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Notes
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Dedication: for Helen
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Epigraph: 'I really do think with my pen, for my head often knows nothing of what my hand is writing.' Ludwig Wittgenstein
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Wollongong,
Wollongong area,
Illawarra,
South Coast,
New South Wales,:Five Islands Press
, 2002 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Feet Firsti"By some sleight-of-time the days return", single work poetry (p. 13)
- Wingsi"Aerodynamically speaking", single work poetry (p. 14-15)
- You Can Have Faith in Thisi"Open-mouthed as pockets, crumpled as handkerchiefs,", single work poetry (p. 16-17)
- Forty-Five Years on a Bicyclei"The bicycle-keel counterweights him as he takes the corner", single work poetry (p. 18-19)
- When Gliders Collidei"When the air could no longer hold those gliders high as smoke", single work poetry (p. 20)
- If I Could Tell Youi"Waking from uneasy dreams I ask aloud, what time is it,", single work poetry (p. 21)
- Recovered Lifei"I come down to the foot of the stairs", single work poetry (p. 22-23)
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Dressing Gown
"Hooked up on the back of a door,"
Dressing Gownsi"Soft and hooked on the back of a door",
single work
poetry
(p. 24)
Note: With title: Dressing Gown
- Calculationi"A nineteen-year old dog is asleep on", single work poetry (p. 25)
- What to Do When You're Told It's Not Canceri"Because I was over fifty now and a responsible citizen", single work poetry (p. 26-28)
- Turning Fiftyi"Yes, the sea here still shakes sunlight off its back", single work poetry (p. 29)
- 50 : A Work in Progressi"At fifty and more a floater than a swimmer, more a stroller than a runner", single work poetry (p. 30)
- Blowfly Nighti"this is the kind of night blowflies possess", single work poetry (p. 31)
- Untitledi"to match their summer window", single work poetry (p. 32)
- Untitledi"empty tins of blue paint", single work poetry (p. 32)
- Untitledi"Backyard loquat tree", single work poetry (p. 32)
- Untitledi"Biting", single work poetry (p. 32)
- Untitledi"Shaking hands", single work poetry (p. 33)
- Untitledi"out of kindness now", single work poetry (p. 33)
- Untitledi"The cat shares its food", single work poetry (p. 33)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Reviews
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: Studio : A Journal of Christians Writing , Autumn no. 98 2005; (p. 36)
— Review of Portrait in Skin 2002 selected work poetry -
Untitled
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Retort Magazine 2001-;
— Review of Portrait in Skin 2002 selected work poetry ; Sand 2002 selected work poetry -
Always Disappearing
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 48 no. 2003; (p. 74-84)
— Review of Mangroves 2003 selected work poetry ; Collected Poems : 1961-2002 2002 selected work poetry ; Gwen Harwood : Collected Poems 1943-1995 2003 collected work poetry ; Wild Surmise 2002 single work novel ; A Break in the Weather 2003 single work novel ; Portrait in Skin 2002 selected work poetry ; The Fall 2003 selected work poetry ; Anything the Landlord Touches 2002 selected work poetry -
Substantial and Subtle Talents
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Island , Winter-Spring no. 93-94 2003; (p. 166-169)
— Review of Agamemnon's Poppies 2003 selected work poetry ; Portrait in Skin 2002 selected work poetry -
Untitled
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Five Bells , Winter vol. 10 no. 3 2003; (p. 56)
— Review of Portrait in Skin 2002 selected work poetry
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Angels of Breath
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 249 2003; (p. 55-56)
— Review of Portrait in Skin 2002 selected work poetry ; The Islanders 2002 selected work poetry -
Recent Writing
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Famous Reporter , June no. 27 2003; (p. 33-34)
— Review of Portrait in Skin 2002 selected work poetry ; In a Night House 2002 selected work poetry -
Untitled
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Five Bells , Winter vol. 10 no. 3 2003; (p. 56)
— Review of Portrait in Skin 2002 selected work poetry -
Substantial and Subtle Talents
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Island , Winter-Spring no. 93-94 2003; (p. 166-169)
— Review of Agamemnon's Poppies 2003 selected work poetry ; Portrait in Skin 2002 selected work poetry -
Always Disappearing
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 48 no. 2003; (p. 74-84)
— Review of Mangroves 2003 selected work poetry ; Collected Poems : 1961-2002 2002 selected work poetry ; Gwen Harwood : Collected Poems 1943-1995 2003 collected work poetry ; Wild Surmise 2002 single work novel ; A Break in the Weather 2003 single work novel ; Portrait in Skin 2002 selected work poetry ; The Fall 2003 selected work poetry ; Anything the Landlord Touches 2002 selected work poetry
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