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Ward Two sequence   poetry  
Issue Details: First known date: 1964... 1964 Ward Two
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Notes

  • Sequence consists of eight numbered and titled poems.

Includes

The Old Women i "From social ellipses, from actual weight and mass", Francis Webb , 1964 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Ghost of the Cock : Poems 1964; (p. 54-55) Collected Poems 1969; (p. 230-231) What's Yours? : An Anthology of Australian Poetry 1977; (p. 7-8) The Collins Book of Australian Poetry 1981; (p. 241-242) Cap and Bells : The Poetry of Francis Webb 1991; (p. 223-224) Seven Centuries of Poetry in English 2003; (p. 84)
A Man i "He can hardly walk these days, buckling at the knees,", Francis Webb , 1964 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Ghost of the Cock : Poems 1964; (p. 52-54) Collected Poems 1969; (p. 229-230) The Penguin Book of Modern Australian Verse 1981; (p. 32-33) The Collins Book of Australian Poetry 1981; (p. 239-241) Contemporary Australian Poetry : An Anthology 1990; (p. 50-51) Cap and Bells : The Poetry of Francis Webb 1991; (p. 222-223)
Homosexual i "To watch may be deadly. There is no judgment, compulsion,", Francis Webb , 1964 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Ghost of the Cock : Poems 1964; (p. 50-52) Collected Poems 1969; (p. 227-229) The Collins Book of Australian Poetry 1981; (p. 238-239) Cap and Bells : The Poetry of Francis Webb 1991; (p. 220-222) The Penguin Book of Modern Australian Poetry 1991; (p. 145-147)
Old Timer i "I have observed even among us the virus", Francis Webb , 1963 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Ghost of the Cock : Poems 1964; (p. 48-49) Collected Poems 1969; (p. 225-226) The Collins Book of Australian Poetry 1981; (p. 236-237) Cap and Bells : The Poetry of Francis Webb 1991; (p. 218-219) The Penguin Book of Modern Australian Poetry 1991; (p. 144-145) The Puncher & Wattmann Anthology of Australian Poetry 2009; (p. 219-220)
— Appears in: Meanjin Quarterly , June vol. 22 no. 2 1963; (p. 218) Australian Poetry 1964 1964; (p. 48-49)
Wild Honey i "Saboteur autumn has riddled the pampered folds", Francis Webb , 1964 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Ghost of the Cock : Poems 1964; (p. 56-57) Collected Poems 1969; (p. 231-232) The Penguin Book of Australian Verse 1972; (p. 365-366) The Collins Book of Australian Poetry 1981; (p. 242-243) Anthology of Australian Religious Poetry 1986; (p. 157-158) The New Oxford Book of Australian Verse 1986; (p. 247-248)
Ward Two and the Kookaburra i "We fingered the World, or watered little cacti of anger.", Francis Webb , 1962 single work poetry
— Appears in: Meanjin Quarterly , September vol. 21 no. 3 1962; (p. 317) The Ghost of the Cock : Poems 1964; (p. 49-50) Collected Poems 1969; (p. 226-227) The Collins Book of Australian Poetry 1981; (p. 237-238) Cap and Bells : The Poetry of Francis Webb 1991; (p. 219-220)
Pneumo-Encephalograph i "Tight scrimmage of blankets in the dark;", Francis Webb , 1962 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 8 December vol. 85 no. 4320 1962; (p. 37) The Ghost of the Cock : Poems 1964; (p. 45-46) New Impulses in Australian Poetry 1968; (p. 144) Collected Poems 1969; (p. 223-224) The Penguin Book of Australian Verse 1972; (p. 363-364) The Collins Book of Australian Poetry 1981; (p. 234)
Harry i "It's the day for writing that letter, if one is able,", Francis Webb , 1962 single work poetry
— Appears in: Meanjin Quarterly , March vol. 21 no. 1 1962; (p. 60-61) Australian Poetry 1962 1962; (p. 54-55) The Ghost of the Cock : Poems 1964; (p. 46-47) Modern Australian Writing 1966; (p. 258-260) On Native Grounds : Australian Writing from Meanjin Quarterly 1967; (p. 357-358) A Book of Australian Verse 1968; (p. 241-243)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    form y separately published work icon The Ghost of the Cock : Poems Francis Webb , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1964 Z551341 1964 selected work poetry radio play Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1964 pg. 45-57
  • Appears in:
    form y separately published work icon Collected Poems Francis Webb , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1969 Z551447 1969 selected work poetry radio play drama Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1969 pg. 223-232
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Works about this Work

'The Tiny Not the Immense' : Francis Webb and the Location of the Sacred Bill Ashcroft , Frances Devlin-Glass , Lyn McCredden , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Intimate Horizons : The Post-Colonial Sacred in Australian Literature 2009; (p. 69-103)
Francis Webb's 'Harry' : Can Imbecility Be Made Innocent? Noel Rowe , 2008 single work criticism
— Appears in: Ethical Investigations : Essays on Australian Literature and Poetics 2008; (p. 100-105)
The Journeying Self : Schizophrenia and the Poetry of Francis Webb Bill Ashcroft , 1983 single work criticism
— Appears in: Francis Webb - Poet and Patient : A Joint Seminar of the Department of English, Faculty of Military Studies, Duntroon and the School of Psychiatry, the University of New South Wales. 1983; (p. 52-69)
— Appears in: The Gimbals of Unease : The Poetry of Francis Webb 1996; (p. 59-83)
'realer than the Real' : Francis Webb's Ward Two Bill Ashcroft , 1979 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 9 no. 1 1979; (p. 59-70) The Gimbals of Unease : The Poetry of Francis Webb 1996; (p. 173-191)
y separately published work icon Horizontal Criticism : Language, Consciousness and the Literary Text Bill Ashcroft , Canberra : 1979 19373252 1979 single work thesis 'The history of exegesis in western thought has been marked by a polarisation between those who believe the meaning of anything can be determined once and for all by the simple exercise of our powers of observation and analysis, and those who see meaning as luminous, personal, and changeable through time. Standing like two cities, whose walls encompass most kinds of literary criticism (an opposition perhaps best represented by the methods of historicism and 'New Criticism'), they are the two encampments of pre-conceived method, and we contend that the only way to be truly open to literary texts is to escape to the open ground between them.' (Paragraph one of abstract)
'The Tiny Not the Immense' : Francis Webb and the Location of the Sacred Bill Ashcroft , Frances Devlin-Glass , Lyn McCredden , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Intimate Horizons : The Post-Colonial Sacred in Australian Literature 2009; (p. 69-103)
Francis Webb's 'Harry' : Can Imbecility Be Made Innocent? Noel Rowe , 2008 single work criticism
— Appears in: Ethical Investigations : Essays on Australian Literature and Poetics 2008; (p. 100-105)
The Journeying Self : Schizophrenia and the Poetry of Francis Webb Bill Ashcroft , 1983 single work criticism
— Appears in: Francis Webb - Poet and Patient : A Joint Seminar of the Department of English, Faculty of Military Studies, Duntroon and the School of Psychiatry, the University of New South Wales. 1983; (p. 52-69)
— Appears in: The Gimbals of Unease : The Poetry of Francis Webb 1996; (p. 59-83)
'realer than the Real' : Francis Webb's Ward Two Bill Ashcroft , 1979 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 9 no. 1 1979; (p. 59-70) The Gimbals of Unease : The Poetry of Francis Webb 1996; (p. 173-191)
The Broads of the Spirit : The Poetry of Francis Webb Bill Ashcroft , 1974 single work criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin Quarterly , Autumn vol. 33 no. 1 1974; (p. 7-18)
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