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Dedication: For Jim Haskell, 1925-1983.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
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New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson
, 1984 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.- The First of the Last Eveningsi"The rain starts. You watch it and it does not stop.", single work poetry (p. 1)
- Wakingi"Morning at first", single work poetry (p. 2)
- While the Billy Boilsi"Henry Lawson drenched in care", single work poetry (p. 3)
- The Recollectioni"Last night we argued.", single work poetry (p. 4)
- Near Gwabegari"Past town children who", single work poetry (p. 5-6)
- Visiting Friends at Henleyi"We cross the street, and along the path", single work poetry (p. 7)
- The Weighti"Over before we know it.", single work poetry (p. 8)
- To a First Childi"Words put down,", single work poetry (p. 9)
- The Beei"Along the back verandah", single work poetry (p. 10)
- Back Homei"Dragged in on a brawny arm,", single work poetry (p. 11)
- The Roadi"Perhaps nothing is more cruel", single work poetry (p. 12)
- The Calli"A stilled room to which I am called", single work poetry (p. 13)
- A Morning-Glory at My Window Satisfies Me More Than the Metaphysics of Booksi"When the sun rises the earth does not tremble.", single work poetry (p. 14)
- Always Laughingi"Across a well-lit room", single work poetry (p. 15)
- Saying Good-Bye in Quebeci"When we walked the Quebec streets in the rain,", single work poetry (p. 16)
- For Thomas Hardyi"Start with simple things:", single work poetry (p. 17-18)
- In Memory of Ken Slessori"The frothing, late-night", single work poetry biography (p. 19)
- Eddy Avenue Partyi"Tobacco-gritty fingers,", single work poetry (p. 20)
- Sleeping in My Old Bed Againi"Day packs itself away. My father", single work poetry (p. 21)
- On an Ordinary Nighti"Remorse is a kind of quiet contradiction,", single work poetry (p. 22)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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The Poetry of Dennis Haskell : Stylisation and Elegy
2019
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Asiatic , December vol. 13 no. 2 2019; (p. 19-35) 'In this essay I concentrate on the elegiac poetry of the Australian poet Dennis Haskell. I argue that the emphasis in Haskell’s work on the quotidian, clarity of expression and the communication of emotion, has a material effect on the ways in which Haskell approaches the elegiac project: the poetic expression of grief in the face of loss. In the essay I identify three main classes of elegy in Haskell’s oeuvre: elegies for fellow poets (which, after Lawrence Lipking, I call “tombeaux”); the familial elegy; and the spousal elegy. Haskell’s engagement with the genre of the elegy therefore occupies a spectrum between what might be termed “public” elegies, and “intimate” elegies. As I discuss, the intimate elegies indicate a more profound, and sometimes troubled, engagement with the genre of elegy, tipping on occasion in anti -elegy and self-elegy. By undertaking textual analyses of various poems from within the three classes of elegy practised by Haskell, I illustrate the different ways in which he deals with one of the most profound problems that faces an elegist: how to express the profound emotion of grief through the affordances of poetic stylisation.' (Publication abstract) -
New Poets Show Power Amid the Complexity
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 26 October, 1985; (p. 46)
— Review of Everything Is Relative : Poems 1984 single work selected work poetry ; Listening at Night 1984 selected work poetry -
Imitation and Independence
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: Island Magazine , Autumn no. 22 1985; (p. 53-55)
— Review of The Kommon Sense Poetry Booque 1984 anthology poetry ; At the Institute for Total Recall 1984 selected work poetry ; The Three Fates and Other Poems 1984 selected work poetry ; Messages of Things 1984 selected work poetry ; Listening at Night 1984 selected work poetry ; Earth and Solitude 1984 selected work poetry ; Manners of an Astronaut 1984 selected work poetry ; Slow Tennis : Poems: 1980-1983 1984 selected work poetry -
Slow Tennis : A Poets' Eleven
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: Quadrant , April vol. 29 no. 4 1985; (p. 71-75)
— Review of Breakfasts in Shanghai 1984 selected work poetry ; India Ink : A Collection of Prose Poems Written in India 1984 selected work poetry short story ; The Three Fates and Other Poems 1984 selected work poetry ; Poetry Australia no. 97 1984 periodical issue poetry ; A Flag for the Wind 1982 selected work poetry ; Your Shadow : (Poems 1980-83) 1984 selected work poetry ; Listening at Night 1984 selected work poetry ; The Skylight 1984 selected work poetry ; Canterbury Folk 1984 selected work poetry ; Slow Tennis : Poems: 1980-1983 1984 selected work poetry ; Atlantis and Other Islands 1984 selected work poetry -
Public and Private Poems
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , September no. 100 1985; (p. 94-96)
— Review of The One True History 1984 selected work poetry ; We'll All Go Together 1984 selected work poetry ; Singers and Winners : Poems 1984 selected work poetry ; Windfalls : Poems 1984 selected work poetry ; Listening at Night 1984 selected work poetry ; Love and the Outer World : Selected Poems 1984 selected work poetry
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Heavy Shadows and Lighter Moments
1984
single work
review
— Appears in: The CRNLE Reviews Journal , December no. 2 1984; (p. 44-45)
— Review of Your Shadow : (Poems 1980-83) 1984 selected work poetry ; Breakfasts in Shanghai 1984 selected work poetry ; Listening at Night 1984 selected work poetry -
Public and Private Poems
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , September no. 100 1985; (p. 94-96)
— Review of The One True History 1984 selected work poetry ; We'll All Go Together 1984 selected work poetry ; Singers and Winners : Poems 1984 selected work poetry ; Windfalls : Poems 1984 selected work poetry ; Listening at Night 1984 selected work poetry ; Love and the Outer World : Selected Poems 1984 selected work poetry -
Seeking that Mysterious Movement
1984
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 2 October vol. 106 no. 5436 1984; (p. 80-81)
— Review of Breakfasts in Shanghai 1984 selected work poetry ; India Ink : A Collection of Prose Poems Written in India 1984 selected work poetry short story ; The Three Fates and Other Poems 1984 selected work poetry ; Your Shadow : (Poems 1980-83) 1984 selected work poetry ; Windfalls : Poems 1984 selected work poetry ; Wollongong Poems 1984 selected work poetry ; Listening at Night 1984 selected work poetry ; Manners of an Astronaut 1984 selected work poetry ; The Skylight 1984 selected work poetry -
Slow Tennis : A Poets' Eleven
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: Quadrant , April vol. 29 no. 4 1985; (p. 71-75)
— Review of Breakfasts in Shanghai 1984 selected work poetry ; India Ink : A Collection of Prose Poems Written in India 1984 selected work poetry short story ; The Three Fates and Other Poems 1984 selected work poetry ; Poetry Australia no. 97 1984 periodical issue poetry ; A Flag for the Wind 1982 selected work poetry ; Your Shadow : (Poems 1980-83) 1984 selected work poetry ; Listening at Night 1984 selected work poetry ; The Skylight 1984 selected work poetry ; Canterbury Folk 1984 selected work poetry ; Slow Tennis : Poems: 1980-1983 1984 selected work poetry ; Atlantis and Other Islands 1984 selected work poetry -
Imitation and Independence
1985
single work
review
— Appears in: Island Magazine , Autumn no. 22 1985; (p. 53-55)
— Review of The Kommon Sense Poetry Booque 1984 anthology poetry ; At the Institute for Total Recall 1984 selected work poetry ; The Three Fates and Other Poems 1984 selected work poetry ; Messages of Things 1984 selected work poetry ; Listening at Night 1984 selected work poetry ; Earth and Solitude 1984 selected work poetry ; Manners of an Astronaut 1984 selected work poetry ; Slow Tennis : Poems: 1980-1983 1984 selected work poetry -
The Poetry of Dennis Haskell : Stylisation and Elegy
2019
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Asiatic , December vol. 13 no. 2 2019; (p. 19-35) 'In this essay I concentrate on the elegiac poetry of the Australian poet Dennis Haskell. I argue that the emphasis in Haskell’s work on the quotidian, clarity of expression and the communication of emotion, has a material effect on the ways in which Haskell approaches the elegiac project: the poetic expression of grief in the face of loss. In the essay I identify three main classes of elegy in Haskell’s oeuvre: elegies for fellow poets (which, after Lawrence Lipking, I call “tombeaux”); the familial elegy; and the spousal elegy. Haskell’s engagement with the genre of the elegy therefore occupies a spectrum between what might be termed “public” elegies, and “intimate” elegies. As I discuss, the intimate elegies indicate a more profound, and sometimes troubled, engagement with the genre of elegy, tipping on occasion in anti -elegy and self-elegy. By undertaking textual analyses of various poems from within the three classes of elegy practised by Haskell, I illustrate the different ways in which he deals with one of the most profound problems that faces an elegist: how to express the profound emotion of grief through the affordances of poetic stylisation.' (Publication abstract)
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