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Notes
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Epigraph: ... but from a street I was summoned, / from the branches of others, / among violent fires / or returning alone, / there I was without a face / and it touched me. (Pablo Neruda) ...
the art of losing's not too hard to master / though it may look like (Write it!) like disaster! (Elizabeth Bishop)
Affiliation Notes
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Writing Disability in Australia:
This work has been affiliated because of its depictions of epilepsy.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Melbourne,
Victoria,:Five Islands Press
, 2005 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Poetileptic, sequence poetry (p. 9-32)
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The Naming (from : Poetileptic, a work-in-progress)i"Somewhere in the humid convolutions of my brain",
extract
poetry
(p. 11)
Note: With title: The Naming
- Practice Unmakes Imperfecti"Death has coloured my hand. Death the dancer", single work poetry (p. 12-13)
- Not my Heart, Not My Darknessi"Hospital becomes jungle,", single work poetry (p. 14-15)
- Black Soliloquyi"I stand before a black door at midnight.", single work poetry (p. 16-17)
- The Tailor's Dreami"His recurring dream", single work poetry (p. 18)
- Epilepigrami"This wanted/unwanted brain", single work poetry (p. 19)
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How to Bake a Hospital - Notes for a Recipe (from : Poetileptic, a work-in-progress)i"Ignore all sophistries",
extract
poetry
(p. 20-21)
Note: With title: How to Bake a Hospital : Notes from a Recipe
- Portrait of the Poet as a Young Boyi"He was eight, perhaps.", single work poetry (p. 22-23)
- The Pecking Orderi"I am like a bird that has succeeded", single work poetry (p. 24)
- Seizure - An Epitaphi"no words", single work poetry (p. 25)
- Side Effectsi"With the wild breakdown of the machine", single work poetry (p. 26-27)
- Photosensitive Ranti"More manic even", single work poetry (p. 28-31)
- Mo(u)rning songi"You are the one I will know", single work poetry (p. 32)
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The Brokenness Sonnets (a work-in-progress)i"Blind already in one eye,",
sequence
poetry
(p. 35-60)
Note: Epigraph: a poet's violent heart/ beats mainly in little stories - Vladimir Holan
- [Untitled]i"My head is atomic", single work poetry (p. 37)
- [Untitled]i"Autistic, Artistic: Ought Art some think,", single work poetry (p. 38)
- [Untitled]i"Though my eyes remember well my birthland", single work poetry (p. 39)
- [Untitled]i"Like a burglar's sum that hit and run:", single work poetry (p. 40)
- [Untitled]i"Bible me and put me on the stand:", single work poetry (p. 41)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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New Poetry, 2005-2006
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 51 no. 2006; (p. 60-73) Argues for the importance of first impressions in reading and appreciating poems. -
Last and First
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 285 2006; (p. 50-51)
— Review of Nebuchadnezzar 2005 selected work poetry ; Poetileptic 2005 selected work poetry
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Last and First
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 285 2006; (p. 50-51)
— Review of Nebuchadnezzar 2005 selected work poetry ; Poetileptic 2005 selected work poetry -
New Poetry, 2005-2006
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 51 no. 2006; (p. 60-73) Argues for the importance of first impressions in reading and appreciating poems.
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