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  • Author:agent Vivian Smith http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/smith-vivian
Issue Details: First known date: 1967... 1967 An Island South
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Notes

  • Dedication: For Sybille
  • Epigraph: Dans une ile que l'air charge / De vue et non de visions
  • The poems are arranged in three sections. Section III has the epigraph: Tendono alla chiarita le cose oscure

Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson , 1967 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
At an Exhibition of Historical Paintings, Hobarti"The sadness in the human visage stares", Vivian Smith , single work poetry (p. 3-4)
The Shadowi"Something in the landscape", Vivian Smith , single work poetry (p. 5)
Bird Sanctuaryi"I came down to the tideless bay", Vivian Smith , single work poetry (p. 6)
Crows in Winteri"They've come at last these wild crows,", Vivian Smith , single work poetry (p. 7)
Water-Beetlesi"O water murmur, gently well", Vivian Smith , single work poetry (p. 8)
Delie, Obiect de Plvs Havlte Vertu (1544) (after Maurice Sceve)i"Without harm the Royal Serpent lives", Vivian Smith , single work poetry (p. 9)
Late Autumn Dovei"O see where settling now and taking shape", Vivian Smith , single work poetry (p. 10)
Winteri"Winter is this city's world:", Vivian Smith , single work poetry (p. 11)
Despite the Roomi"Into this cave of night, darkness", Vivian Smith , single work poetry (p. 12)
Reflectionsi"Is this the self I thought I knew within", Vivian Smith , single work poetry (p. 13)
Note: Dedication: To Gwen Harwood
Return of the Prodigal Soni"Years of terror, in the mud of years,", Vivian Smith , single work poetry (p. 14)
Mythi"The child ran to find the bird,", Vivian Smith , single work poetry (p. 15)
Morning Songi"And see these houses: angle, slope and line:", Vivian Smith , single work poetry (p. 16)
In Summer Raini"While summer rain makes green the air", Vivian Smith , single work poetry (p. 17)
For My Daughteri"Made from nothing: bud and rose,", Vivian Smith , single work poetry (p. 18)
Absencei"This afternoon by the fuchsia tree", Vivian Smith , single work poetry (p. 19)
Summer Band Concerti"Tired with its dogs and doves", Vivian Smith , single work poetry (p. 20)
Early Arrival: Sydneyi"Red cockatoo crests caught on coral-trees:", Vivian Smith , single work poetry (p. 21)
Summer Sketches: Sydneyi"City of yachts and underwater green", Vivian Smith , single work poetry (p. 22)
Return to Hobarti"We leave behind the farms, the aerodrome,", Vivian Smith , single work poetry (p. 23)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Adrift in a Contemplative Sea Rodney Hall , 1968 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 16 March 1968; (p. 12)

— Review of An Island South Vivian Smith , 1967 selected work poetry
[Review] An Island South William Hart-Smith , 1968 single work review
— Appears in: Poetry Magazine , no. 3 1968; (p. 33-35)

— Review of An Island South Vivian Smith , 1967 selected work poetry
Wanted : A Past Ronald T. Dunlop , 1968 single work review
— Appears in: Poetry Australia , February no. 20 1968; (p. 39-42)

— Review of Bungalow and Hurricane : new poems David Rowbotham , 1967 selected work poetry ; An Island South Vivian Smith , 1967 selected work poetry ; Understandings : Poems Evan Jones , 1967 selected work poetry ; The Rebel General Chris Wallace-Crabbe , 1967 selected work poetry ; A Taste of Salt Water : Poems Thomas Shapcott , 1967 selected work poetry
[Review] A Taste of Salt Water [et al] Jim Tulip , 1968 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 28 no. 1 1968; (p. 69-74)

— Review of A Taste of Salt Water : Poems Thomas Shapcott , 1967 selected work poetry ; An Island South Vivian Smith , 1967 selected work poetry ; Frozen Section Grace Perry , 1967 selected work poetry
The Look of Australian Poetry in 1967 Alec King , 1968 single work review
— Appears in: Meanjin Quarterly , Winter vol. 27 no. 2 1968; (p. 171-183)

— Review of A Taste of Salt Water : Poems Thomas Shapcott , 1967 selected work poetry ; The Other Half : Poems Judith Wright , 1966 selected work poetry ; The Rebel General Chris Wallace-Crabbe , 1967 selected work poetry ; The Dolphin Dorothy Auchterlonie , 1967 selected work poetry ; Bungalow and Hurricane : new poems David Rowbotham , 1967 selected work poetry ; Collected Poems 1936-1967 Douglas Stewart , 1967 selected work poetry ; An Island South Vivian Smith , 1967 selected work poetry ; Eyewitness : Poems Rodney Hall , 1967 selected work poetry ; A Window at Night Max Harris , 1967 selected work poetry ; East of Living J. M. Couper , 1967 selected work poetry
Adrift in a Contemplative Sea Rodney Hall , 1968 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 16 March 1968; (p. 12)

— Review of An Island South Vivian Smith , 1967 selected work poetry
[Review] A Taste of Salt Water [et al] Alan Brissenden , 1967 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 14 October 1967; (p. 14)

— Review of A Taste of Salt Water : Poems Thomas Shapcott , 1967 selected work poetry ; An Island South Vivian Smith , 1967 selected work poetry ; Grendel Roland Robinson , 1967 selected work poetry ; Collected Poems 1936-1967 Douglas Stewart , 1967 selected work poetry
[Review] A Taste of Salt Water [and] An Island South T. Inglis Moore , 1967 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 11 November 1967; (p. 13)

— Review of A Taste of Salt Water : Poems Thomas Shapcott , 1967 selected work poetry ; An Island South Vivian Smith , 1967 selected work poetry
New Poetry Robert Ward , 1967 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October vol. 6 no. 12 1967; (p. 197)

— Review of A Taste of Salt Water : Poems Thomas Shapcott , 1967 selected work poetry ; An Island South Vivian Smith , 1967 selected work poetry
New Poetry Andrew Taylor , 1968 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 38 1968; (p. 44-46)

— Review of A Taste of Salt Water : Poems Thomas Shapcott , 1967 selected work poetry ; Isis in Search Joan Mas , 1966 selected work poetry ; An Island South Vivian Smith , 1967 selected work poetry ; East of Living J. M. Couper , 1967 selected work poetry
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