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Dedication: For my mother, Lesley Dougan and my father, Noel Dougan (1924-1996)
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Wollongong,
Wollongong area,
Illawarra,
South Coast,
New South Wales,:Five Islands Press
, 1998 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Earthi"I weed without a trowel, searching all morning for the deep-hooked", single work poetry (p. 5)
- Prosperoi"You're back to grit again. I expected some scant powder", single work poetry (p. 5)
- Anniversary, sequence poetry (p. 5-6)
- The Back of My Neck (Your Hand)i"Let it mark my space, how I might move, what I might think and", single work poetry (p. 6)
- A Skipping Poem About the Place I Grew Upi"The Green world at a house named Cathay", single work poetry (p. 7)
- Against Lawnsi"There's a door in the day", single work poetry (p. 8)
- John Clarei"Finally someone spoke to me about it", single work poetry (p. 9)
- Memory Shelli"Ridged and peach-lipped, they rest indifferent", single work poetry (p. 10)
- My Father in His Thornproof Jacket from Cavani"Imagine his two hands", single work poetry (p. 11)
- Hairsi"I wanted to leave a curl of dark", single work poetry (p. 12)
- Advicei"Leave the windows open", single work poetry (p. 13)
- Initiationi"This is about blood travelling", single work poetry (p. 13)
- Possessioni"Learn to read the waether map", single work poetry (p. 13)
- Demon Lover Suite, sequence poetry (p. 13-14)
- The Price of Civilisationi"Did you call the posse at your door", single work poetry (p. 14)
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Scar on the First Day I Met Youi""Look, it's only a paper cut," he soothes",
single work
poetry
(p. 15-16)
Note: Dedication: for Tim
- The Novice Embalmer's Arti"preserves love's trace", single work poetry (p. 17)
- Begettings (Shelbourne)i"It was a flat on the highway. You felt in touch with everything", single work poetry (p. 18)
- Having Himi"In the hospital my passion was white, shrouded. I could hear the", single work poetry (p. 18)
- The Train Homei"when the girls, laughing, swung out from the carriage, more than", single work poetry (p. 18-19)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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When Publishing New Poets
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: LiNQ , May vol. 26 no. 1 1999; (p. 93-95)
— Review of Steel Bone Notes 1998 selected work poetry ; Outside Temple Boundaries 1998 selected work poetry ; Frankston 281 1998 sequence poetry ; Wing Corrections 1998 selected work poetry ; The Body's Navigation 1998 selected work poetry ; Memory Shell 1998 selected work poetry -
The Pleasure of Being Lost
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: Island , Summer no. 77 1999; (p. 109-113)
— Review of Steel Bone Notes 1998 selected work poetry ; Outside Temple Boundaries 1998 selected work poetry ; Frankston 281 1998 sequence poetry ; Wing Corrections 1998 selected work poetry ; The Body's Navigation 1998 selected work poetry ; Memory Shell 1998 selected work poetry -
It Seemed Right to Leave a Clue at the Lake
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , Autumn vol. 59 no. 1 1999; (p. 179-191)
— Review of Steel Bone Notes 1998 selected work poetry ; Outside Temple Boundaries 1998 selected work poetry ; Frankston 281 1998 sequence poetry ; Wing Corrections 1998 selected work poetry ; The Body's Navigation 1998 selected work poetry ; Memory Shell 1998 selected work poetry -
Poetic Antipodean Voices
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , January vol. 18 no. 1 1999; (p. 81-84)
— Review of Hemingway in Spain and Selected Poems : Words and Images 1997 selected work poetry ; The Harbour 1998 selected work poetry ; Mobius 1998 single work poetry ; Outside Temple Boundaries 1998 selected work poetry ; Frankston 281 1998 sequence poetry ; Wing Corrections 1998 selected work poetry ; The Body's Navigation 1998 selected work poetry ; Memory Shell 1998 selected work poetry ; Steel Bone Notes 1998 selected work poetry ; Shadow-Patches : Haibun 1998 anthology poetry ; Accidental Grace 1996 selected work poetry ; House of Voices 1998 selected work poetry ; A Splash of Sunlight 1998 selected work poetry ; Bermuda and the Other Islands 1998 selected work poetry ; Small Packages no. 3 1998 periodical issue -
Carnival: New Poetry
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 154 1999; (p. 101-103)
— Review of The Impossible : And Other Poems 1998 selected work poetry ; Not Quite the Man for the Job 1998 selected work poetry ; The Heart at 3 a.m. 1998 selected work poetry ; Jigsaw : Poems and Prose Poems 1998 selected work poetry ; Outside Temple Boundaries 1998 selected work poetry ; Frankston 281 1998 sequence poetry ; The Body's Navigation 1998 selected work poetry ; Memory Shell 1998 selected work poetry ; Donatello in Wangaratta 1998 selected work poetry ; Await the Spring : poems 1998 selected work poetry ; The World Beyond the Fig 1998 selected work poetry ; Now Millennium 1993 selected work poetry ; Poems From the Madhouse [and] Now Millennium 1993 selected work poetry ; The Scythe Honed Fine : A.D. Hope, A Celebration for his 90th Birthday 1997 selected work poetry criticism biography
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Estimating Innocence
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: Ulitarra , December no. 14 1998; (p. 123-127)
— Review of Steel Bone Notes 1998 selected work poetry ; Wing Corrections 1998 selected work poetry ; The Body's Navigation 1998 selected work poetry ; Memory Shell 1998 selected work poetry ; Frankston 281 1998 sequence poetry ; Outside Temple Boundaries 1998 selected work poetry ; New Poets Series : Series 5 series - publisher -
Carnival: New Poetry
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 154 1999; (p. 101-103)
— Review of The Impossible : And Other Poems 1998 selected work poetry ; Not Quite the Man for the Job 1998 selected work poetry ; The Heart at 3 a.m. 1998 selected work poetry ; Jigsaw : Poems and Prose Poems 1998 selected work poetry ; Outside Temple Boundaries 1998 selected work poetry ; Frankston 281 1998 sequence poetry ; The Body's Navigation 1998 selected work poetry ; Memory Shell 1998 selected work poetry ; Donatello in Wangaratta 1998 selected work poetry ; Await the Spring : poems 1998 selected work poetry ; The World Beyond the Fig 1998 selected work poetry ; Now Millennium 1993 selected work poetry ; Poems From the Madhouse [and] Now Millennium 1993 selected work poetry ; The Scythe Honed Fine : A.D. Hope, A Celebration for his 90th Birthday 1997 selected work poetry criticism biography -
Poetic Antipodean Voices
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , January vol. 18 no. 1 1999; (p. 81-84)
— Review of Hemingway in Spain and Selected Poems : Words and Images 1997 selected work poetry ; The Harbour 1998 selected work poetry ; Mobius 1998 single work poetry ; Outside Temple Boundaries 1998 selected work poetry ; Frankston 281 1998 sequence poetry ; Wing Corrections 1998 selected work poetry ; The Body's Navigation 1998 selected work poetry ; Memory Shell 1998 selected work poetry ; Steel Bone Notes 1998 selected work poetry ; Shadow-Patches : Haibun 1998 anthology poetry ; Accidental Grace 1996 selected work poetry ; House of Voices 1998 selected work poetry ; A Splash of Sunlight 1998 selected work poetry ; Bermuda and the Other Islands 1998 selected work poetry ; Small Packages no. 3 1998 periodical issue -
Five Islands Press New Poets Program, Series 5
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: Famous Reporter , December no. 18 1998; (p. 19-21)
— Review of Steel Bone Notes 1998 selected work poetry ; Outside Temple Boundaries 1998 selected work poetry ; Frankston 281 1998 sequence poetry ; Wing Corrections 1998 selected work poetry ; The Body's Navigation 1998 selected work poetry ; Memory Shell 1998 selected work poetry -
Five Islands Press New Poets Series Five
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 205 1998; (p. 35-36)
— Review of Steel Bone Notes 1998 selected work poetry ; Outside Temple Boundaries 1998 selected work poetry ; Frankston 281 1998 sequence poetry ; The Body's Navigation 1998 selected work poetry ; Memory Shell 1998 selected work poetry
Awards
- 2000 winner ASAL Awards — Mary Gilmore Award for a First Book of Poetry
- 1998 highly commended Anne Elder Award
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