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Notes
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Dedication: For Sybille
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Epigraph: Dans une ile que l'air charge / De vue et non de visions
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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", single work poetry (p. 3-4)
- The Shadowi"Something in the landscape", single work poetry (p. 5)
- Bird Sanctuaryi"I came down to the tideless bay", single work poetry (p. 6)
- Crows in Winteri"They've come at last these wild crows,", single work poetry (p. 7)
- Water-Beetlesi"O water murmur, gently well", single work poetry (p. 8)
- Delie, Obiect de Plvs Havlte Vertu (1544) (after Maurice Sceve)i"Without harm the Royal Serpent lives", single work poetry (p. 9)
- Late Autumn Dovei"O see where settling now and taking shape", single work poetry (p. 10)
- Winteri"Winter is this city's world:", single work poetry (p. 11)
- Despite the Roomi"Into this cave of night, darkness", single work poetry (p. 12)
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Reflectionsi"Is this the self I thought I knew within",
single work
poetry
(p. 13)
Note: Dedication: To Gwen Harwood
- Return of the Prodigal Soni"Years of terror, in the mud of years,", single work poetry (p. 14)
- Mythi"The child ran to find the bird,", single work poetry (p. 15)
- Morning Songi"And see these houses: angle, slope and line:", single work poetry (p. 16)
- In Summer Raini"While summer rain makes green the air", single work poetry (p. 17)
- For My Daughteri"Made from nothing: bud and rose,", single work poetry (p. 18)
- Absencei"This afternoon by the fuchsia tree", single work poetry (p. 19)
- Summer Band Concerti"Tired with its dogs and doves", single work poetry (p. 20)
- Early Arrival: Sydneyi"Red cockatoo crests caught on coral-trees:", single work poetry (p. 21)
- Summer Sketches: Sydneyi"City of yachts and underwater green", single work poetry (p. 22)
- Return to Hobarti"We leave behind the farms, the aerodrome,", single work poetry (p. 23)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Adrift in a Contemplative Sea
1968
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 16 March 1968; (p. 12)
— Review of An Island South 1967 selected work poetry -
[Review] An Island South
1968
single work
review
— Appears in: Poetry Magazine , no. 3 1968; (p. 33-35)
— Review of An Island South 1967 selected work poetry -
Wanted : A Past
1968
single work
review
— Appears in: Poetry Australia , February no. 20 1968; (p. 39-42)
— Review of Bungalow and Hurricane : new poems 1967 selected work poetry ; An Island South 1967 selected work poetry ; Understandings : Poems 1967 selected work poetry ; The Rebel General 1967 selected work poetry ; A Taste of Salt Water : Poems 1967 selected work poetry -
[Review] A Taste of Salt Water [et al]
1968
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 28 no. 1 1968; (p. 69-74)
— Review of A Taste of Salt Water : Poems 1967 selected work poetry ; An Island South 1967 selected work poetry ; Frozen Section 1967 selected work poetry -
The Look of Australian Poetry in 1967
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 1967 selected work poetry ; The Other Half : Poems 1966 selected work poetry ; The Rebel General 1967 selected work poetry ; The Dolphin 1967 selected work poetry ; Bungalow and Hurricane : new poems 1967 selected work poetry ; Collected Poems 1936-1967 1967 selected work poetry ; An Island South 1967 selected work poetry ; Eyewitness : Poems 1967 selected work poetry ; A Window at Night 1967 selected work poetry ; East of Living 1967 selected work poetry
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Adrift in a Contemplative Sea
1968
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 16 March 1968; (p. 12)
— Review of An Island South 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 -
[Review] A Taste of Salt Water [and] An Island South
1967
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 11 November 1967; (p. 13)
— Review of A Taste of Salt Water : Poems 1967 selected work poetry ; An Island South 1967 selected work poetry -
New Poetry
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 1967 selected work poetry ; An Island South 1967 selected work poetry -
New Poetry
1968
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 38 1968; (p. 44-46)
— Review of A Taste of Salt Water : Poems 1967 selected work poetry ; Isis in Search 1966 selected work poetry ; An Island South 1967 selected work poetry ; East of Living 1967 selected work poetry
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