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Contents
* Contents derived from the
North Ryde,
Ryde - Gladesville - Hunters Hill area,
Northwest Sydney,
Sydney,
New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson
, 1991 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Caveat Emptori"Rationing ended and in 1950 consumers were born.", single work poetry (p. 2)
- The Star, Junctioni"It was always known as `The Morgue'-", single work poetry (p. 3)
- Mann's Bookshopi"I've lost the place now in the changes:", single work poetry (p. 4)
- Reciprocal Ritesi"For a boy used to Meccano", single work poetry (p. 5)
- Ubi Sunt?i"The timber wharf, the oil wharf, the silo-", single work poetry (p. 6-7)
- Voices in the Airi"After my father died and we moved", single work poetry (p. 8)
- Cut Throati"It hung from the soft wood of the towel rail,", single work poetry (p. 9)
- Something Incompletei"After the war and Eirene returned", single work poetry (p. 10)
- Suburban Sonneti"The smell of Cold Power on your typing fingers,", single work poetry (p. 11)
- For Gweni"Bugger the milk, it was the ink we spilt which mattered.", single work poetry (p. 12)
- A Sum Over Histories (for Richard Feynman and A.D. Hope)i"Drawn from the die of the great zero of being", single work poetry (p. 13-14)
- The West Windi"In the diary which I have", single work poetry (p. 16-24)
- Australopithecus Africanusi"Perhaps the doctor kept a knife at hand", single work poetry (p. 26)
- To the Pious Memory of a Young Lady from Armidale, Well Known for Selflessness and Charitable Works, Who Died in Katmandu - An Odei"Now she has gone the daughter of our minor hills", single work poetry (p. 27-28)
- Amicai"As the flower blooms without the bee,", single work poetry (p. 30)
- Dreamsi"Involuntary flight in the seconds before", single work poetry (p. 31)
- Pub Tiles, the Beach Hoteli"Cuttlefish fluted rectangles of porous white", single work poetry (p. 32)
- The Bar at the Rock Garden, Covent Garden, November 1981i"It's really the girl behind the bar at the Rock Garden", single work poetry (p. 33)
- In `The Bar at the Folies-Bergeres'i"Her eyes have slipped", single work poetry (p. 34)
- Luxe, Calme, et Voluptei"So I took out the boat and made a difficult shore:", single work poetry (p. 35-36)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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"With a Pen Poised Over the Old Chaos": Julian Croft and the Problem of an Australian Diction
1993
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Westerly , Spring vol. 38 no. 3 1993; (p. 17-26) -
Poetic Past : Croft and Beaver
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The CRNLE Reviews Journal , no. 1 1992; (p. 86-89)
— Review of Confessions of a Corinthian : Poems 1991 selected work poetry ; New and Selected Poems 1960-1990 1991 selected work poetry biography -
Nowhere Safe from Poetry
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: Quadrant , March vol. 36 no. 3 1992; (p. 84-85)
— Review of Confessions of a Corinthian : Poems 1991 selected work poetry ; Rain at Gunn Point : Poems of Tony Scanlon 1990 selected work poetry ; Beauty Is the Straw : Poems 1991 selected work poetry -
Insight Into the Human Condition
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The Newcastle Herald , 7 March 1992; (p. 48)
— Review of Confessions of a Corinthian : Poems 1991 selected work poetry -
Hope Springs an Elegiac Surprise
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 23-24 November 1991; (p. rev 7)
— Review of Confessions of a Corinthian : Poems 1991 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems 1991 selected work poetry ; Orpheus 1991 selected work poetry
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Poetic Past : Croft and Beaver
1992
single work
review
— Appears in: The CRNLE Reviews Journal , no. 1 1992; (p. 86-89)
— Review of Confessions of a Corinthian : Poems 1991 selected work poetry ; New and Selected Poems 1960-1990 1991 selected work poetry biography -
Once Greed is Let In
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July no. 132 1991; (p. 44-45)
— Review of Confessions of a Corinthian : Poems 1991 selected work poetry -
How Poetry is Packaged
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Society , August vol. 10 no. 8 1991; (p. 40-42)
— Review of Confessions of a Corinthian : Poems 1991 selected work poetry ; The Faber Book of Modern Australian Verse 1991 anthology poetry ; Beauty Is the Straw : Poems 1991 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems 1991 selected work poetry ; Collected Poems 1991 selected work poetry -
Sharp, Vivid Poems Explore Ideas with Almost Visual Clarity
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 24 August 1991; (p. C8)
— Review of Confessions of a Corinthian : Poems 1991 selected work poetry ; The Empire of Grass : Twenty-Eight Poems: 1983-1989 1991 selected work poetry ; The History of Colour : Poems 1991 selected work poetry -
Hope Springs an Elegiac Surprise
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 23-24 November 1991; (p. rev 7)
— Review of Confessions of a Corinthian : Poems 1991 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems 1991 selected work poetry ; Orpheus 1991 selected work poetry -
"With a Pen Poised Over the Old Chaos": Julian Croft and the Problem of an Australian Diction
1993
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Westerly , Spring vol. 38 no. 3 1993; (p. 17-26)
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