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Editor's Introduction:...This present selection of his poems is aimed at assisting in the reappraisal of a unique poetic achievement, and it makes available many works long out of print, and recently revised by the author. Michael Sharkey Armidale, April 1983 (vii-xiii).
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Armidale,
Armidale area,
New England,
New South Wales,:Kardoorair Press
, 1983 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- And the Blacks are Gonei"But this sea will not die, this sea that brims", single work poetry (p. 1)
- Call on the Sea to be Stilli"Call on the sea to be still this night of the moon,", single work poetry (p. 2)
- Native Orchidi"In this land, that drought and fire lay bare", single work poetry (p. 3)
- Invocationi"Last night I spoke to you from where I lay", single work poetry (p. 4)
- Black Cockatoosi"Rise then, you screaming mob of black cockatoos,", single work poetry (p. 5)
- Ghost-Gumi"I waken to morning in mazes of white limb-boughs,", single work poetry (p. 6)
- Drifting Dug-Outi"Now that the fig lets fall her single stars", single work poetry (p. 7)
- White Egreti"So, as the first of widening ripples has made", single work poetry (p. 8)
- To a Matei"He was a man who, with his hand,", single work poetry (p. 9)
- Would I Might Find My Countryi"Would I might find my country as the blacks", single work poetry (p. 10)
- Nerida and Birwaini"And the unapproachable hills rise out of the dawn,", single work poetry (p. 11)
- The Water-Lubrai"Nalul came out of the desert,", single work poetry (p. 12-13)
- Desert Quaili"I lay among boulders and stones", single work poetry (p. 14)
- Elouerai"Because I wakened when the throng", single work poetry (p. 15)
- Boots and Shirt and Hati"Boots, shirt, and hat flung on the floor", single work poetry (p. 16)
- Casuarinai"The last, the long-haired casuarina", single work poetry (p. 17)
- The Tea-Tree and the Lyre-Birdi"Hushed to inaudible sound the deepening rain", single work poetry (p. 18)
- Swifti"Exhausted, this migrating bird", single work poetry (p. 19)
- I Breathed into the Ash The Coali"I breathed into the ash,", single work poetry (p. 20)
- The Rock and the Birdi"As the rock from the marble veined sea", single work poetry (p. 21)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Untitled
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: Compass , vol. 5 no. 3 1985; (p. 8)
— Review of Selected Poems (1944-1982) 1983 selected work poetry -
Untitled
1984
single work
review
— Appears in: Northern Perspective , vol. 6 no. 1-2 1984; (p. 27-28)
— Review of Selected Poems (1944-1982) 1983 selected work poetry -
[Review] Various
1984
single work
review
— Appears in: Kunapipi , vol. 6 no. 3 1984; (p. 107-122)
— Review of The People's Otherworld : Poems 1983 selected work poetry ; Left at the Post 1984 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems (1944-1982) 1983 selected work poetry ; This River Is In The South 1984 selected work poetry ; Atlantis and Other Islands 1984 selected work poetry ; Steps for Astaire 1983 selected work poetry ; The Projectionist : A Sequence 1983 selected work sequence poetry -
Surviving the Poetic Turmoil
1983
single work
review
— Appears in: The Toowoomba Chronicle , 18 August 1983; (p. 27)
— Review of Selected Poems (1944-1982) 1983 selected work poetry -
Cool and Limpid
1983
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 56 1983; (p. 31)
— Review of Selected Poems (1944-1982) 1983 selected work poetry
-
Surviving the Poetic Turmoil
1983
single work
review
— Appears in: The Toowoomba Chronicle , 18 August 1983; (p. 27)
— Review of Selected Poems (1944-1982) 1983 selected work poetry -
[Review] Various
1984
single work
review
— Appears in: Kunapipi , vol. 6 no. 3 1984; (p. 107-122)
— Review of The People's Otherworld : Poems 1983 selected work poetry ; Left at the Post 1984 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems (1944-1982) 1983 selected work poetry ; This River Is In The South 1984 selected work poetry ; Atlantis and Other Islands 1984 selected work poetry ; Steps for Astaire 1983 selected work poetry ; The Projectionist : A Sequence 1983 selected work sequence poetry -
Cool and Limpid
1983
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 56 1983; (p. 31)
— Review of Selected Poems (1944-1982) 1983 selected work poetry -
Untitled
1984
single work
review
— Appears in: Northern Perspective , vol. 6 no. 1-2 1984; (p. 27-28)
— Review of Selected Poems (1944-1982) 1983 selected work poetry -
Untitled
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: Compass , vol. 5 no. 3 1985; (p. 8)
— Review of Selected Poems (1944-1982) 1983 selected work poetry
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