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* Contents derived from the
Sydney,
New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson
, 1971 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Australian Nativei"This seed-case must be scorched before it cracks:", single work poetry (p. 1)
- Aubadei"All night naked you and I", single work poetry (p. 2)
- Second Meetingi"No drought can quench that river", single work poetry (p. 3)
- Letter from Garella Bayi"Sun-dazzle, bright", single work poetry (p. 4-5)
- Another Place, Another Timei"Writing to me from London in summer,", single work poetry (p. 6)
- Dejeuner sur L'Herbei""It was like a bird singing,"", single work poetry (p. 7)
- Winter Matinsi"Morning can be the best time of the day:", single work poetry (p. 8)
- Dreami"Dreaming: and in this dream beside me you", single work poetry (p. 9)
- Rock-Fishing, Depot Beachi"Fishing from this rock ledge,", single work poetry (p. 10-11)
- Isolde's Songi"Our room, like Troy upon that last bright day,", single work poetry (p. 12)
- TV and Circusesi"They, at least, felt the same indifferent sun", single work poetry (p. 13)
- Elegy for a Conscripti"The day he died,", single work poetry war literature (p. 14-15)
- A Short Visit to Sodomi"Reading Les Cent Vingt Journees de Sodome,", single work poetry (p. 15)
- My Lai at Christmas, 1969i"This is the bitterest thing to realize-", single work poetry war literature (p. 16)
- Image from Genesisi"Tempted by God the old man takes his son,", single work poetry (p. 17)
- London Graffitii"The Gents off Piccadilly Underground", single work poetry (p. 18)
- Politics Bk II, Ch.8i"Hippodamus, the son of Euryphon,", single work poetry (p. 19)
- Samuel Johnson Talkingi"His great body shambled, groaned and sank,", single work poetry (p. 20)
- Blues for George Lewisi"George Lewis, George Lewis, when they told me you were dead,", single work poetry (p. 21)
- 'The Massacre of the Innocents' at Hampton Courti"Outside, in the great courts and gardens where", single work poetry (p. 22)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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The Forms of Life : On the Poetry of R.F. Brissenden
1998
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Imago : New Writing , Autumn vol. 10 no. 1 1998; (p. 56-64) -
Aphrodite, Heraclites and the Mirror of History : The Poetry of R.F. Brissenden
1981
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Quadrant , March vol. 25 no. 3 1981; (p. 49-52) -
Didactism and Romanticism : A Review of Some Recent Australian Verse
1972
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , December vol. 32 no. 4 1972; (p. 302-317)
— Review of The Brineshrimp 1972 selected work poetry ; The Captain and the Birds and Other Poems 1971 selected work poetry ; Poems 1961-1971 1972 selected work poetry ; The Inspector of Tides 1972 selected work poetry ; Winter Matins, and Other Poems 1971 selected work poetry ; Opus 4 1971 selected work poetry ; A Shadow and a Wish 1971 selected work poetry -
Some Recent Australian Poetry
1972
single work
review
— Appears in: Poetry Australia , no. 43 1972; (p. 59-64)
— Review of Winter Matins, and Other Poems 1971 selected work poetry ; The Pen of Feathers : Poems 1971 selected work poetry ; You Can Hear Grass Grow 1971 selected work poetry ; Condolences of the Season : Selected Poems 1971 selected work poetry ; End of Dream-Time 1971 selected work poetry -
Poems of Urbane Tenderness
1971
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 14 August 1971; (p. 19)
— Review of Winter Matins, and Other Poems 1971 selected work poetry
-
Poems of Urbane Tenderness
1971
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 14 August 1971; (p. 19)
— Review of Winter Matins, and Other Poems 1971 selected work poetry -
Some Recent Australian Poetry
1972
single work
review
— Appears in: Poetry Australia , no. 43 1972; (p. 59-64)
— Review of Winter Matins, and Other Poems 1971 selected work poetry ; The Pen of Feathers : Poems 1971 selected work poetry ; You Can Hear Grass Grow 1971 selected work poetry ; Condolences of the Season : Selected Poems 1971 selected work poetry ; End of Dream-Time 1971 selected work poetry -
Didactism and Romanticism : A Review of Some Recent Australian Verse
1972
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , December vol. 32 no. 4 1972; (p. 302-317)
— Review of The Brineshrimp 1972 selected work poetry ; The Captain and the Birds and Other Poems 1971 selected work poetry ; Poems 1961-1971 1972 selected work poetry ; The Inspector of Tides 1972 selected work poetry ; Winter Matins, and Other Poems 1971 selected work poetry ; Opus 4 1971 selected work poetry ; A Shadow and a Wish 1971 selected work poetry -
Chaos into Art
1971
single work
review
— Appears in: Makar , November vol. 7 no. 3 1971; (p. 46-48)
— Review of Winter Matins, and Other Poems 1971 selected work poetry -
Current Poetry
1971
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , Winter vol. 10 no. 1971; (p. 150)
— Review of Winter Matins, and Other Poems 1971 selected work poetry ; The Road to Cactus-Land : A Group of Poems 1971 selected work poetry -
The Forms of Life : On the Poetry of R.F. Brissenden
1998
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Imago : New Writing , Autumn vol. 10 no. 1 1998; (p. 56-64) -
Aphrodite, Heraclites and the Mirror of History : The Poetry of R.F. Brissenden
1981
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Quadrant , March vol. 25 no. 3 1981; (p. 49-52)
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