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Notes
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Epigraph: History forgets history; poetry remembers.
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Dedication: To the memory of my parents, Masha and Gershon Rosenberg
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Wollongong,
Wollongong area,
Illawarra,
South Coast,
New South Wales,:Five Islands Press
, 2000 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- I Rememberi"The roof on top of our house", single work poetry (p. 13)
- Fatheri"In the gallery of my father's past", single work poetry (p. 14)
- Motheri"Mother, your name lives on within my every verse -", single work poetry (p. 15)
- How It Wasi"Our Ghetto Kingdom was a surreal place.", single work poetry (p. 16)
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Wedding Anniversary
Winteri"Winter, where the darkness had outdone dark",
single work
poetry
(p. 17)
Note: With title: Wedding Anniversary
- Dreambreadi"With open eyes we slept through the night;", single work poetry (p. 18)
- Vistasi"This year the lingering snow outlasted spring,", single work poetry (p. 19)
- My Sister Polai"Your life a battlefield of contradictions,", single work poetry (p. 20)
- Frumetli"At the outbreak of war he took off", single work poetry (p. 21)
- My Sister Idai"You didn't know, in that December night,", single work poetry (p. 22)
- Chayalei"My little niece arrived without a future,", single work poetry (p. 23)
- Springi"We had a harvest over there, in spring.", single work poetry (p. 24)
- Lovei"Quietly we walked behind the wired fence.", single work poetry (p. 25)
- Desperate Optimismi"How is it to be locked out of life, and not know why?", single work poetry (p. 26)
- Hungeri"Hunger doesn't kill you all at once,", single work poetry (p. 27)
- How Life Went Oni"Last week they took away his wife and child,", single work poetry (p. 28)
- The Puppeteeri"Did you ever perform in that tragic Ghetto play?", single work poetry (p. 29)
- The Questioni"We are forever tormented by the question", single work poetry (p. 30)
- Before the Marchi"The year was almost down the slope,", single work poetry (p. 31)
- The Secret Tunnelsi"Ebensee - your beauty and your cruelty I remember,", single work poetry (p. 32)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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A Mysterious Time
2011
single work
essay
— Appears in: Singing for All He's Worth : Essays in Honour of Jacob G. Rosenberg 2011; (p. 97-111) -
A Hard-Won Mastery : Jacob Rosenberg's Poetry in English
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Singing for All He's Worth : Essays in Honour of Jacob G. Rosenberg 2011; (p. 71-91) -
Landscapes of Disenchantment and Hope
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Singing for All He's Worth : Essays in Honour of Jacob G. Rosenberg 2011; (p. 1-23) -
New Poetry - 2001
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 46 no. 2001; (p. 109-125)
— Review of The Dining Car Scene 2001 selected work poetry ; I Wanted to Throw Your Things out on the Lawn 2000 selected work poetry ; Behind the Moon 2000 selected work poetry ; And Dug My Fingers in the Sand 2000 selected work poetry ; Halfway Up the Mountain 2001 selected work poetry ; Untold Lives and Later Poems 2000 selected work poetry ; High Tide 2000 selected work poetry ; Admissions 2000 selected work poetry ; The Hierarchy of Sheep 2001 selected work poetry ; Convertible 2000 selected work poetry ; Bread 2000 selected work poetry ; Russian Ink 2001 selected work poetry ; The Lovemakers : Book One : Saying All the Great Sexy Things 2001 single work novel ; A Cretive Life 2001 selected work poetry ; Drowning Ophelia 2000 selected work poetry ; Fishwife 2001 selected work poetry ; The Dogs 2000 selected work poetry This work also reviews Water Wood Pure Splendour by Hong Kong poet Agnes Lam and Night River by Indian poet Keki Daruwalla. -
Four Poets
2001-2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January no. 237 2001-2002; (p. 72-73)
— Review of Sensual Horizon 2001 selected work poetry ; Behind the Moon 2000 selected work poetry ; Flight Animals 2001 selected work poetry ; My Sister and Silence 2001 selected work poetry
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To Hell and Halfway Back
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 2-3 June 2001; (p. 5)
— Review of Behind the Moon 2000 selected work poetry ; Gotterdammerung Cafe 2001 selected work poetry -
Different Kinds of Burning : New Poetry
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 165 2001; (p. 124-127)
— Review of Behind the Moon 2000 selected work poetry ; A Fortunate Star 2001 selected work poetry ; Invisible Tattoos 2000 selected work poetry ; Semi Madness : Voices from Semaphore 1997 selected work poetry ; Frankenstein's Bathtub 2001 selected work poetry ; Sealer's Cove 2000 single work poetry ; Hey, I've Got the Racist Flu! : A Faint Voice From Vietnamese School Children 2002 selected work poetry -
Four Poets
2001-2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January no. 237 2001-2002; (p. 72-73)
— Review of Sensual Horizon 2001 selected work poetry ; Behind the Moon 2000 selected work poetry ; Flight Animals 2001 selected work poetry ; My Sister and Silence 2001 selected work poetry -
New Poetry - 2001
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 46 no. 2001; (p. 109-125)
— Review of The Dining Car Scene 2001 selected work poetry ; I Wanted to Throw Your Things out on the Lawn 2000 selected work poetry ; Behind the Moon 2000 selected work poetry ; And Dug My Fingers in the Sand 2000 selected work poetry ; Halfway Up the Mountain 2001 selected work poetry ; Untold Lives and Later Poems 2000 selected work poetry ; High Tide 2000 selected work poetry ; Admissions 2000 selected work poetry ; The Hierarchy of Sheep 2001 selected work poetry ; Convertible 2000 selected work poetry ; Bread 2000 selected work poetry ; Russian Ink 2001 selected work poetry ; The Lovemakers : Book One : Saying All the Great Sexy Things 2001 single work novel ; A Cretive Life 2001 selected work poetry ; Drowning Ophelia 2000 selected work poetry ; Fishwife 2001 selected work poetry ; The Dogs 2000 selected work poetry This work also reviews Water Wood Pure Splendour by Hong Kong poet Agnes Lam and Night River by Indian poet Keki Daruwalla. -
Landscapes of Disenchantment and Hope
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Singing for All He's Worth : Essays in Honour of Jacob G. Rosenberg 2011; (p. 1-23) -
A Hard-Won Mastery : Jacob Rosenberg's Poetry in English
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Singing for All He's Worth : Essays in Honour of Jacob G. Rosenberg 2011; (p. 71-91) -
A Mysterious Time
2011
single work
essay
— Appears in: Singing for All He's Worth : Essays in Honour of Jacob G. Rosenberg 2011; (p. 97-111)
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