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Issue Details: First known date: 1981... 1981 The Lines of the Hand : Poems 1976-79
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Notes

    • Epigraph: 'Je hume ici ma future fumee, Et le ciel chante a l'ame consumee Le changement des rives en rumeur.' - Paul Valery
    • Epigraph: 'There is another world, but it is within this one.' - Jacob Boehme
    • Epigraph: 'The dead are less metaphysically frightening than the unborn.' - A.N. Prior

Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,: London,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Angus and Robertson , 1981 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Handi"I have seen the hand", Kevin Hart , single work poetry (p. 1)
The Lines of the Handi"It is foolish to look at the lines of my hand", Kevin Hart , single work poetry (p. 2)
The Streets of Brisbanei"When you arrive there", Kevin Hart , single work poetry (p. 3)
The Flamei"See the candle's flame,", Kevin Hart , single work poetry (p. 4)
Sin (after Cesar Vallejo)i"If it rained tonight", Kevin Hart , single work poetry (p. 5)
To Christ Our Lordi"My only friend,", Kevin Hart , single work poetry (p. 6)
My Grandfather's Chairi"Is empty now, showing only the imprint of a body, its shifting", Kevin Hart , single work poetry (p. 7)
That Roomi"That room: I remember its walls, its bare walls,", Kevin Hart , single work poetry (p. 8)
Stockyard Creeki"The forest does not need you to believe in it", Kevin Hart , single work poetry (p. 9)
The Cold Windi"This is the city I have always known.", Kevin Hart , single work poetry (p. 9)
The Juryi"When the city of towers is destroyed", Kevin Hart , single work poetry (p. 10)
Insomniai"The hours stretch off like lampposts.", Kevin Hart , single work poetry (p. 10)
The Coldi"There is the white of cold, the white of heat,", Kevin Hart , single work poetry (p. 11)
Autumn (after Charles Baudelaire)i"The steady thud as wood is chopped and falls;", Kevin Hart , single work poetry (p. 11)
Grey on Greyi"Crossing the night fields I can see", Kevin Hart , single work poetry (p. 12)
The Spider's Webi"This is the spider's house: no door to enter", Kevin Hart , single work poetry (p. 12)
The Fogi"Outside, a thick stillness: a wind grown old and white", Kevin Hart , single work poetry (p. 13)
Full Mooni"This evening the trees draw out", Kevin Hart , single work poetry (p. 14)
The Seai"Despite the sea's lies, the weightless fish,", Kevin Hart , single work poetry (p. 15)
Sleepi"I want to close my eyes", Jack Davis , single work poetry (p. 16)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Wet, Wicked and Wild : Manifestations of Heat in Kevin Nathanael O'Reilly , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Indian Review of World Literature in English , July vol. 6 no. 2 2010; (p. 1-9)
The Weight of Things : The Poetry of Kevin Hart Gary Catalano , 1986 single work criticism
— Appears in: Overland , September no. 104 1986; (p. 23-26)
Other Forms : Some Remarks on the Prose Poem Gary Catalano , 1986 single work criticism
— Appears in: Germinal , November no. 3 1986; (p. 62-71)
The Return of Rhetoric Julian Croft , 1982 single work review
— Appears in: Island Magazine , June no. 11 1982; (p. 43-45)

— Review of Astral Sea : Poems Alan Gould , 1981 selected work poetry ; The Lines of the Hand : Poems 1976-79 Kevin Hart , 1981 selected work poetry
Poetry, Portraits with Pendant Skill Dennis Haskell , 1982 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , September vol. 42 no. 3 1982; (p. 348-360)

— Review of The Members of the Orchestra and Other Poems 1981 anthology poetry ; Changed into Words : Poems Elizabeth Marsh , 1980 selected work poetry ; The Most Beautiful World : Fictions and Sermons Rodney Hall , 1981 selected work poetry ; Testimony Richard Harland , 1981 selected work poetry short story ; Young St Poets Anthology 1981 anthology poetry ; High Rise Sniper Rod Moran , 1981 selected work poetry ; The Lines of the Hand : Poems 1976-79 Kevin Hart , 1981 selected work poetry ; Song of the Humpback Whales : Selected Verse Jill Hellyer , 1981 selected work poetry ; Crystal Dalmation Erica Callan , 1981 selected work poetry short story ; Winter Driving : Poems Jennifer Strauss , 1981 selected work poetry ; The Oversexed Canary David A. Myers , 1981 selected work poetry ; Where Two Rivers Meet Norman Talbot , 1980 selected work poetry essay ; Addiction to False Landscapes Barry O'Donohue , 1981 selected work poetry ; River : Written in Near about the Allyn River 1978-1979 and the City of the Long Red Cloud at Other Times Ross Bennett , 1980 selected work poetry ; Orange Blizzard Cornelis Vleeskens , 1982 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems R. A. Simpson , 1981 selected work poetry ; Quarry : A Selection of Contemporary Western Australian Poetry 1981 anthology poetry
Form : A Poetry Chronicle Gary Catalano , 1981 single work review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Spring vol. 40 no. 3 1981; (p. 349-360)

— Review of The Penguin Book of Modern Australian Verse 1981 anthology poetry ; Stalin's Holidays : Poems John Forbes , 1980 selected work poetry ; The Lines of the Hand : Poems 1976-79 Kevin Hart , 1981 selected work poetry ; Armistice : Poems Peter Kocan , 1980 selected work poetry ; Be Faithful Go : Poems Philip Mead , 1980 selected work poetry ; Lives : Poems Andrew Sant , 1980 selected work poetry ; Singing at Night Caroline Caddy , 1980 selected work poetry ; Quarry : A Selection of Contemporary Western Australian Poetry 1981 anthology poetry ; River : Written in Near about the Allyn River 1978-1979 and the City of the Long Red Cloud at Other Times Ross Bennett , 1980 selected work poetry ; Where Two Rivers Meet Norman Talbot , 1980 selected work poetry essay ; Astral Sea : Poems Alan Gould , 1981 selected work poetry ; Country & Eastern : A Featurette Pamela Brown , 1980 selected work poetry short story ; The Division of Anger : Poems Gig Ryan , 1980 selected work poetry ; Winter Driving : Poems Jennifer Strauss , 1981 selected work poetry ; Snow in Summer Grace Perry , 1980 selected work poetry ; Among the Living Alan Jefferies , 1980 selected work poetry
Poetry, Portraits with Pendant Skill Dennis Haskell , 1982 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , September vol. 42 no. 3 1982; (p. 348-360)

— Review of The Members of the Orchestra and Other Poems 1981 anthology poetry ; Changed into Words : Poems Elizabeth Marsh , 1980 selected work poetry ; The Most Beautiful World : Fictions and Sermons Rodney Hall , 1981 selected work poetry ; Testimony Richard Harland , 1981 selected work poetry short story ; Young St Poets Anthology 1981 anthology poetry ; High Rise Sniper Rod Moran , 1981 selected work poetry ; The Lines of the Hand : Poems 1976-79 Kevin Hart , 1981 selected work poetry ; Song of the Humpback Whales : Selected Verse Jill Hellyer , 1981 selected work poetry ; Crystal Dalmation Erica Callan , 1981 selected work poetry short story ; Winter Driving : Poems Jennifer Strauss , 1981 selected work poetry ; The Oversexed Canary David A. Myers , 1981 selected work poetry ; Where Two Rivers Meet Norman Talbot , 1980 selected work poetry essay ; Addiction to False Landscapes Barry O'Donohue , 1981 selected work poetry ; River : Written in Near about the Allyn River 1978-1979 and the City of the Long Red Cloud at Other Times Ross Bennett , 1980 selected work poetry ; Orange Blizzard Cornelis Vleeskens , 1982 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems R. A. Simpson , 1981 selected work poetry ; Quarry : A Selection of Contemporary Western Australian Poetry 1981 anthology poetry
The Return of Rhetoric Julian Croft , 1982 single work review
— Appears in: Island Magazine , June no. 11 1982; (p. 43-45)

— Review of Astral Sea : Poems Alan Gould , 1981 selected work poetry ; The Lines of the Hand : Poems 1976-79 Kevin Hart , 1981 selected work poetry
Poised Poetry from the Cool School Thomas Shapcott , 1981 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 21 November 1981;

— Review of The Lines of the Hand : Poems 1976-79 Kevin Hart , 1981 selected work poetry
Wet, Wicked and Wild : Manifestations of Heat in Kevin Nathanael O'Reilly , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Indian Review of World Literature in English , July vol. 6 no. 2 2010; (p. 1-9)
The Weight of Things : The Poetry of Kevin Hart Gary Catalano , 1986 single work criticism
— Appears in: Overland , September no. 104 1986; (p. 23-26)
Other Forms : Some Remarks on the Prose Poem Gary Catalano , 1986 single work criticism
— Appears in: Germinal , November no. 3 1986; (p. 62-71)
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