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Notes
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Dedication: To my mother who knows what it all means and to my friends who have encouraged me to ask.
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Epigraph: There are many people who reach their conclusions about life like schoolboys; they cheat their master by copying the answer out of a book without having worked out the sum for themselves (Kierkegaard).
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Melbourne,
Victoria,:Cheshire
, 1962 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Strictly En Passanti"Not to know why it does, but that it does,", single work poetry (p. 1)
- Only the Beards are Differenti"Among the first to go are always a few", single work poetry (p. 2)
- The City : Midnighti"Out of the sighs and breath of each small citizen", single work poetry (p. 3)
- Soliloquy for One Deadi"Ah, no, Joe, you never knew", single work poetry (p. 4)
- All the Spring Longi"All the spring long you may possess", single work poetry (p. 5)
- Nostalgiai"When I was six I used to play", single work poetry (p. 6-7)
- The Humanitariani"Younger I loved them, too, when bosomy summer", single work poetry (p. 8)
- Public Library, Melbournei"Three kids came sandshoe-quiet through the door", single work poetry (p. 9)
- Evening : Nighti"At such a mauve", single work poetry (p. 10)
- Enter Without So Much as Knockingi"Blink, blink. HOSPITAL. SILENCE.", single work poetry satire (p. 11-12)
- Turning on the Light, single work poetry (p. 13)
- Cool Sweethearti"When I drink from a", single work poetry (p. 14)
- Letting Go of Thingsi"Beautiful, ah always so", single work poetry (p. 15)
- Perpetuum Immobile (Group Photo Outside Myer's)i"That's me, second from the left,", single work poetry (p. 16)
- After You, Gary Cooper...i"One of the main things I would say", single work poetry (p. 17)
- Guess Whoi"His pockets are wadded with dreams, the enchanting", single work poetry (p. 18)
- Affinityi"Remember I'm your brother", single work poetry (p. 19-20)
- No Fixed Address (for Old Harry)i"Here in solemn state lies one", single work poetry (p. 21)
- The Hill Childreni"What can they do all day, the plush-bred boys", single work poetry (p. 22)
- Dial WX 4500i"She was a blonde, but the bright planes of her face", single work poetry (p. 23)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Celebration : Bruce Dawe
2010
single work
biography
— Appears in: Australian Author , April vol. 42 no. 1 2010; (p. 24-27) 'Since he burst onto the Australian literary landscape in 1964, Bruce Dawe has relished his ability to cause trouble with his poetry. 'The poet is the early warning system, the first line of defence against the public sector into the lives of individuals,' he once said. Half a century on, Dawe is still ringing alarm bells. (p. 24) - y Bruce Dawe South Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1995 Z90085 1995 single work criticism
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Public Yet Personal : Bruce Dawe's Poetry
1966
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin Quarterly , Spring vol. 25 no. 3 1966; (p. 290-294) -
Australian Poets of the 'Sixties'
1965
single work
review
— Appears in: Hemisphere , vol. 9 no. 9 1965; (p. 28-31)
— Review of Southmost Twelve 1962 selected work poetry ; No Fixed Address : Poems 1962 selected work poetry ; Eight by Eight : Poems 1963 anthology poetry -
Untitled
1963
single work
review
— Appears in: Quadrant , Summer vol. 7 no. 1 1963; (p. 93-96)
— Review of No Fixed Address : Poems 1962 selected work poetry
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Book Reviews
1962
single work
review
— Appears in: Twentieth Century , Summer vol. 17 no. 1962; (p. 174-6)
— Review of No Fixed Address : Poems 1962 selected work poetry -
Swimming with the Flood - Too Much Poetry
1963
single work
review
— Appears in: Prospect , vol. 6 no. 1 1963; (p. 25-26)
— Review of Four Poets 1962 anthology selected work poetry ; Poems 1962 selected work poetry ; No Fixed Address : Poems 1962 selected work poetry ; Statues & Lovers 1962 selected work poetry ; A Question of Ignorance 1962 selected work poetry ; A Few Mad Saints 1962 selected work poetry ; Interiors 1962 selected work poetry ; Deep Well 1962 selected work poetry ; The Rainbow Serpent, and Other Poems 1962 selected work poetry ; Flowers and Fury : Poems 1962 selected work poetry ; Under the Bridge 1961 selected work poetry ; Australian Poetry 1962 1962 anthology poetry -
Australian Poets of the 'Sixties'
1965
single work
review
— Appears in: Hemisphere , vol. 9 no. 9 1965; (p. 28-31)
— Review of Southmost Twelve 1962 selected work poetry ; No Fixed Address : Poems 1962 selected work poetry ; Eight by Eight : Poems 1963 anthology poetry -
Three Poets
1963
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 26 1963; (p. 44)
— Review of Poems 1962 selected work poetry ; No Fixed Address : Poems 1962 selected work poetry ; Flowers and Fury : Poems 1962 selected work poetry -
Poetry Chronicle 1962
1962
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin Quarterly , December vol. 21 no. 4 1962; (p. 495-504)
— Review of Outrider : Poems, 1956-1962 1962 selected work poetry ; Poems 1962 selected work poetry ; The Best Poems of Hugh McCrae 1961 selected work poetry ; The Dogman and Other Poems 1962 selected work poetry ; Flowers and Fury : Poems 1962 selected work poetry ; This Vital Flesh 1939 selected work poetry prose ; Selected Poems of Kenneth Mackenzie 1961 selected work poetry ; Under the Bridge 1961 selected work poetry ; No Fixed Address : Poems 1962 selected work poetry ; A Few Mad Saints 1962 selected work poetry ; Statues & Lovers 1962 selected work poetry ; Penniless Till Doomsday 1962 selected work poetry ; Four Poets 1962 anthology selected work poetry ; A Question of Ignorance 1962 selected work poetry ; Poems 1962 selected work poetry ; The Rainbow Serpent, and Other Poems 1962 selected work poetry ; Australian Poetry 1962 1962 anthology poetry ; A Book of Australian Verse 1956 anthology poetry ; The Moving Image : Poems 1946 selected work poetry ; Deep Well 1962 selected work poetry -
Celebration : Bruce Dawe
2010
single work
biography
— Appears in: Australian Author , April vol. 42 no. 1 2010; (p. 24-27) 'Since he burst onto the Australian literary landscape in 1964, Bruce Dawe has relished his ability to cause trouble with his poetry. 'The poet is the early warning system, the first line of defence against the public sector into the lives of individuals,' he once said. Half a century on, Dawe is still ringing alarm bells. (p. 24) - y Bruce Dawe South Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1995 Z90085 1995 single work criticism
-
Public Yet Personal : Bruce Dawe's Poetry
1966
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin Quarterly , Spring vol. 25 no. 3 1966; (p. 290-294)
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