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Notes
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The poems are collected in five sections: Yoola and the Seven Sisters, pp.1-14; The Flowering West, pp.15-22; Grendel, pp.23-28; For Joan, pp.29-42; Curracarong Creek, pp.43-50.
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Includes epigraph: 'From moors, under misty cliffs, / Grendel, God's anger, gangan.' Beowulf
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Brisbane,
Queensland,:Jacaranda Press
, 1967 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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Desert Tribesmeni"The naked old men of the desert walk",
single work
poetry
(p. 2)
Note: With title: The Old Men
- The Water-Lubra and the Lotus-Birdi"Out of the river comes a girl", single work poetry (p. 3-5)
- Yoola and the Seven Sisters, Minyanderri , single work prose Indigenous story (p. 6-7)
- The Battle of Wallaga Lakei"Black duck was Merriman's totem", single work poetry (p. 8-10)
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Myth of the Flying-Foxesi"Wuka, the red flying-foxes, as men went once.",
Roland Robinson
,
Kuworpita
,
single work
poetry
(p. 11-12)
Note: With first line: Wuka, the red flying-foxes, once went as men.
- Jarrangullii"Hear that tree-lizard singin' out,", Percy Mumbulla , Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 13)
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The Devil's Marblesi"Gibbous the moon that is rising over this valley",
single work
poetry
(p. 16)
Note: First line reads: Gibbous moon rising out of this boulder-
- Kimberley Droversi"I am drained out. All day I have driven", single work poetry (p. 17-18)
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The Pioneers
"I am camped above the Fitzroy River Crossing,"
The Fitzroy River Crossingi"Camped above the Fitzroy River Crossing",
single work
poetry
(p. 19-20)
Note: Title: The Pioneers. First line appears as: Camped above the Fitzroy River Crossing,
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The Flowering Westi"The scene becomes red sand. It is thickly sown",
single work
poetry
(p. 21-22)
Note: First line appears as: The scene becomes red sand, thickly sown
- The Demoni"There is a flame, a secret flower of flame,", single work poetry (p. 24)
- And I Broke Branches Oncei"And I broke branches once to make my bed,", single work poetry (p. 25)
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Grendeli"Under massed clouds, the emerging moon,",
single work
poetry
(p. 26)
Note: First line appears as: Under the massed and moving clouds with the moon
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Sundowneri"Unshaven old sundowner, in shake-down overcoat,",
single work
poetry
(p. 27)
Note: First line appears as: Old sundowner, in shake-down overcoat,
- Concerti"The Russian coloratura", single work poetry (p. 30)
- Three Poems for Joan: Nudei"Sunk in the pillow", single work poetry (p. 32)
- The Seed Goes Homei"Cave-man locked in her thighs.", single work poetry (p. 33)
- The Childi"In this stone", single work poetry (p. 34)
- The Ledgei"End of the long", single work poetry (p. 35)
- "A corrugated-iron shack. One room." The Cradlei"Galvanised, corrugated iron shack,", single work poetry (p. 36)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Passion and the Prosaic : Australian Poetry, 1968
1969
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin Quarterly , Winter vol. 28 no. 2 1969; (p. 268-281)
— Review of Elijah's Ravens : Poems 1968 selected work poetry ; Behind My Eyes : Poems 1968 selected work poetry ; A Voyage of Lions and Other Poems 1968 selected work poetry ; The Law of Karma : A Progression of Poems 1968 selected work poetry ; Windmill Country 1968 selected work poetry ; My Beachcombing Days : Ninety Sea Sonnets 1968 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems 1942-1968 1968 selected work poetry ; Poems for a Female Universe 1968 selected work poetry ; Segments of the Bowl 1967 selected work poetry ; I Learn by Going : Poems 1968 selected work poetry ; A Suit for Everyman 1968 selected work poetry ; New Impulses in Australian Poetry 1968 anthology poetry ; Citizens of Mist 1968 selected work poetry ; Grendel 1967 selected work poetry ; Open at Random : Poems 1967 selected work poetry ; Sheaf Tosser and Other Poems 1967 selected work poetry ; Showground Sketchbook and Other Poems 1968 selected work poetry ; After the Assassination and Other Poems 1968 selected work poetry ; The Rock and the Pool 1967 selected work poetry ; The Autobiography of a Gorgon and Other Poems 1968 selected work poetry -
Poems Here and There
1968
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , October no. 3 1968; (p. 52-57)
— Review of A Taste of Salt Water : Poems 1967 selected work poetry ; Segments of the Bowl 1967 selected work poetry ; The Rock and the Pool 1967 selected work poetry ; Grendel 1967 selected work poetry ; An Eye for a Tooth : Poems 1968 selected work poetry ; Poems Soft and Loud 1967 selected work poetry -
Public Worlds: Private Places : A Review of Recent Australian Poetry
1968
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 28 no. 2 1968; (p. 145-160)
— Review of Elijah's Ravens : Poems 1968 selected work poetry ; An Eye for a Tooth : Poems 1968 selected work poetry ; The Rock and the Pool 1967 selected work poetry ; Grendel 1967 selected work poetry ; Poems Soft and Loud 1967 selected work poetry ; Hammers and Seagulls : Poems 1966 selected work poetry ; Collected Poems 1936-1967 1967 selected work poetry ; Bungalow and Hurricane : new poems 1967 selected work poetry ; The Dolphin 1967 selected work poetry ; Segments of the Bowl 1967 selected work poetry ; East of Living 1967 selected work poetry ; The Rebel General 1967 selected work poetry -
Poet as Mimic
1967
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 25 November vol. 89 no. 4577 1967; (p. 83-84)
— Review of Grendel 1967 selected work poetry -
[Review] Grendel
1967
single work
review
— Appears in: Twentieth Century , vol. 22 no. 1967-1968; (p. 270-272)
— Review of Grendel 1967 selected work poetry
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Passion and the Prosaic : Australian Poetry, 1968
1969
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin Quarterly , Winter vol. 28 no. 2 1969; (p. 268-281)
— Review of Elijah's Ravens : Poems 1968 selected work poetry ; Behind My Eyes : Poems 1968 selected work poetry ; A Voyage of Lions and Other Poems 1968 selected work poetry ; The Law of Karma : A Progression of Poems 1968 selected work poetry ; Windmill Country 1968 selected work poetry ; My Beachcombing Days : Ninety Sea Sonnets 1968 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems 1942-1968 1968 selected work poetry ; Poems for a Female Universe 1968 selected work poetry ; Segments of the Bowl 1967 selected work poetry ; I Learn by Going : Poems 1968 selected work poetry ; A Suit for Everyman 1968 selected work poetry ; New Impulses in Australian Poetry 1968 anthology poetry ; Citizens of Mist 1968 selected work poetry ; Grendel 1967 selected work poetry ; Open at Random : Poems 1967 selected work poetry ; Sheaf Tosser and Other Poems 1967 selected work poetry ; Showground Sketchbook and Other Poems 1968 selected work poetry ; After the Assassination and Other Poems 1968 selected work poetry ; The Rock and the Pool 1967 selected work poetry ; The Autobiography of a Gorgon and Other Poems 1968 selected work poetry -
Public Worlds: Private Places : A Review of Recent Australian Poetry
1968
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 28 no. 2 1968; (p. 145-160)
— Review of Elijah's Ravens : Poems 1968 selected work poetry ; An Eye for a Tooth : Poems 1968 selected work poetry ; The Rock and the Pool 1967 selected work poetry ; Grendel 1967 selected work poetry ; Poems Soft and Loud 1967 selected work poetry ; Hammers and Seagulls : Poems 1966 selected work poetry ; Collected Poems 1936-1967 1967 selected work poetry ; Bungalow and Hurricane : new poems 1967 selected work poetry ; The Dolphin 1967 selected work poetry ; Segments of the Bowl 1967 selected work poetry ; East of Living 1967 selected work poetry ; The Rebel General 1967 selected work poetry -
[Review] A Taste of Salt Water [et al]
1967
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 14 October 1967; (p. 14)
— Review of A Taste of Salt Water : Poems 1967 selected work poetry ; An Island South 1967 selected work poetry ; Grendel 1967 selected work poetry ; Collected Poems 1936-1967 1967 selected work poetry -
Poems Here and There
1968
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , October no. 3 1968; (p. 52-57)
— Review of A Taste of Salt Water : Poems 1967 selected work poetry ; Segments of the Bowl 1967 selected work poetry ; The Rock and the Pool 1967 selected work poetry ; Grendel 1967 selected work poetry ; An Eye for a Tooth : Poems 1968 selected work poetry ; Poems Soft and Loud 1967 selected work poetry -
[Review] Grendel
1967
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 4 November 1967; (p. 21)
— Review of Grendel 1967 selected work poetry
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