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Notes
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Epigraph: 'The emotions are not skilled workers.' -- Ern Malley
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Epigraph: 'The instincts are mythical beings, superb in their indefiniteness.' -- Freud
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Sydney,
New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson
, 1980 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- The Eternal Returni"Clear stream slides out of the mountains,", single work poetry (p. 3)
- Genesisi"Then Eve picked the apple", single work poetry (p. 4-6)
- The Shape-Changeri"The first day he was travelling in Asia,", single work poetry (p. 7)
- Orpheusi"Here at last the ferns", single work poetry (p. 8)
- Inventing a Tonguei"We tried to do something with A", single work poetry (p. 9-10)
- Masteri"You", single work poetry (p. 11)
- The Aftermath : Yorkshire, 1644i"Then there was cool dispersion everywhere,", single work poetry (p. 12)
- Bennelongi"When I blew to Europe in the big white bird", single work poetry (p. 13)
- That Last Summer at Eaglemonti"In the beginning it was much to do with light", single work poetry (p. 14)
- The Shapes of Gallipolii"In sight of Troy lies Tenedos, an isle", single work poetry (p. 15-24)
- Childhoodi"Creases of the shouldery mountain", single work poetry (p. 25)
- Padraic Rampanti"High Victorian table,", single work poetry (p. 26)
- The Pasti"Oily, hot, black, the submachine-guns", single work poetry (p. 27-28)
- So That's What Happens in Lifei"Galahs in the corn, said Cathcart,", single work poetry (p. 29)
- Breakingi"I read in this morning's paper", single work poetry (p. 30-31)
- In Season (for Jim Young)i"The first half was very tense indeed,", single work poetry (p. 32-33)
- Puck in Januaryi"The moon is full as a goog floating", single work poetry (p. 34)
- The Words of the Prophetsi"The city is a lovely ghost", single work poetry (p. 35)
- New Carpentryi"`Check it in here,' he said", single work poetry (p. 36)
- Introspectioni"Have you ever seen a mind", single work poetry (p. 37-38)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Untitled
1980
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 30 August 1980; (p. 25)
— Review of The Emotions Are Not Skilled Workers : Poems 1980 selected work poetry -
Untitled
1980
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 8 March 1980; (p. 27)
— Review of The Emotions Are Not Skilled Workers : Poems 1980 selected work poetry -
Untitled
1980
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 15 March 1980; (p. 16)
— Review of The Emotions Are Not Skilled Workers : Poems 1980 selected work poetry ; Dots Over Lines : Recent Poetry in South Australia 1980 anthology poetry ; Cassandra Paddocks : Poems 1980 selected work poetry -
A Sparse Note
1980
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 26 1980; (p. 40)
— Review of The Emotions Are Not Skilled Workers : Poems 1980 selected work poetry -
Stroking it Open : A Poetry Chronicle
1980
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Spring vol. 39 no. 3 1980; (p. 351-363)
— Review of The Boys Who Stole the Funeral : A Novel Sequence 1980 single work novel ; The Pattern 1979 selected work poetry ; Late-Winter Child 1979 sequence poetry ; The Emotions Are Not Skilled Workers : Poems 1980 selected work poetry ; Cassandra Paddocks : Poems 1980 selected work poetry ; The Forbidden City : Poems 1979 selected work poetry ; Poems 1972-79 1979 selected work poetry ; Dazed in the Ladies Lounge : poems 1979 selected work poetry ; Poems 1979 selected work poetry ; A Mile from Poetry 1979 selected work poetry
-
Stroking it Open : A Poetry Chronicle
1980
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Spring vol. 39 no. 3 1980; (p. 351-363)
— Review of The Boys Who Stole the Funeral : A Novel Sequence 1980 single work novel ; The Pattern 1979 selected work poetry ; Late-Winter Child 1979 sequence poetry ; The Emotions Are Not Skilled Workers : Poems 1980 selected work poetry ; Cassandra Paddocks : Poems 1980 selected work poetry ; The Forbidden City : Poems 1979 selected work poetry ; Poems 1972-79 1979 selected work poetry ; Dazed in the Ladies Lounge : poems 1979 selected work poetry ; Poems 1979 selected work poetry ; A Mile from Poetry 1979 selected work poetry -
A Sparse Note
1980
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 26 1980; (p. 40)
— Review of The Emotions Are Not Skilled Workers : Poems 1980 selected work poetry -
Untitled
1980
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 15 March 1980; (p. 16)
— Review of The Emotions Are Not Skilled Workers : Poems 1980 selected work poetry ; Dots Over Lines : Recent Poetry in South Australia 1980 anthology poetry ; Cassandra Paddocks : Poems 1980 selected work poetry -
Untitled
1980
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 8 March 1980; (p. 27)
— Review of The Emotions Are Not Skilled Workers : Poems 1980 selected work poetry -
Untitled
1980
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 30 August 1980; (p. 25)
— Review of The Emotions Are Not Skilled Workers : Poems 1980 selected work poetry
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