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Notes
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Dedication: For Andrew and Elizabeth
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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", single work poetry (p. 11)
- Gamelani"A single brown and orange beetle", single work poetry (p. 12)
- The Fireflies, sequence poetry (p. 12-16)
- The Mosquito Neti"Under the net - another lost soul.", single work poetry (p. 13)
- The Night Marketi"We'd come to play at domesticity,", single work poetry (p. 13-14)
- The Riveri"Clearly we were being shadowed", single work poetry (p. 15)
- The Herb Gardeni"We met here once, under these betel palms.", single work poetry (p. 15-16)
- Carp with Suckerfishi"The pond carp shine in the sunlight, milling for place,", single work poetry (p. 17)
- Water Caltrops with Butterflyi"The caltrops are too stale to boil with salt.", single work poetry (p. 18)
- The Screeni"Late at night", single work poetry (p. 19)
- Scalesi"From the damp sweet earth", single work poetry (p. 20)
- The Pooli"The azan again", single work poetry (p. 21)
- Giantsi"The cempedaks dangle like killer", single work poetry satire humour (p. 22)
- The Letteri"She's finished it", single work poetry (p. 23)
- Salaksi"The fruit of the Zalacca Palm", single work poetry (p. 24)
- Limesi"Limau, the Malay word, open as the snarl", single work poetry (p. 25)
- From the Balconyi"Two gin and tonics on a marble table,", single work poetry (p. 26)
- Cafei"At Starbucks", single work poetry (p. 27)
- Pudurayai"If you've done time on platform 22", single work poetry (p. 28)
- Musk Nuti"Six nutmeg trees grow in the garden here,", single work poetry (p. 29)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Untitled
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: Five Bells , Autumn vol. 12 no. 2 2005; (p. 44-45)
— Review of Timedancing 2002 selected work poetry -
Untitled
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: Studio : A Journal of Christians Writing , Spring no. 96 2004; (p. 36)
— Review of Timedancing 2002 selected work poetry -
What We Actually See: New Poetry
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 175 2004; (p. 91-95)
— Review of Jabiluka Honey : New and Selected Poems 2003 selected work poetry ; Curving My Eyes to Almonds 2001 selected work poetry ; Timedancing 2002 selected work poetry ; Holiday Coast Medusa 2002 single work novel ; Lost in the Foreground 2003 selected work poetry ; City and Stranger : Poems 2002 selected work poetry ; Medium Security 2002 selected work poetry ; A Tasmanian Paradise Lost : A Poem 2003 selected work poetry ; The Weight of Irises 2003 selected work poetry -
Untitled
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Famous Reporter , December no. 28 2003; (p. 60-63)
— Review of Timedancing 2002 selected work poetry -
"...Quince Tree, Birds, Light Shows, Rains, Everything"
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 63 no. 1 2003; (p. 213-220)
— Review of Ships on Fire 2002 selected work poetry ; Hothouse 2002 selected work poetry ; Timedancing 2002 selected work poetry ; Anything the Landlord Touches 2002 selected work poetry
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A Slick of Past
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 249 2003; (p. 56-57)
— Review of Timedancing 2002 selected work poetry ; Medium Security 2002 selected work poetry -
Mature Poet's Serious Playfulness
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 26 April 2003; (p. 5a)
— Review of Timedancing 2002 selected work poetry -
Phrase and Fable
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Island , Autumn no. 92 2003; (p. 87-91)
— Review of Timedancing 2002 selected work poetry ; The Islanders 2002 selected work poetry -
"...Quince Tree, Birds, Light Shows, Rains, Everything"
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 63 no. 1 2003; (p. 213-220)
— Review of Ships on Fire 2002 selected work poetry ; Hothouse 2002 selected work poetry ; Timedancing 2002 selected work poetry ; Anything the Landlord Touches 2002 selected work poetry -
Untitled
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Famous Reporter , December no. 28 2003; (p. 60-63)
— Review of Timedancing 2002 selected work poetry
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