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* Contents derived from the
Fremantle,
Fremantle area,
South West Perth,
Perth,
Western Australia,:Fremantle Press
, 1981 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Surely Musicians...i"Surely musicians are special lovers", single work poetry (p. 3)
- AAA Hoteli"Inducted tropic air", single work poetry (p. 4)
- My Patriarchal Table Nesti"Three bears are in my room", single work poetry (p. 5-6)
- Barong and Rangda : Bali, 1972i"A sky held squarely in a frame of trees,", single work poetry (p. 8-9)
- Garuda : Bali, 1972i"The sun bursts on the beaches, through the palms,", single work poetry (p. 10-11)
- Fisherman in Glassi"Under the stone I stand on", single work poetry (p. 12)
- Words for a Granddaughteri"We have listened,", single work poetry (p. 13)
- Chekhov At the Festivali"There was always a danger to native growth, planting pines", single work poetry (p. 15)
- Sea Buriali"First establish the direction of the wind", single work poetry (p. 16)
- Orchard : The Landi"Sun stroked slopes", single work poetry (p. 18)
- Orchard : Country Towns and Propertiesi"For sale five acres virgin bush partly cleared and fenced", single work poetry (p. 18)
- Orchard : Neighbour Woman on the Fencing Wirei"So you're bought this place well let me tell you", single work poetry humour (p. 19)
- Orchard : The Plantingi"Tokay Shiraz Muscat", single work poetry (p. 20)
- Orchard : Neighbour on the Other Side of the Valleyi"The lonely man has fenced his golden crop", single work poetry (p. 21)
- Orchard : Dead Trees in Your Absencei"You are not here", single work poetry (p. 21)
- Orchard : Pear Tree Dancei"All day the sun wrapped colour", single work poetry (p. 22)
- Mrs Noah Speaksi"Lord, the cleaning's nothing", single work poetry (p. 24-28)
- Revisiting Lake Biddyi"We grow old. Then older.", single work poetry (p. 30)
- Absencei"`I see now all these deaths are to one end --", single work poetry (p. 31-32)
- A Sad Casei"Against, need I say, my advice,", single work poetry (p. 33-34)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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The Environmental Ethics of Australian Nature Poems
2007
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australia : Making Space Meaningful 2007; (p. 81-101) ‘The basic contention inspiring this paper is: poets care about Australia’s physical environment and human survival in Australia. Australian literature contains a substantial body of knowledge that could be deployed to constitute the imaginative core of an environmental ethic. Thus a great many Australian literary texts could be studied with the purpose of helping to usher in the desirable concept of an environmentally literate community. The essay is divided into two sections. Section one will provide a brief survey of environmental ethics. This survey is followed by the exposition of six deontic or prescriptive outlines, to be supplemented by some eudaemonic considerations. The latter envisage the notion of the ‘good life,’ in harmony with nature. In section two, important insights furnished by environmental ethics will be used as an orientation towards identifying the environmental concerns shown in a variety of Australian nature poems. Among the authors considered are Bruce Dawe, Dorothy Hewett, John Kinsella, Mark O’Connor, John Shaw Neilson, Oodgeroo Noonuccal (Kath Walker), and last but not least Judith Wright. As will be seen, there are many convergences and correspondences between the basic claims made by environmental ethics, and the environmental insights and experiences that have been accumulated in a noteworthy corpus of Australian nature poems. What is enshrined in these poems is the ‘collective prudence,’ not only of a cultural elite, but also of the modern Everyman.’ (Author’s abstract p.81) -
Untitled
1983
single work
review
— Appears in: Kunapipi , vol. 5 no. 2 1983; (p. 107-108)
— Review of Quarry : A Selection of Contemporary Western Australian Poetry 1981 anthology poetry -
Regional Anthologies
1982
single work
review
— Appears in: Island Magazine , March no. 9/10 1982; (p. 88-89)
— Review of Quarry : A Selection of Contemporary Western Australian Poetry 1981 anthology poetry -
Poetry, Portraits with Pendant Skill
1982
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , September vol. 42 no. 3 1982; (p. 348-360)
— Review of The Members of the Orchestra and Other Poems 1981 anthology poetry ; Changed into Words : Poems 1980 selected work poetry ; The Most Beautiful World : Fictions and Sermons 1981 selected work poetry ; Testimony 1981 selected work poetry short story ; Young St Poets Anthology 1981 anthology poetry ; High Rise Sniper 1981 selected work poetry ; The Lines of the Hand : Poems 1976-79 1981 selected work poetry ; Song of the Humpback Whales : Selected Verse 1981 selected work poetry ; Crystal Dalmation 1981 selected work poetry short story ; Winter Driving : Poems 1981 selected work poetry ; The Oversexed Canary 1981 selected work poetry ; Where Two Rivers Meet 1980 selected work poetry essay ; Addiction to False Landscapes 1981 selected work poetry ; River : Written in Near about the Allyn River 1978-1979 and the City of the Long Red Cloud at Other Times 1980 selected work poetry ; Orange Blizzard 1982 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems 1981 selected work poetry ; Quarry : A Selection of Contemporary Western Australian Poetry 1981 anthology poetry -
Generous Voices from the West
1981
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 34 1981; (p. 8-9)
— Review of Quarry : A Selection of Contemporary Western Australian Poetry 1981 anthology poetry
-
Untitled
1983
single work
review
— Appears in: Kunapipi , vol. 5 no. 2 1983; (p. 107-108)
— Review of Quarry : A Selection of Contemporary Western Australian Poetry 1981 anthology poetry -
Form : A Poetry Chronicle
1981
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Spring vol. 40 no. 3 1981; (p. 349-360)
— Review of The Penguin Book of Modern Australian Verse 1981 anthology poetry ; Stalin's Holidays : Poems 1980 selected work poetry ; The Lines of the Hand : Poems 1976-79 1981 selected work poetry ; Armistice : Poems 1980 selected work poetry ; Be Faithful Go : Poems 1980 selected work poetry ; Lives : Poems 1980 selected work poetry ; Singing at Night 1980 selected work poetry ; Quarry : A Selection of Contemporary Western Australian Poetry 1981 anthology poetry ; River : Written in Near about the Allyn River 1978-1979 and the City of the Long Red Cloud at Other Times 1980 selected work poetry ; Where Two Rivers Meet 1980 selected work poetry essay ; Astral Sea : Poems 1981 selected work poetry ; Country & Eastern : A Featurette 1980 selected work poetry short story ; The Division of Anger : Poems 1980 selected work poetry ; Winter Driving : Poems 1981 selected work poetry ; Snow in Summer 1980 selected work poetry ; Among the Living 1980 selected work poetry -
Poetry, Portraits with Pendant Skill
1982
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , September vol. 42 no. 3 1982; (p. 348-360)
— Review of The Members of the Orchestra and Other Poems 1981 anthology poetry ; Changed into Words : Poems 1980 selected work poetry ; The Most Beautiful World : Fictions and Sermons 1981 selected work poetry ; Testimony 1981 selected work poetry short story ; Young St Poets Anthology 1981 anthology poetry ; High Rise Sniper 1981 selected work poetry ; The Lines of the Hand : Poems 1976-79 1981 selected work poetry ; Song of the Humpback Whales : Selected Verse 1981 selected work poetry ; Crystal Dalmation 1981 selected work poetry short story ; Winter Driving : Poems 1981 selected work poetry ; The Oversexed Canary 1981 selected work poetry ; Where Two Rivers Meet 1980 selected work poetry essay ; Addiction to False Landscapes 1981 selected work poetry ; River : Written in Near about the Allyn River 1978-1979 and the City of the Long Red Cloud at Other Times 1980 selected work poetry ; Orange Blizzard 1982 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems 1981 selected work poetry ; Quarry : A Selection of Contemporary Western Australian Poetry 1981 anthology poetry -
Untitled
1981
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , December vol. 26 no. 4 1981; (p. 73-76)
— Review of Quarry : A Selection of Contemporary Western Australian Poetry 1981 anthology poetry -
Towards History
1981
single work
review
— Appears in: The CRNLE Reviews Journal , December no. 2 1981; (p. 71-72)
— Review of Quarry : A Selection of Contemporary Western Australian Poetry 1981 anthology poetry -
The Environmental Ethics of Australian Nature Poems
2007
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australia : Making Space Meaningful 2007; (p. 81-101) ‘The basic contention inspiring this paper is: poets care about Australia’s physical environment and human survival in Australia. Australian literature contains a substantial body of knowledge that could be deployed to constitute the imaginative core of an environmental ethic. Thus a great many Australian literary texts could be studied with the purpose of helping to usher in the desirable concept of an environmentally literate community. The essay is divided into two sections. Section one will provide a brief survey of environmental ethics. This survey is followed by the exposition of six deontic or prescriptive outlines, to be supplemented by some eudaemonic considerations. The latter envisage the notion of the ‘good life,’ in harmony with nature. In section two, important insights furnished by environmental ethics will be used as an orientation towards identifying the environmental concerns shown in a variety of Australian nature poems. Among the authors considered are Bruce Dawe, Dorothy Hewett, John Kinsella, Mark O’Connor, John Shaw Neilson, Oodgeroo Noonuccal (Kath Walker), and last but not least Judith Wright. As will be seen, there are many convergences and correspondences between the basic claims made by environmental ethics, and the environmental insights and experiences that have been accumulated in a noteworthy corpus of Australian nature poems. What is enshrined in these poems is the ‘collective prudence,’ not only of a cultural elite, but also of the modern Everyman.’ (Author’s abstract p.81)
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