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- Roadside : Eleven Compositions : [Untitled]i"Having said that all the gums have not been cut", single work poetry (p. 13)
- The Wind at Your Doori"My ancestor was called on to go out-", single work poetry (p. 13-16)
- The Lingam and the Yonii"The Lingam and the Yoni", single work poetry (p. 16-17)
- Moschus Moschiferus : A Song for St Cecilia's Dayi"In the high jungle where Assam meets Tibet", single work poetry (p. 17-18)
- Hay Feveri"Time, with his scythe honed fine,", single work poetry (p. 18-19)
- Spatlesei"A late picking - the old man sips his wine", single work poetry (p. 19-20)
- Inscription for a Wari"Linger not, stranger; shed no tear;", single work poetry (p. 20)
- The Mayan Booksi"Diego de Landa, archbishop of Yucatan", single work poetry (p. 20)
- Tomi"Tom Tom whoever's son", single work poetry (p. 21)
- The End of the Affairi"I do not forgive your old age.", single work poetry (p. 21-22)
- Wakeful in the Townshipi"Barks the melancholy dog,", single work poetry (p. 22)
- Suburban Songi"Now all the dogs with folded paws", single work poetry (p. 23)
- Drifting Dug-Outi"Now that the fig lets fall her single stars", single work poetry (p. 23)
- The Whip-Bird Curracarangi"A whip's crack wakes him. He feels the bed", single work poetry (p. 23-24)
- Captain Cooki"Tungeei, that was her native name.", single work poetry (p. 24)
- Garfishi"Creatures that live in a wave, glass-housed,", single work poetry (p. 25)
- Cormorantsi"The sea has it this way : if you see", single work poetry (p. 25)
- Blacki"Soon, I said to my atoms, you must go back", single work poetry (p. 25-26)
- The Limousinei"The willows that fled past us", single work poetry (p. 26)
- Sick Men Waking : [Untitled]i"Half light, half light... the dissolution of dreams", single work poetry (p. 26-27)
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8 (From Poems of Dissociation)i"Is there a brothel in the opposite apartment?",
single work
poetry
(p. 227-228)
Note: With title: 7 (From Poems of Dissociation)
- Farewell Reverberated Vault of Detentionsi"Today up home my people are indeedly beautifully smiling", single work poetry (p. 266)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Paperbacks
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 11 April 1998; (p. 10)
— Review of The Oxford Book of Modern Australian Verse 1996 anthology poetry extract -
Air and Undersong
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 3 October no. 4931 1997; (p. 26)
— Review of The Oxford Book of Modern Australian Verse 1996 anthology poetry extract'It was Arthur Phillip (ironically the namesake of an early colonist) who, in the 1950 summer issue of the Australian magazine Meanjin, coined the phrase “cultural cringe”. He took as his exemplum a radio programme in which the work of a foreign composer was played along with an Australian composition; listeners were supposed to try to guess which was which, and were supposed to fail, demonstrating, in Phillip’s sardonic words, that “the local lad proves to be no worse than the foreigner. This unexpected discovery is intended to inspire a nice show of patriotic satisfaction . . . .” Phillip’s essay has been, deservedly, influential; it picks out an attitude which, in its different forms, once underwrote many of the schools of Australian poetry in the mid- to…' (Introduction)
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Patterns of Poetry
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: Voices , Autumn vol. 7 no. 1 1997; (p. 115-117)
— Review of The Oxford Book of Modern Australian Verse 1996 anthology poetry extract -
The Reflection in the Reservoir
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: Quadrant , April vol. 41 no. 4 1997; (p. 76-78)
— Review of The Oxford Book of Modern Australian Verse 1996 anthology poetry extract -
Poems with Rhyme and Reason
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 25 January 1997; (p. wkd 7)
— Review of The Oxford Book of Modern Australian Verse 1996 anthology poetry extract
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Anthologies Galore
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , Autumn vol. 57 no. 1 1997; (p. 190-193)
— Review of Poetry vol. 169 no. 1 October-November 1996 periodical issue poetry ; The Oxford Book of Modern Australian Verse 1996 anthology poetry extract ; The New World Tattoo : The 1996 Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 1996 anthology poetry -
Voices of a Nation's Soul
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian's Review of Books , December-January (1996-1997) vol. 1 no. 4 1996; (p. 18-20,31)
— Review of The New Oxford Book of Australian Verse 1986 anthology poetry ; The Oxford Book of Modern Australian Verse 1996 anthology poetry extract -
Peter Porter Picks a Pack of Poets (and So Does Les Murray)
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 25 January 1997; (p. 10s)
— Review of The New Oxford Book of Australian Verse 1986 anthology poetry ; The Oxford Book of Modern Australian Verse 1996 anthology poetry extract -
All a Matter of Rhyme and Reason
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 20 October 1996; (p. 7)
— Review of The Oxford Book of Modern Australian Verse 1996 anthology poetry extract -
What I Have Chosen I Have Chosen
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: Eureka Street , October vol. 6 no. 8 1996; (p. 41-43)
— Review of The Oxford Book of Modern Australian Verse 1996 anthology poetry extract -
Poet Gatekeeper Expects a Few Blasts Over His Canon
1996
single work
column
biography
— Appears in: The Australian , 16 October 1996; (p. 3) -
Clive's Postcard from the Festival
1996
single work
column
biography
— Appears in: The Australian , 16 October 1996; (p. 45) -
Poet Versus Poet as New Books Separate the Bards from the Barred
1996
single work
column
biography
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 19 October 1996; (p. 7) -
Peter Porter Picked a Poet
1996
single work
column
biography
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 10 November 1996; (p. 7)