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Epigraph: 'These are rhymes rudely strung with intent less/Of sound than of words ...' - Adam Lindsay Gordon
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Flemington,
Flemington - North Melbourne area,
Melbourne - North,
Melbourne,
Victoria,:Rainy Creek Press
, 1991 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Opening Words : or, Fumbling at the Right Door With the Wrong Keyi"I beg your pardon", single work poetry humour (p. 1)
- `My Dreams Shall Live in My Heart'i"She was thrifty of dreams.", single work poetry (p. 1)
- A Strong Investmenti"Nostalgia always pays", single work poetry (p. 2)
- On an Upright Citizeni"I wear a schoolboy's hat-band on my soul", single work poetry (p. 2)
- The Raveni"The birds are mating and that raucous cry", single work poetry (p. 3)
- The Cocktail Houri"A crescent moon", single work poetry (p. 3)
- Lines Written in an Aeroplanei"Ah!", single work poetry (p. 4)
- The Song of the Tentative Wooeri"She's a rather lovely lady", single work poetry humour (p. 4)
- But Words Unheard are Sweeteri"I have heard in this place a statesman utter", single work poetry humour (p. 5)
- The Feminists Who Talk of God as Shei"You make of God the archetypal wife", single work poetry (p. 5)
- News Storyi"Headlined on sand, a tarred plank screams of wreck", single work poetry (p. 6)
- Invocation to Dutyi"I ought to work much harder than I do,", single work poetry (p. 7)
- On an Australian Scholar Held in High Esteemi"He cannot speak too freely for", single work poetry (p. 7)
- The Poet's Guide to Social Hypocrisyi"I sing a song of gratitude", single work poetry humour (p. 8)
- Invited to a Chairi"I do not like professors on a lawn.", single work poetry humour (p. 9)
- This Classic Agei"Now Psyche takes dictation, and her bath", single work poetry satire (p. 10)
- Brief Thanksgivingi"I have been inoculated by the virus of literature", single work poetry (p. 10)
- To the Gardening Housewifei"It seems unfitting in a garden", single work poetry (p. 11)
- Lullaby for Legislatorsi"Rock-a-bye baby", single work poetry satire (p. 11)
- Canberra in the Autumni"Canberra men are mostly dull", single work poetry humour (p. 12)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Poet
1998
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Paul Hasluck in Australian History : Civic Personality and Public Life 1998; (p. 28-36) Homing In : Essays on Australian Literature and Selfhood 2006; (p. 71-80; notes 265-266)
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Poet
1998
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Paul Hasluck in Australian History : Civic Personality and Public Life 1998; (p. 28-36) Homing In : Essays on Australian Literature and Selfhood 2006; (p. 71-80; notes 265-266)
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