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Notes
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Dedication: To the glory of God
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Poems from this work have appeared in numerous journals, magazines and newspaers. The selections from this work which have appeared in Meanjin, Quadrant and the Adelaide Review have appeared with this collective title.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Potts Point,
Kings Cross area,
Inner Sydney,
Sydney,
New South Wales,:Duffy and Snellgrove
, 2002 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- The New Hieroglyphicsi"In the World language, sometimes called", single work poetry (p. 1-3)
- On the Bordersi"We're driving across tableland", single work poetry (p. 4)
- The Annals of the Sheeri"Like a crack across a windscreen", single work poetry (p. 5-6)
- Ernest Hemingway and the Latest Quakei"In fact the Earth never stops moving", single work poetry (p. 7-8)
- The Images Alonei"Scarlet as the cloth draped over a sword,", single work poetry (p. 9)
- Rooms of the Sketch Gardeni"Women made the gardens, in my world", single work poetry (p. 10-12)
- Angophora Floribundai"That country seemed one great park", single work poetry (p. 13-14)
- At the Fallsi"High mountain plateau edged", single work poetry (p. 15)
- True Yarni"A man approaches the edge of his life, which has miscarried.", single work poetry (p. 16)
- An Australian Legendi"It is the time of day", single work poetry (p. 17-18)
- The Engineer Formerly Known as Strangelovei"Mein Fuhrer, the called me Doctor Strangelove", single work poetry (p. 19-21)
- The Tin Clothesi"This is the big arrival", single work poetry (p. 22)
- The Successive Armsi"A drunk man in a rank shirt", single work poetry (p. 23)
- Judged Worth Evacuatingi"Vertical war, north of my early childhood", single work poetry (p. 24)
- The Moon Mani"Shadowy kangaroos moved off", single work poetry (p. 25)
- Succouri"Refugees, derelicts - but why classify", single work poetry (p. 26)
- Predawn in Healthi"The stars are filtering through a tree", single work poetry (p. 27)
- The Antipodes of Indiai"Out in country like a Lincolnshire", single work poetry (p. 28)
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Robert Fergusson Nighti"All the Fergussons are black",
single work
poetry
(p. 29-30)
Note: Dedication: For the commemoration at St Andrews University, October 2000
- To Dye Fori"A razor whetting silt and alluvium", single work poetry (p. 31)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Post vom glibbrigen Globus : Neue Gedichte des Australiers Les Murray
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Suddeutsche Zeitung , 7-8 July no. 154 2007; (p. 16)
— Review of Poems the Size of Photographs 2002 selected work poetry -
[Review] Collected Poems : 1961-2002 and Poems the Size of Photographs
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Studies , Winter vol. 19 no. 2 2004; (p. 269-270)
— Review of Collected Poems : 1961-2002 2002 selected work poetry ; Poems the Size of Photographs 2002 selected work poetry -
[Review] Poems the Size of Photographs
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Harvard Review , Fall no. 25 2003;
— Review of Poems the Size of Photographs 2002 selected work poetry -
[Review] Collected Poems : 1961-2002 and Poems the Size of Photographs
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Studies , Winter vol. 18 no. 2 2003; (p. 233-234)
— Review of Poems the Size of Photographs 2002 selected work poetry ; Collected Poems : 1961-2002 2002 selected work poetry -
Curious Climates and Hidden Identities
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The London Magazine , February/March 2003; (p. 121-125)
— Review of Poems the Size of Photographs 2002 selected work poetry
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'I Find a Space for it Somehow' : New Poetry
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 47 no. 2002; (p. 177-192)
— Review of What the Painter Saw in Our Faces 2001 selected work poetry ; Bestseller 2001 selected work poetry ; The Learning Curve 2002 selected work poetry ; Afterimages 2002 selected work poetry prose ; The Clothes-Prop Man : Poems from the South Para Reservoir 2002 selected work poetry ; Poems the Size of Photographs 2002 selected work poetry ; Darker and Lighter 2001 selected work poetry ; Other Worlds : Poems 1997-2001 2001 selected work poetry ; Fiery Waters 2001 selected work poetry ; Hothouse 2002 selected work poetry ; Flying Blind 2002 selected work poetry -
A Taste on the Mind
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 24 January no. 5208 2003; (p. 28)
— Review of Poems the Size of Photographs 2002 selected work poetry -
Curious Climates and Hidden Identities
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The London Magazine , February/March 2003; (p. 121-125)
— Review of Poems the Size of Photographs 2002 selected work poetry -
[Review] Collected Poems : 1961-2002 and Poems the Size of Photographs
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Studies , Winter vol. 18 no. 2 2003; (p. 233-234)
— Review of Poems the Size of Photographs 2002 selected work poetry ; Collected Poems : 1961-2002 2002 selected work poetry -
Post vom glibbrigen Globus : Neue Gedichte des Australiers Les Murray
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Suddeutsche Zeitung , 7-8 July no. 154 2007; (p. 16)
— Review of Poems the Size of Photographs 2002 selected work poetry
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