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Dedication: To the memory of my father.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Fremantle,
Fremantle area,
South West Perth,
Perth,
Western Australia,:Fremantle Press
, 2001 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Geometryi"Benger Straight was famous for being 10 miles", single work poetry (p. 9)
- The Windmill and the Hill, Flyingi"The windmill spins and tail-swipes", single work poetry (p. 10-11)
- Noise : Sawing the Woodi"The long belt is all whispers and kissing,", single work poetry (p. 12-13)
- Precisioni"Born in precision, to carry on the trade", single work poetry (p. 14-17)
- Preservation : Things in Glassi"Hieronymous Bosch's choleric and full-of-dread", sequence poetry (p. 18-26)
- Bits of Ain'ti"A girl who packed each gladwrapped school lunch", single work poetry (p. 19-20)
- The Glassi"We glass things in for definition:", single work poetry (p. 20)
- Shipsi"Like ships in bottles, sails collapsed.", single work poetry (p. 21)
- Lefti"As the summer, boiled in syrup", single work poetry (p. 22)
- Dreamsi"The stars, the angels, the sky just below Orion", single work poetry (p. 23)
- Wholei"Through a glass darkly - the tenses, collapsed and cold.", single work poetry (p. 23-24)
- Preservationi"The dark bottle where summer swapped", single work poetry (p. 24)
- Choppedi"This block-bottle where summer refused", single work poetry (p. 25)
- Icei"When they lowered Houdini locked in a box into the icy river", single work poetry (p. 25)
- The Locked Boxi"We recognise the window from walking past it", single work poetry (p. 25-26)
- Late Arrival Passengeri"His discipline: electrons", single work poetry (p. 27-28)
- The Slacker End of Arthritisi"He feels at midday when they are stiff,", single work poetry (p. 29-30)
- Bells as They Can Amazei"In Italy being in churches when bells go off", single work poetry (p. 31-32)
- 'Living the Cretive Life'i"1 / Africa / Well, it's all right for him", single work poetry (p. 33-39)
- A Visit to a Garden Nursery: or 'Advice to Young Poets' Poemi"The sign says Don't put your fingers", single work poetry (p. 40-41)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Provincial to Post-Modern: The Poetry of Philip Salom
2002
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Heat , no. 3 (New Series) 2002; (p. 219-230) -
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. -
Five Poets
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Island , Spring no. 87 2001; (p. 98-107)
— Review of New Selected Poems 2001 selected work poetry ; Rogue Equations 2000 selected work poetry ; The Hierarchy of Sheep 2001 selected work poetry ; A Cretive Life 2001 selected work poetry ; Stonepicker 2001 selected work poetry -
Word Play with Serious Intent
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 15 December 2001; (p. 6)
— Review of A Cretive Life 2001 selected work poetry -
So Tragically Hip, Dad
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 13-14 October 2001; (p. 14)
— Review of Ultra : 25 Poems 2001 selected work poetry ; A Cretive Life 2001 selected work poetry ; Halfway Up the Mountain 2001 selected work poetry
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Poets Who Sought Wider Horizons
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 3 February 2001; (p. 18)
— Review of The Hierarchy of Sheep 2001 selected work poetry ; A Cretive Life 2001 selected work poetry -
The poetic preservation of a ghostly presence
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 10 February 2001; (p. 9)
— Review of A Cretive Life 2001 selected work poetry -
The Cryptic and the Comprehensible
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Quadrant , June vol. 45 no. 6 2001; (p. 83-84)
— Review of Poets and Others 1999 selected work poetry ; Untold Lives and Later Poems 2000 selected work poetry ; A Cretive Life 2001 selected work poetry ; Blue 2000 selected work poetry -
Untitled
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Imago : New Writing , vol. 13 no. 2 2001; (p. 124-127)
— Review of Halfway Up the Mountain 2001 selected work poetry ; A Cretive Life 2001 selected work poetry ; Blue 2000 selected work poetry ; Over the Bridge 2001 selected work poetry -
So Tragically Hip, Dad
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 13-14 October 2001; (p. 14)
— Review of Ultra : 25 Poems 2001 selected work poetry ; A Cretive Life 2001 selected work poetry ; Halfway Up the Mountain 2001 selected work poetry -
Provincial to Post-Modern: The Poetry of Philip Salom
2002
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Heat , no. 3 (New Series) 2002; (p. 219-230)
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