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  • Author:agent Jan Owen http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/owen-jan
Issue Details: First known date: 2002... 2002 Timedancing
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Notes

  • Dedication: For Andrew and Elizabeth
  • Epigraph: 'There rises the sudden laughter, Of children in the foliage, Quick now, here, now, always -' T. S. Eliot

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.
Eating Durian with Chandrai"We stopped round midnight at a hawker's stall", Jan Owen , single work poetry (p. 11)
Gamelani"A single brown and orange beetle", Jan Owen , single work poetry (p. 12)
The Fireflies, Jan Owen , sequence poetry (p. 12-16)
The Mosquito Neti"Under the net - another lost soul.", Jan Owen , single work poetry (p. 13)
The Night Marketi"We'd come to play at domesticity,", Jan Owen , single work poetry (p. 13-14)
The Riveri"Clearly we were being shadowed", Jan Owen , single work poetry (p. 15)
The Herb Gardeni"We met here once, under these betel palms.", Jan Owen , single work poetry (p. 15-16)
Carp with Suckerfishi"The pond carp shine in the sunlight, milling for place,", Jan Owen , single work poetry (p. 17)
Water Caltrops with Butterflyi"The caltrops are too stale to boil with salt.", Jan Owen , single work poetry (p. 18)
The Screeni"Late at night", Jan Owen , single work poetry (p. 19)
Scalesi"From the damp sweet earth", Jan Owen , single work poetry (p. 20)
The Pooli"The azan again", Jan Owen , single work poetry (p. 21)
Giantsi"The cempedaks dangle like killer", Jan Owen , single work poetry satire humour (p. 22)
The Letteri"She's finished it", Jan Owen , single work poetry (p. 23)
Salaksi"The fruit of the Zalacca Palm", Jan Owen , single work poetry (p. 24)
Limesi"Limau, the Malay word, open as the snarl", Jan Owen , single work poetry (p. 25)
From the Balconyi"Two gin and tonics on a marble table,", Jan Owen , single work poetry (p. 26)
Cafei"At Starbucks", Jan Owen , single work poetry (p. 27)
Pudurayai"If you've done time on platform 22", Jan Owen , single work poetry (p. 28)
Musk Nuti"Six nutmeg trees grow in the garden here,", Jan Owen , single work poetry (p. 29)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Untitled Humphrey Hartney , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Five Bells , Autumn vol. 12 no. 2 2005; (p. 44-45)

— Review of Timedancing Jan Owen , 2002 selected work poetry
Untitled T. M. Collins , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Studio : A Journal of Christians Writing , Spring no. 96 2004; (p. 36)

— Review of Timedancing Jan Owen , 2002 selected work poetry
What We Actually See: New Poetry Kerry Leves , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 175 2004; (p. 91-95)

— Review of Jabiluka Honey : New and Selected Poems Richard Hillman , 2003 selected work poetry ; Curving My Eyes to Almonds Liat Kirby , 2001 selected work poetry ; Timedancing Jan Owen , 2002 selected work poetry ; Holiday Coast Medusa Rebecca Edwards , 2002 single work novel ; Lost in the Foreground Stephen Edgar , 2003 selected work poetry ; City and Stranger : Poems Aileen Kelly , 2002 selected work poetry ; Medium Security Louise Wakeling , 2002 selected work poetry ; A Tasmanian Paradise Lost : A Poem Graeme Hetherington , 2003 selected work poetry ; The Weight of Irises Nicolette Stasko , 2003 selected work poetry
Untitled Louise Oxley , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Famous Reporter , December no. 28 2003; (p. 60-63)

— Review of Timedancing Jan Owen , 2002 selected work poetry
"...Quince Tree, Birds, Light Shows, Rains, Everything" David McCooey , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 63 no. 1 2003; (p. 213-220)

— Review of Ships on Fire Robert Drummond , 2002 selected work poetry ; Hothouse Tracy Ryan , 2002 selected work poetry ; Timedancing Jan Owen , 2002 selected work poetry ; Anything the Landlord Touches Emma Lew , 2002 selected work poetry
A Slick of Past Lisa Gorton , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 249 2003; (p. 56-57)

— Review of Timedancing Jan Owen , 2002 selected work poetry ; Medium Security Louise Wakeling , 2002 selected work poetry
Mature Poet's Serious Playfulness Geoff Page , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 26 April 2003; (p. 5a)

— Review of Timedancing Jan Owen , 2002 selected work poetry
Phrase and Fable Jennifer Harrison , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Island , Autumn no. 92 2003; (p. 87-91)

— Review of Timedancing Jan Owen , 2002 selected work poetry ; The Islanders Andrew Sant , 2002 selected work poetry
"...Quince Tree, Birds, Light Shows, Rains, Everything" David McCooey , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 63 no. 1 2003; (p. 213-220)

— Review of Ships on Fire Robert Drummond , 2002 selected work poetry ; Hothouse Tracy Ryan , 2002 selected work poetry ; Timedancing Jan Owen , 2002 selected work poetry ; Anything the Landlord Touches Emma Lew , 2002 selected work poetry
Untitled Louise Oxley , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Famous Reporter , December no. 28 2003; (p. 60-63)

— Review of Timedancing Jan Owen , 2002 selected work poetry
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