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Notes
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Dedication: For my daughter Kirsten
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Epigraph: It is alleged by a friend of my family that I used to suffer from insomnia at the age of four; and that when she asked me how I managed to occupy my time at night I answered, 'I lie awake and think about the past.' Ronald Knox (1888-1957)
Contents
* Contents derived from the
St Lucia,
Indooroopilly - St Lucia area,
Brisbane - North West,
Brisbane,
Queensland,:University of Queensland Press
, 1988 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Backyardi"The God of Smoke listens idly in the heat", single work poetry (p. 1)
- House and Home : Country Veranda : 1 : Dry Weatheri"This country veranda's a box for storing the sky -", single work poetry (p. 2)
- House and Home : Country Veranda : 2 : Raini"From that open room where sheets hang out to dry -", single work poetry (p. 3)
- The Pooli"The pool looks up at the sun,", single work poetry (p. 4-5)
- The Bedroom Mirrorsi"An alarm clock plots its", single work poetry (p. 6-7)
- North Lighti"He looks around his son's room: the bed", single work poetry (p. 8)
- Widoweri"Moving among the dull red glow, which", single work poetry (p. 9)
- South Coast After Rain, 1960i"The clouds have drifted back to the hills", single work poetry (p. 10-11)
- Lucki"Her hands are quite small, each", single work poetry (p. 12)
- Plaza Suite, sequence poetry (p. 12-15)
- Breathi"When I was a kid we kept two brown", single work poetry (p. 13)
- Sammy's Songi"Well, I'm finally sick of it, getting", single work poetry (p. 14-15)
- Crocodile Ragi"Hearing your song again on the radio", single work poetry (p. 16-17)
- Debbie & Coi"The Council Pool's chockablock", single work poetry (p. 18-19)
- Mooniei"She leaves the Marriage Lecture, shaking, late", single work poetry (p. 20)
- Voodooi"From his rushing-away, from his", single work poetry (p. 21-22)
- The Guidesi"They used to be cheap and monochrome, explaining", single work poetry (p. 23)
- Fine Artsi"Beyond their exhausting vanity and their hatreds", single work poetry (p. 24)
- Bathyscapei"As we drift up past the mug shots", single work poetry (p. 25)
- Cabin Feveri"After the dinner dance, the Young Rotarians", single work poetry (p. 26)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also sound recording.
Works about this Work
-
Sensibility Now: John Tranter's Poem
1996
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Totem Ship 1996; (p. 270-281) -
Hacking at the Pattern: Post-Romantic Consciousness in the Poetry of John Tranter
1993
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , September vol. 53 no. 3 1993; (p. 12-29) -
The False Origin: Australian Poetry 1988-90
1992
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian & New Zealand Studies in Canada , December no. 8 1992; (p. 156-164) -
An Interview With John Tranter
Stephen Craft
(interviewer),
Helen Loughlin
(interviewer),
1991
single work
interview
— Appears in: Hermes 1991; (p. 37-47) -
An Interview With John Tranter
Erica Travers
(interviewer),
1991
single work
interview
biography
— Appears in: Southerly , December vol. 51 no. 4 1991; (p. 14-28)
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Untitled
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: Fremantle Arts Review , January vol. 4 no. 1 1989; (p. 14-15)
— Review of Under Berlin : New Poems 1988 1988 selected work poetry -
A New Orthodoxy
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: Antithesis , vol. 4 no. 1 1990; (p. 189-194)
— Review of The Stunned Mullet and Other Poems 1988 selected work poetry ; Under Berlin : New Poems 1988 1988 selected work poetry -
Species of Mirrors : Two Australian Poets and the "Real"
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age Monthly Review , April. vol. 9 no. 1 1989; (p. 7-8)
— Review of Poetry Australia no. 114 1988 periodical issue poetry ; Under Berlin : New Poems 1988 1988 selected work poetry -
Distancing Effects, Reconstructions
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , October no. 56 1988; (p. 24-25)
— Review of Under Berlin : New Poems 1988 1988 selected work poetry -
Sharp, Persuasive Observer of the Slope Down into Darkness
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 27 August 1988; (p. B5)
— Review of Under Berlin : New Poems 1988 1988 selected work poetry -
John Tranter
Candida Baker
(interviewer),
1989
single work
interview
— Appears in: Yacker 3 : Australian Writers Talk About Their Work 1989; (p. 302-333) -
John Tranter: Belated Approvals or Partly Living in Zombie Sydney
1990
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Scripsi , vol. 6 no. 1 1990; (p. 255-266) -
The False Origin: Australian Poetry 1988-90
1992
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian & New Zealand Studies in Canada , December no. 8 1992; (p. 156-164) -
Clear Water Reckoning
i
"I write into the long black morning,",
1989
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Age Monthly Review , April. vol. 9 no. 1 1989; (p. 8) The Clean Dark 1989; (p. 66-67) Selected Poems 1970-1989 1990; (p. 253-254) The Language of Oysters 1997; (p. 100-101) Mulberry Leaves : New and Selected Poems 1970-2001 2001; (p. 182-183) The Golden Bird : New and Selected Poems 2008; (p. 65-67) -
After Poetry (1) : Questions of Strength
1989
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Overland , May no. 114 1989; (p. 44-49)
Awards
- 1989 winner New South Wales State Literary Awards — Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry
- 1988 winner Grace Leven Poetry Prize
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