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Notes
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Dedication: To Judith Rodriguez in recognition of her unwavering belief in my ability.
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.
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An Apology Without Reservation to the Wolf, the Bear, and the Molei"To you wolf",
single work
poetry
(p. 9-10)
Note: Epigraph: 'He weighed her schoolbag with rocks and threw it into the dam also.' - Sydney Morning Herald, 22-8-92.
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Asylumi"Will you please observe through the wire",
single work
poetry
(p. 11)
Note: Author note: Published under the pseudonym, Mehmet al-Assad. This poem has now become better known than anything else that I have written.
- The Silver-Eyei"The elderly ladies", single work poetry (p. 12)
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A Sane Mani"We have been taught",
single work
poetry
(p. 13)
Note: Author note: Grigory Pasko, a Russian naval officer, filmed a tanker dumping solid and liquid nuclear wastes off the Russian coast. He has since been held in solitary confinement for over six months. - Amnesty International report, 1997
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Time and Spacei"About space",
single work
poetry
(p. 14)
Note: Dedication: In memory of President Sukarno's guards, executed twenty-four years after having been sentenced.
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There Worldi"What were those dreams Frank?",
single work
poetry
(p. 15)
Note: Epigraph: 'Its there world when I cant have dreams cause they make me pay.' Frank the poet. Graffiti. Former Richmond High School. 1979.
- Inhumani"Having read some reports", single work poetry (p. 16-17)
- John Shaw Neilson Dictates His Poetry to His Sister Anne During a Period of Blindness.i"Those passing schoolgirls", single work poetry (p. 18-19)
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'Hardly Any Job Is so Bad That a Starving Man Won't Tackle It.'i"He repeatedly buried",
single work
poetry
(p. 20-21)
Note: Epigraph [with reference to title]: - John Shaw Neilson: Autobiography
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'...Then She Was Probably a Lass Called Florence Case, Who Worked as a Letter Carrier at the Sea Lake Post Office.'i"So quietly light",
single work
poetry
(p. 22-3)
Note: Epigraph [with reference to title]: - From John Shaw Neilson by Cliff Hanna.
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'Every Morning I Used to Meet the School-Girls Coming Up to the Old High School...I Used to Think Those Girls Were Remarkably Beautiful.'i"Add to their list of infamies",
single work
poetry
(p. 24-5)
Note: Epigraph [with reference to title]: - John Shaw Neilson: Autobiography.
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'...And Their Ships Had a Reputation for Piety, Over-Crowding and a High Fatality Rate. The John Davies Was to Be No Exception.'i"Two by two",
single work
poetry
(p. 26-7)
Note: Epigraph [with reference to title]: 'Jock'. Cliff Hanna. Epigraph: 'But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot...' Genesis 8:9
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Behold, I Was Born in Iniquity; and in Sin Did My Mother Conceive Me.i"In the mornings",
single work
poetry
(p. 28)
Note: Epigraph [with reference to title]: - Psalms 15:5
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'I Can Remember Hundreds of Hungry Looking Men Coming to the Office Looking for Work; and Women, Sometimes In Tears Begging for Jobs for Their Husbands,'i"Leaving the house",
single work
poetry
(p. 29)
Note: Epigraph [with reference to title]: - John Shaw Neilson: Autobiography.
- The Poet John Shaw Neilson Answers His Sister.i"Her bell rang faintly", single work poetry (p. 30-31)
- The Farm Buriali"Difficult ground", single work poetry (p. 32-3)
- Half-heartedi"I'd introduce you to my better half", single work poetry (p. 34)
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Hard to Telli"It's hard to tell",
single work
poetry
(p. 35)
Note: Epigraph: 'I don't think it could have been two hundred bodies. It's hard to tell with arms and legs and heads all mixed up.' From a statement made by the Regional Commander, Aceh Province, Indonesia, 1994.
- Looking Backi"It was always summer", single work poetry (p. 36)
- They Are Gonei"Now that they are gone", single work poetry (p. 37)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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'Long Doorbells / Crumbs of Time'
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 185 2006; (p. 88-90)
— Review of Coast 2005 selected work poetry ; The Paradoxes of Water : Selected and New Poems 1970-2005 2005 selected work poetry ; Loneliness 2002 selected work poetry ; More or Less Than 1-100 2004 single work poetry ; The Best Australian Poetry 2005 2005 anthology poetry -
Review : Loneliness
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: Five Bells , Summer vol. 12 no. 1 2005; (p. 57-58)
— Review of Loneliness 2002 selected work poetry -
Recent Writing
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: Famous Reporter , June no. 29 2004; (p. 150-166)
— Review of Misplaced Heart : Poems 2003 selected work poetry ; Friendly Street Poets Twenty-Eight : Another Universe 2004 anthology poetry ; High in the Pawpaw Tree 2003 selected work poetry ; Dorothy's Skin 2003 selected work poetry ; Loneliness 2002 selected work poetry ; New and Selected Poems 2004 selected work poetry ; Said The Rat! : Writers at the Water Rat! 2000-2002 2003 anthology poetry -
Consolations of the Heart
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 260 2004; (p. 58-59)
— Review of Home Town Burial : Personal and Autobiographical Poems 2002 selected work poetry ; Loneliness 2002 selected work poetry ; In the Year of Our Lord Slaughter's Children 2003 selected work poetry
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Consolations of the Heart
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 260 2004; (p. 58-59)
— Review of Home Town Burial : Personal and Autobiographical Poems 2002 selected work poetry ; Loneliness 2002 selected work poetry ; In the Year of Our Lord Slaughter's Children 2003 selected work poetry -
Recent Writing
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: Famous Reporter , June no. 29 2004; (p. 150-166)
— Review of Misplaced Heart : Poems 2003 selected work poetry ; Friendly Street Poets Twenty-Eight : Another Universe 2004 anthology poetry ; High in the Pawpaw Tree 2003 selected work poetry ; Dorothy's Skin 2003 selected work poetry ; Loneliness 2002 selected work poetry ; New and Selected Poems 2004 selected work poetry ; Said The Rat! : Writers at the Water Rat! 2000-2002 2003 anthology poetry -
Review : Loneliness
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: Five Bells , Summer vol. 12 no. 1 2005; (p. 57-58)
— Review of Loneliness 2002 selected work poetry -
'Long Doorbells / Crumbs of Time'
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 185 2006; (p. 88-90)
— Review of Coast 2005 selected work poetry ; The Paradoxes of Water : Selected and New Poems 1970-2005 2005 selected work poetry ; Loneliness 2002 selected work poetry ; More or Less Than 1-100 2004 single work poetry ; The Best Australian Poetry 2005 2005 anthology poetry
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