untitled
1987
single work
review
— Appears in: This Australia , Summer (1987-1988) vol. 7 no. 1 1987; (p. 91)
— Review of Waking and Always : Poems 1987 selected work poetry -
Untitled
1987
single work
review
— Appears in: This Australia , Summer (1987-1988) vol. 7 no. 1 1987; (p. 91)
— Review of Waking and Always : Poems 1987 selected work poetry -
Andrew Lansdown
1989
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Wordhord : A Critical Selection of Contemporary Western Australian Poetry 1989; (p. 122-124) -
The Self Moving : Recent Australian Poetry
1989
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Quadrant , April vol. 33 no. 4 1989; (p. 62-64) -
After Poetry (1) : Questions of Strength
1989
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Overland , May no. 114 1989; (p. 44-49)
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