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Is part of Medal Poets Monash University, English Department , 1980- series - publisher poetry
Issue Details: First known date: 1996... 1996 Enter Your House with Care
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Notes

  • This book of poems is divided into three parts, each preceded by an epigraph.
  • Part One: 'The way is like an empty vessel which, in spite of being used, is never filled.' Tao Te Ching.
  • Part Two: 'Silence is the virtue of fools.' Francis Bacon (De Dignitate et Augmentis Scientiarium)
  • Part Three: 'Heaven's net is wide; though its meshes be far apart, nothing escapes.' Tao Te Ching

Contents

* Contents derived from the Kuranda, Cairns area, Ingham - Cairns area, Queensland,:Denlynne Publications , 1996 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Home Groundi"Ferries stop short at the point now. That Sunday", Connie Barber , single work poetry (p. 6-7)
Art Culture and a Dog's Lifei"Left to itself the world makes sense. This day", Connie Barber , single work poetry (p. 8)
January in Melbournei"This is not your town, your focus", Connie Barber , single work poetry (p. 9)
Gusti"Disgusting: our sneering swear", Connie Barber , single work poetry (p. 10-11)
Next Door's Pumpkini"Too late pumpkin. All summer", Connie Barber , single work poetry (p. 12)
Season - Winteri"Old heat leaves autumn. The sky breaks", Connie Barber , single work poetry (p. 13)
Anzac Day 1990i"We lived with dead uncles, shared names", Connie Barber , single work poetry (p. 14)
Gun Sitei"They say the sense of smell", Connie Barber , single work poetry (p. 15)
Remembering My Fatheri"Three years measured a brimful life.", Connie Barber , single work poetry (p. 16)
My Father On Paperi"I'm clearing stored trunks, ten years late.", Connie Barber , single work poetry (p. 17)
The End of Winteri"Head down, rubbing stubbled cheeks", Connie Barber , single work poetry (p. 18)
Illiteratei"In a language I cannot read he sits", Connie Barber , single work poetry (p. 19)
Domesticityi"Assumptions you accept and live for peace' sake:", Connie Barber , single work poetry (p. 20)
Dog Daysi"The slow dog crawls to its hollow", Connie Barber , single work poetry (p. 21)
Pruningi"After you offered to cut down the clemantis", Connie Barber , single work poetry (p. 22)
Overweighti"By her side", Connie Barber , single work poetry (p. 23)
I Drive Your Cari"Cataracts gone", Connie Barber , single work poetry (p. 24)
Radioi"Words more of less acceptable", Connie Barber , single work poetry (p. 25)
Summeri"Do you remember the summer when -", Connie Barber , single work poetry (p. 26)
New Year Resolutioni"She makes a resolution to open old shutters,", Connie Barber , single work poetry (p. 27)
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Works about this Work

Poetry : Precise Evocation and Tantalizing Elusiveness Delight and Challenge Werner Senn , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 12 no. 2 1998; (p. 126-127)
— Review of Enter Your House with Care Connie Barber , 1996 selected work poetry ; The Shadow's Keep John Anderson , 1997 selected work poetry prose
[Review] Enter Your House with Care Judith Rodriguez , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: HOBO Poetry Magazine , June no. 17 1998; (p. 9-18)
— Review of The Hermit in Translation Stefanie Bennett , 1998 selected work poetry ; Blood Angels Alan Jefferies , 1997 selected work poetry ; Green Lizard Manifesto : Poems Christopher Kelen , 1997 selected work poetry ; Enter Your House with Care Connie Barber , 1996 selected work poetry ; Anima and Other Poems Bruce Beaver , 1994 selected work poetry ; Race against Time : Poems Lee Cataldi , 1998 selected work poetry ; Collected Poems Amy Witting , 1998 selected work poetry ; The Whispering Ear : New Poems Joyce Lee , 1997 selected work poetry
Waiting for the Lights to Change John Foulcher , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Spring no. 152 1998; (p. 120-122)
— Review of Tierra del Fuego : new and selected poems Jennifer Strauss , 1997 selected work poetry ; Album of Domestic Exiles Andrew Sant , 1997 selected work poetry ; Enter Your House with Care Connie Barber , 1996 selected work poetry ; If I Abscond : New Poems and Short Fictions Graeme Kinross-Smith , 1997 selected work poetry short story ; The Whispering Ear : New Poems Joyce Lee , 1997 selected work poetry
[Review] Enter Your House with Care Helene Brophy , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Multicultural Book Review , vol. 5 no. 1 1997; (p. 58-59)
— Review of Enter Your House with Care Connie Barber , 1996 selected work poetry
[Review] Enter Your House with Care 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Ulitarra , no. 11 1997; (p. 131-132)
— Review of Enter Your House with Care Connie Barber , 1996 selected work poetry
Letting the World Run About : Poetry from All Over Elizabeth Perkins , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: LiNQ , October vol. 23 no. 2 1996; (p. 111-117)
— Review of Just Desserts Philip Hammial , 1995 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems John Scott , 1995 selected work poetry prose ; Enter Your House with Care Connie Barber , 1996 selected work poetry ; The Breaking Line 1995 anthology poetry ; Birds, Beasts, Flowers : Australian Children's Poetry William Hart-Smith , 1996 selected work poetry ; Portrait of a Survivor Barry O'Donohue , 1995 selected work poetry ; In the Constellation of the Crab Doris Brett , 1996 selected work poetry ; Capsules Phil Ilton , 1996 selected work poetry
Waiting for the Lights to Change John Foulcher , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Spring no. 152 1998; (p. 120-122)
— Review of Tierra del Fuego : new and selected poems Jennifer Strauss , 1997 selected work poetry ; Album of Domestic Exiles Andrew Sant , 1997 selected work poetry ; Enter Your House with Care Connie Barber , 1996 selected work poetry ; If I Abscond : New Poems and Short Fictions Graeme Kinross-Smith , 1997 selected work poetry short story ; The Whispering Ear : New Poems Joyce Lee , 1997 selected work poetry
[Review] Enter Your House with Care Judith Rodriguez , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: HOBO Poetry Magazine , June no. 17 1998; (p. 9-18)
— Review of The Hermit in Translation Stefanie Bennett , 1998 selected work poetry ; Blood Angels Alan Jefferies , 1997 selected work poetry ; Green Lizard Manifesto : Poems Christopher Kelen , 1997 selected work poetry ; Enter Your House with Care Connie Barber , 1996 selected work poetry ; Anima and Other Poems Bruce Beaver , 1994 selected work poetry ; Race against Time : Poems Lee Cataldi , 1998 selected work poetry ; Collected Poems Amy Witting , 1998 selected work poetry ; The Whispering Ear : New Poems Joyce Lee , 1997 selected work poetry
The Moral and the Surreal Jennifer Maiden , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: HOBO Poetry Magazine , March no. 12 1997; (p. 8-12)
— Review of Capsules Phil Ilton , 1996 selected work poetry ; Enter Your House with Care Connie Barber , 1996 selected work poetry ; The Life on Water and the Life Beneath J. S. Harry , 1995 selected work poetry ; Emily Bronte Re-Collects and Other Poems Vera Newsom , 1995 selected work poetry ; The Wild Life 1996 anthology selected work poetry ; Islands of Wilderness : A Romance Stephen Oliver , 1996 selected work poetry ; William's Mongrels Coral Hull , 1996 selected work poetry ; Black Market Philip Hammial , 1996 selected work poetry ; Dovchik David Curzon , 1996 selected work poetry ; The Honeymoon Snaps John Foulcher , 1996 selected work poetry ; Mermaid : Poems and Illustrations Alan Gould , 1996 selected work poetry ; The Majestic Rollerink Heather Cam , 1996 selected work poetry
In Homage to Life and Death Jenny Digby , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July no. 182 1996; (p. 56)
— Review of Emily Bronte Re-Collects and Other Poems Vera Newsom , 1995 selected work poetry ; Enter Your House with Care Connie Barber , 1996 selected work poetry
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