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Notes
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Dedication: To Douglas Stewart
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Author's Note : The poems in this book are selected from five books of verse published between 1944 and 1967. Some have been revised for this edition. My thanks are due to Edwards and Shaw Pty Ltd for permission to include poems from Deep Well and to Jacaranda Press for poems first printed in Grendel. For poems not previously published in book form acknowledgments are due to the Age, Southerly, Meanjin, and the Sydney Morning Herald. - R.R.
Contents
* 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.
- Beyond the Grass-Tree Spears Inscriptioni"I made my verses of places where I made my fires;", single work poetry (p. 1-2)
- Elouerai"Because I wakened when the throng", single work poetry (p. 3-5)
- The Coali"Daybreak's magpies in the cypress pine", single work poetry (p. 6-8)
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Black Cockatoosi"Rise then, you screaming mob of black cockatoos,",
single work
poetry
(p. 9 - 10)
Note: With title 'The Roper River'
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Waratahi"Fierce and holy flower",
single work
poetry
(p. 11 - 13)
Note: With title: Del Espiritu Santo
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Tumult of the Swansi"I breathed into the ash,",
single work
poetry
(p. 14 - 17)
Note: Poem is written in six parts
- Deep Welli"After our labouring train had passed", single work poetry (p. 18 - 23)
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The Desert : The Wandereri"Travelling again, his swag",
single work
poetry
(p. 24 - 26)
Note: Title: 'The Wanderer'. First line reads: Travelling again, swag tossed
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Grendeli"Under massed clouds, the emerging moon,",
single work
poetry
(p. 27 - 30, 27 - 30)
Note: Pages are misprinted in text. Only three of the poem's five pages are present.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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[Review] Australian Poetry 1971 [and] Selected Poems
single work
review
— Review of Australian Poetry 1971 1971 anthology poetry ; Selected Poems 1971 selected work poetry -
Australian Poets
1976
single work
review
— Appears in: The Journal of Commonwealth Literature , April vol. 10 no. 3 1976; (p. 75-78)
— Review of Where the Wind Came : Poems 1971 selected work poetry ; Australian Poetry 1971 1971 anthology poetry ; Selected Poems 1971 selected work poetry ; Snow and Other Poems 1971 selected work poetry ; The Pen of Feathers : Poems 1971 selected work poetry -
Wanderer in a Barbarous Country
1972
single work
review
— Appears in: Makar , May vol. 8 no. 1 1972; (p. 37-40)
— Review of Selected Poems 1971 selected work poetry -
[Review] The Rumour [and] Selected Poems
1972
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 12 February 1972; (p. 15)
— Review of The Rumour 1971 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems 1971 selected work poetry -
Sluggish Muse
1972
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 25 March 1972; (p. 19)
— Review of Where the Wind Came : Poems 1971 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems 1971 selected work poetry ; The Pen of Feathers : Poems 1971 selected work poetry
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Private Poets
1972
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 8 January vol. 94 no. 4788 1972; (p. 34-35)
— Review of Where the Wind Came : Poems 1971 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems 1971 selected work poetry ; The Pen of Feathers : Poems 1971 selected work poetry ; End of Dream-Time 1971 selected work poetry ; The First-Born and Other Poems 1970 selected work poetry -
[Review] Poet's Choice 1972 [et al]
1972
single work
review
— Appears in: Sunday Australian , 16 January 1972; (p. 20)
— Review of Poet's Choice 1972 1972 periodical issue anthology ; Selected Poems 1971 selected work poetry ; The Pen of Feathers : Poems 1971 selected work poetry ; Kenneth Slessor 1977 single work criticism ; Australian Poetry 1971 1971 anthology poetry -
[Review] Australian Poetry 1971 [and] Selected Poems
single work
review
— Review of Australian Poetry 1971 1971 anthology poetry ; Selected Poems 1971 selected work poetry -
[Review] Where the Wind Came [and] Selected Poems
1972
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 12 February 1972; (p. 18)
— Review of Where the Wind Came : Poems 1971 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems 1971 selected work poetry -
Sluggish Muse
1972
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 25 March 1972; (p. 19)
— Review of Where the Wind Came : Poems 1971 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems 1971 selected work poetry ; The Pen of Feathers : Poems 1971 selected work poetry
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