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'In a voice youthful, passionate and questioning, these poems reflect on growing up and on letting go; on urban dwellers in love and lust; and on the artist and his Murri community. The politics are unguarded and often amusing, and the language is playful, rhythmic and evocative. Ghosted by ancestors and muses, Watson's cityscape interweaves past and present.' (Source: Publisher's blurb)
Notes
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Author's note: Some of the poems in this book were written in respectful memory and recollection of actual characters, places and incidents in the past ... the other works are pieces of fiction, not meant to represent what is gone or what lies ahead, people living or deceased.
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This book is divided into three sections reflecting the title.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
St Lucia,
Indooroopilly - St Lucia area,
Brisbane - North West,
Brisbane,
Queensland,:University of Queensland Press
, 2000 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- A Preludei"dropping a knife", single work poetry (p. 3)
- Magnesium Girli"I was kissing the girl", single work poetry (p. 4)
- After 2 a.m.i"I wept along with the night", single work poetry (p. 5)
- Back Seat Driveri"love me", single work poetry (p. 6)
- On the Riveri"it was a drive through the sleeping industrial giants", single work poetry (p. 7)
- Waiting for the Good Mani"we kissed goodbye at the terminal", single work poetry (p. 8)
- Raindrops Fall in Vaini"raindrops fall in vain", single work poetry (p. 9)
- Chloe in the Window Boxi"in the darkness", single work poetry (p. 10)
- The Postman's Privilegei"most typewriters spit out", single work poetry (p. 11)
- Musing : The Graveyard Shifti"as I enter a writer' graveyard shift", single work poetry (p. 12-13)
- New Farm is Closedi"the ex-muse is on her way home for good", single work poetry (p. 14)
- White Stucco Dreamingi"sprinkled in the happy dark of my mind", single work poetry (p. 17)
- The Crooked Meni"my Dad straightened out the crooked men", single work poetry (p. 18)
- Falling Mother Skyi"on the returning of the rain", single work poetry (p. 19)
- Brown Water Lootingi"hardly stopping to think", single work poetry (p. 20)
- Jetty Nightsi"it was an arm that stretched over the mud and sharks", single work poetry (p. 21)
- Carefreei"you'd never forget the pelicans", single work poetry (p. 22)
- The Mosquito Roomi"a melody on the edge", single work poetry (p. 23)
- Mudflati"dried up and cracked", single work poetry (p. 24)
- Deadman's Mouth Harpi"walking along a bitumen shoulder", single work poetry (p. 25)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also sound recording.
- Also e-book.
Works about this Work
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[Review] Of Muse, Meandering and Midnight
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Writing Queensland , July no. 220 2012; (p. 17)
— Review of Of Muse, Meandering and Midnight 2000 selected work poetry -
[Review] Of Muse, Meandering and Midnight
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Dotlit : The Online Journal of Creative Writing , August vol. 4 no. 1 2003;
— Review of Of Muse, Meandering and Midnight 2000 selected work poetry -
Midnight Poets
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin : Fine Writing & Provocative Ideas , vol. 60 no. 2 2001; (p. 196-202)
— Review of Calyx : 30 Contemporary Australian Poets 2000 anthology poetry ; Of Muse, Meandering and Midnight 2000 selected work poetry -
'I Still Believe in Jeffrey Hunter' : New Poetry
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Spring no. 164 2001; (p. 113-115)
— Review of Scar Country 2000 selected work poetry ; Of Muse, Meandering and Midnight 2000 selected work poetry ; TV Poems 2000 selected work poetry ; Backyard Cosmos : New and Selected Poems 2000 selected work poetry ; Keys Round Her Tongue : Short Prose, Poems and Performance Texts 2000 selected work poetry short story drama ; Why I Am Not A Farmer 2000 selected work poetry ; High Tide 2000 selected work poetry ; Collected Poems 2000 selected work poetry ; Refugee Refugees See the East Timorese? 2000 selected work poetry -
[Review] Of Muse, Meandering and Midnight
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Imago : New Writing , vol. 13 no. 1 2001; (p. 107-109)
— Review of Of Muse, Meandering and Midnight 2000 selected work poetry
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[Review] Of Muse, Meandering and Midnight
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Dotlit : The Online Journal of Creative Writing , August vol. 4 no. 1 2003;
— Review of Of Muse, Meandering and Midnight 2000 selected work poetry -
[Review] Of Muse, Meandering and Midnight
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Writing Queensland , July no. 220 2012; (p. 17)
— Review of Of Muse, Meandering and Midnight 2000 selected work poetry -
Four Poets
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: Island , Spring/Summer no. 84 2000-2001; (p. 46-53)
— Review of Convertible 2000 selected work poetry ; Of Muse, Meandering and Midnight 2000 selected work poetry ; Invisible Tattoos 2000 selected work poetry ; Scar Country 2000 selected work poetry -
[Review] Of Muse, Meandering and Midnight
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Imago : New Writing , vol. 13 no. 1 2001; (p. 107-109)
— Review of Of Muse, Meandering and Midnight 2000 selected work poetry -
'I Still Believe in Jeffrey Hunter' : New Poetry
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Spring no. 164 2001; (p. 113-115)
— Review of Scar Country 2000 selected work poetry ; Of Muse, Meandering and Midnight 2000 selected work poetry ; TV Poems 2000 selected work poetry ; Backyard Cosmos : New and Selected Poems 2000 selected work poetry ; Keys Round Her Tongue : Short Prose, Poems and Performance Texts 2000 selected work poetry short story drama ; Why I Am Not A Farmer 2000 selected work poetry ; High Tide 2000 selected work poetry ; Collected Poems 2000 selected work poetry ; Refugee Refugees See the East Timorese? 2000 selected work poetry -
Passively Poetic
1999
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 16 October 1999; (p. 7)
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