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Notes
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Dedication: to Sheryl, aged four, who will not see many of these things
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Each poem in the collection is printed twice - once in verse form and once in prose - on facing pages.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Sydney,
New South Wales,:The Wentworth Press
, 1966 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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Horizontal Gothici"A thunderous crash and the inverted arch",
single work
poetry
(p. 8, 9)
Note: Poem printed twice in this source - once in verse form and once in prose - on facing pages.
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Retrospect at 'Mount Gilead'i"This old stone tower holds no sails to wind",
single work
poetry
(p. 10, 11)
Note: Poem printed twice in this source - once in verse form and once in prose - on facing pages.
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Kept Home to Run the Horse-Worksi"The cunning bevel-cogs passed on the force",
single work
poetry
(p. 14, 15)
Note: Poem printed twice in this source - once in verse form and once in prose - on facing pages.
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Boy on a Country Traini"Quick, shut the woodden blind! not to keep out",
single work
poetry
(p. 16, 17)
Note: Poem printed twice in this source - once in verse form and once in prose - on facing pages.
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Aloes at Woosangi"Silent, reptilian, are the leaves that glance",
single work
poetry
(p. 18, 19)
Note: Poem printed twice in this source - once in verse form and once in prose - on facing pages.
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Ned Kelly and the Witless Boyi"When I came off the boat they sent me to",
single work
poetry
(p. 20, 21)
Note: Poem printed twice in this source - once in verse form and once in prose - on facing pages.
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Bullock Crush : Woolgoolgai"With posts thick as a man and carrying",
single work
poetry
(p. 22, 23)
Note: Poem printed twice in this source - once in verse form and once in prose - on facing pages.
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Fever at Kopperamannai"Redcushioned by the heated earth beside",
single work
poetry
(p. 24, 25)
Note: Poem printed twice in this source - once in verse form and once in prose - on facing pages.
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Concerning the Colour of Magpies' Eggsi"Ignoring the attacking birds and all",
single work
poetry
(p. 26, 27)
Note: Poem printed twice in this source - once in verse form and once in prose - on facing pages.
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Jarrah Coins Upturnedi"See the work of inestimable man-",
single work
poetry
(p. 28-29)
Note: Poem printed twice in this source - once in verse form and once in prose - on facing pages.
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Silhouette at Midnighti"In the closed microcosm of the motor truck",
single work
poetry
(p. 30, 31)
Note: Poem printed twice in this source - once in verse form and once in prose - on facing pages.
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Portrait of a Hunteri"Where railway lines snaked over the dividing range,",
single work
poetry
(p. 32, 33)
Note: Poem printed twice in this source - once in verse form and once in prose - on facing pages.
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Tractor Driver in Mallee Countryi"Grouting their way across a sandy firm-",
single work
poetry
(p. 34, 35)
Note: Poem printed twice in this source - once in verse form and once in prose - on facing pages.
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Kill the White Magpiei"A dozen magpies fought the white one in",
single work
poetry
(p. 36, 37)
Note: Poem printed twice in this source - once in verse form and once in prose - on facing pages.
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Waterwheel Conversation Resumedi"As I was telling you, this oriental",
single work
poetry
(p. 38, 39)
Note: Poem printed twice in this source - once in verse form and once in prose - on facing pages.
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Figs by the Flood-Gatei"'The figs will be ripe where the iron flood-gate",
single work
poetry
(p. 40, 41)
Note: Poem printed twice in this source - once in verse form and once in prose - on facing pages.
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Still Lifei"The chaff-grey woman drops her shallow dish",
single work
poetry
(p. 42, 43)
Note: Poem printed twice in this source - once in verse form and once in prose - on facing pages.
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Rhine Fallsi"Deep in the axe-bared range the springs discovered",
single work
poetry
(p. 44, 45)
Note: Poem printed twice in this source - once in verse form and once in prose - on facing pages.
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Pistol Paperweighti"They say the quaint collection of old miners'",
single work
poetry
(p. 46, 47)
Note: Poem printed twice in this source - once in verse form and once in prose - on facing pages.
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Hando with Bullocksi"This was intended as the biggest clay-",
single work
poetry
(p. 121, 13)
Note: Poem printed twice in this source - once in verse form and once in prose - on facing pages.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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[Review] Poems of War and Peace [et al]
1970
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , May no. 1 1970; (p. 48-51)
— Review of Selected Poems 1969 selected work poetry ; Collected Poems 1969 selected work poetry radio play drama ; The Law of Karma : A Progression of Poems 1968 selected work poetry ; The Autobiography of a Gorgon and Other Poems 1968 selected work poetry ; The Idealist 1968 single work poetry ; Down from My Hills 1968 selected work poetry ; Identity 1968 selected work poetry ; Various Verse 1968 selected work poetry ; Promises 1968 selected work poetry ; Poems of War and Peace 1968 selected work poetry ; Horizontal Gothic and Other Australian Antiquities 1966 selected work poetry ; After the Assassination and Other Poems 1968 selected work poetry ; Rickshaw and Other Poems 1967 selected work poetry
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[Review] Poems of War and Peace [et al]
1970
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , May no. 1 1970; (p. 48-51)
— Review of Selected Poems 1969 selected work poetry ; Collected Poems 1969 selected work poetry radio play drama ; The Law of Karma : A Progression of Poems 1968 selected work poetry ; The Autobiography of a Gorgon and Other Poems 1968 selected work poetry ; The Idealist 1968 single work poetry ; Down from My Hills 1968 selected work poetry ; Identity 1968 selected work poetry ; Various Verse 1968 selected work poetry ; Promises 1968 selected work poetry ; Poems of War and Peace 1968 selected work poetry ; Horizontal Gothic and Other Australian Antiquities 1966 selected work poetry ; After the Assassination and Other Poems 1968 selected work poetry ; Rickshaw and Other Poems 1967 selected work poetry
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