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- Platform Versei"a man stands single", single work poetry (p. 1)
- Room 1 Ward 10 West 12/11/83i"Today they said there was no cure,", single work poetry (p. 2)
- Room 3 Ward 10 West 17/11/83i"The sun begins", single work poetry (p. 3-4)
- Room 1 Ward 10 West 23/11/83i"Wordless afternoon", single work poetry (p. 5)
- A Palinodei"My second childhood has begun", single work poetry (p. 6)
- Leaving Hospitali"There was no joy in leaving. Nothing was resolved.", single work poetry (p. 7)
- Catharsisi"Beyond incorrigible death, childhood's small killings", single work poetry (p. 8)
- Kitei"I am plugged into the sky.", single work poetry (p. 9)
- The Dami"The dam at the end of the deep green field", single work poetry (p. 10)
- The Waiti"You write of what you know.", single work poetry (p. 11)
- Clockworki"At twelve o'clock", single work poetry (p. 12)
- The Universal Pigi"Some slow low shape slinks pink out of the blue.", single work poetry (p. 13)
- Country Footballi"The ellipse, Hindu symbol of fertility,", single work poetry (p. 14)
- Making Hayi"In rectangular vertigo the balepress", single work poetry (p. 15)
- Question Timei"In this country", single work poetry (p. 16-17)
- Ontologyi"Stung by Rilke's contradictory rose", single work poetry (p. 18)
- Insomniai"The room is not spinning.", single work poetry (p. 19)
- Self-Pityi"Is not one of the seven deadly sins", single work poetry (p. 20)
- The Cause of Deathi"Suddenly I am waiting for slow death.", single work poetry (p. 21)
- Lives of the Drunkardsi"At closing,", single work poetry (p. 22)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Plainspoken Virtuosity : The Poetry of Philip Hodgins
2020
single work
column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 18 August 2020;'His “poems are as urgent and accessible as headlines, though infinitely more beautiful”, the broadcaster Phillip Adams wrote of the Australian poet Philip Hodgins.' (Introduction)
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'The Final Subject Has Been Set. I'm Concentrating Hard on Death' : The Poetics of Loss in Philip Hodgins's Blood and Bone
2018
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Feeding the Ghost : 1 : Criticism on Contemporary Australian Poetry 2018; (p. 280-310)'Most theorists agree that the work of mourning involves mental processes that ultimately enable a person to separate from this object they have lost, and this involves the paradoxical experience of focussing on the loss in order to finally disinvest in and detach from it. But even Freud, as Clewell argues in her article "Mourning and Melancholia: Freud's Psychoanalysis of Loss", "explicitly acknowledged that mourning might not be as straightforward a business of severance and redemptive replacement as he earlier surmised" (58).' (Introduction)
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'Things Happen...' in the Poetry of Philip Hodgins
2006
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Lemuria , Winter vol. 1 no. 1 2006; (p. 75-79) -
'Now the Thought of Never Growing Old...' : A Conversation with Philip Hodgins
1994
single work
biography
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 8 no. 1 1994; (p. 63-64) -
Philip Hodgins : Strong Memory
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , Winter vol. 2 no. 2 1988; (p. 120-121)
— Review of Poetry Australia no. 114 1988 periodical issue poetry ; Blood and Bone 1986 selected work poetry
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Poetry News in Brief
1987
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Spring vol. 46 no. 3 1987; (p. 347-354)
— Review of Collected Lives 1986 selected work poetry extract ; Words for a Journey : Poems 1970-1985 1986 selected work poetry ; Blood and Bone 1986 selected work poetry ; Nearer by Far 1986 selected work poetry ; Poetry Australia no. 106 1986 periodical issue novella -
The New Generation of Australian Poets
1987
single work
review
— Appears in: Quadrant , September vol. 31 no. 9 1987; (p. 61-66)
— Review of Remote Corners 1986 selected work poetry ; Deep-Sea Diver : Poems 1987 selected work poetry ; The Song Circle of Jacky and Selected Poems 1986 selected work poetry ; Nearer by Far 1986 selected work poetry ; The Nightmarkets : A Novel 1986 sequence novel ; The Transvestite Next Door 1986 selected work poetry ; Blood and Bone 1986 selected work poetry ; Baby at a Tram Stop 1986 selected work poetry ; Midnight Tulips : Poems 1985 selected work poetry ; By Way of a Vessel 1986 selected work poetry -
Escape and Containment
1987
single work
review
— Appears in: Island Magazine , Autumn no. 30 1987; (p. 64-67)
— Review of Freedom to Breathe 1985 selected work poetry ; Dial Marina 1986 selected work poetry ; Blood and Bone 1986 selected work poetry -
Childhood Memories Relieve a Dialogue with Death
1986
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian Magazine , 29-30 November 1986; (p. 15)
— Review of A Marking of Fire : Poems 1986 selected work poetry ; Blood and Bone 1986 selected work poetry -
Philip Hodgins : Strong Memory
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , Winter vol. 2 no. 2 1988; (p. 120-121)
— Review of Poetry Australia no. 114 1988 periodical issue poetry ; Blood and Bone 1986 selected work poetry -
'Things Happen...' in the Poetry of Philip Hodgins
2006
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Lemuria , Winter vol. 1 no. 1 2006; (p. 75-79) -
Illness a Vehicle for Verse
1986
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Age , 1 November 1986; (p. 9) -
Abbreviations [October 1986]
1986
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 85 1986; (p. 39) -
'Now the Thought of Never Growing Old...' : A Conversation with Philip Hodgins
1994
single work
biography
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 8 no. 1 1994; (p. 63-64) -
'The Final Subject Has Been Set. I'm Concentrating Hard on Death' : The Poetics of Loss in Philip Hodgins's Blood and Bone
2018
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Feeding the Ghost : 1 : Criticism on Contemporary Australian Poetry 2018; (p. 280-310)'Most theorists agree that the work of mourning involves mental processes that ultimately enable a person to separate from this object they have lost, and this involves the paradoxical experience of focussing on the loss in order to finally disinvest in and detach from it. But even Freud, as Clewell argues in her article "Mourning and Melancholia: Freud's Psychoanalysis of Loss", "explicitly acknowledged that mourning might not be as straightforward a business of severance and redemptive replacement as he earlier surmised" (58).' (Introduction)
Awards
- 1987 winner New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Poetry