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Notes
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Published while the poet was resident in Perth; contents selectively indexed as some are outside the scope of AustLit.
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Dedication: To my dearest wife Ah Fen and our only son Yiyi
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Epigraph:
We are brought down to the dust;
our bodies cling to the ground.
Rise up and help us;
redeem us because of your unfailing love.
-- Ps. 44: 26, 27 -
With a Preface by Glen Phillips.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Mount Lawley,
Bayswater area,
Eastern Perth,
Perth,
Western Australia,:Edith Cowan University. Arts Enterprise
, 1996 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- The Voice Said, One Last Summer Togetheri"she came out of the room, went into the kitchen", single work poetry (p. 15-17)
- My Elbows on the Window Sill, an Edge on Every Memory, single work short story (p. 18-20)
- Otherlandi"jobless", single work poetry (p. 44)
- Undifferentiatingi"today", single work poetry (p. 45)
- Nostalgia IIi"sleepless", single work poetry (p. 55)
- Looking towards the Shorei"the land a huge raft stagnant", single work poetry (p. 64)
- Three Poetsi"three poets sit by the Swan River", single work poetry (p. 68)
- Letter to Elizabeth Jolleyi"dear Elizabeth", single work poetry (p. 69)
- In the Land Without a Wifei"without a wife", single work poetry (p. 70-71)
- Li From Mainland Chinai"Li from mainland China is again crackling with laughter on the phone", single work poetry (p. 72)
- Cockatoosi"a troop of shrill cries stopped our conversation", single work poetry (p. 73)
- Wateringi"each morning I pick up the hose", single work poetry (p. 74)
- Moon Floweri"when dawn slowly opens on the wall", single work poetry (p. 81)
- Australian Nighti"an enormously long granite table just placed", single work poetry (p. 83)
- For Salei"Perth is for sale", single work poetry (p. 97)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Untitled
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: Studio : A Journal of Christians Writing , Autumn no. 66 1997; (p. 36)
— Review of Paper Boat 1996 selected work poetry -
Untitled
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: Heat , no. 3 1997; (p. 196-197)
— Review of Paper Boat 1996 selected work poetry -
Untitled
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: Famous Reporter , June no. 15 1997; (p. 45-47)
— Review of Articulate Grunting 1997 selected work poetry ; Paper Boat 1996 selected work poetry ; Falling Over Jogging : Poems 1997 selected work poetry ; The Apparition's Daybook 1995 selected work poetry ; Cabramatta / Cudmirrah 1996 selected work poetry -
One Dead Poet and Five Alive
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 147 1997; (p. 92-93)
— Review of Fate of a Grasshopper 1996 selected work poetry ; The Secret 1997 selected work poetry ; Paper Boat 1996 selected work poetry ; Cabramatta / Cudmirrah 1996 selected work poetry ; Botany Bay Document : A Poetic History of the Women of Botany Bay 1996 selected work poetry -
Mixed Doubles: Chinese Writing Australia
1996
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 183 1996; (p. 36-41)
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One Dead Poet and Five Alive
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 147 1997; (p. 92-93)
— Review of Fate of a Grasshopper 1996 selected work poetry ; The Secret 1997 selected work poetry ; Paper Boat 1996 selected work poetry ; Cabramatta / Cudmirrah 1996 selected work poetry ; Botany Bay Document : A Poetic History of the Women of Botany Bay 1996 selected work poetry -
Untitled
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: Famous Reporter , June no. 15 1997; (p. 45-47)
— Review of Articulate Grunting 1997 selected work poetry ; Paper Boat 1996 selected work poetry ; Falling Over Jogging : Poems 1997 selected work poetry ; The Apparition's Daybook 1995 selected work poetry ; Cabramatta / Cudmirrah 1996 selected work poetry -
Out There, Over Here
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: New England Review , Spring no. 4 1996; (p. 18)
— Review of Seven Intonations : a collection of poems 1964-1994 1994 selected work poetry ; Paper Boat 1996 selected work poetry -
Untitled
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , Winter vol. 41 no. 2 1996; (p. 132-134)
— Review of Paper Boat 1996 selected work poetry -
Dual Embrace
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 181 1996; (p. 54) Bias : Offensively Chinese/Australian : A Collection of Essays on China and Australia 2007; (p. 39-42)
— Review of Paper Boat 1996 selected work poetry -
Mixed Doubles: Chinese Writing Australia
1996
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 183 1996; (p. 36-41)
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