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The Flute-Player
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"A young girl plays the flute at the edge of the water,",
1980
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 22 July vol. 101 no. 5221 1980; (p. 84) The Three Fates and Other Poems 1984; (p. 40) Collected Poems 1991; (p. 185) -
A Good-Bye
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"We have seen you off as far as the yellow-box-tree",
1980
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 22 July vol. 101 no. 5221 1980; (p. 84) The Three Fates and Other Poems 1984; (p. 35) Collected Poems 1991; (p. 183) -
The Messages
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"When you set out on your long journey",
1980
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 22 July vol. 101 no. 5221 1980; (p. 84) The Three Fates and Other Poems 1984; (p. 36) Collected Poems 1991; (p. 183-184) -
White Flowers
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"White water pours down the hillside",
1980
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 22 July vol. 101 no. 5221 1980; (p. 84) The Three Fates and Other Poems 1984; (p. 37) Collected Poems 1991; (p. 184) -
Exchanges
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"When people lend books to each other",
1980
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 22 July vol. 101 no. 5221 1980; (p. 84) The Three Fates and Other Poems 1984; (p. 38) Collected Poems 1991; (p. 184) -
The House
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"Small birds dipped through leaves in the garden-room.",
1980
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 22 July vol. 101 no. 5221 1980; (p. 84) The Three Fates and Other Poems 1984; (p. 39) Collected Poems 1991; (p. 185) Windchimes : Asia in Australian Poetry 2006; (p. 103) -
Translations Under the Trees
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"Wine to drink at a plank table,",
1980
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 22 July vol. 101 no. 5221 1980; (p. 85) The Three Fates and Other Poems 1984; (p. 41) Collected Poems 1991; (p. 185-186) -
At the Coast
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"The high wind has stripped the bark from the gum-trees,",
1980
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 22 July vol. 101 no. 5221 1980; (p. 85) The Three Fates and Other Poems 1984; (p. 42) Collected Poems 1991; (p. 186) -
Poems of the River Wang
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"Two poets walking together",
1980
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 22 July vol. 101 no. 5221 1980; (p. 85) The Three Fates and Other Poems 1984; (p. 43) Collected Poems 1991; (p. 186) Windchimes : Asia in Australian Poetry 2006; (p. 104) -
On Nearly Quarrelling
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"Li Po had friends among the scholars",
1980
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 22 July vol. 101 no. 5221 1980; (p. 85) The Three Fates and Other Poems 1984; (p. 44) Collected Poems 1991; (p. 187) -
The Good Host
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"You were sweeping the flagstones",
1980
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 22 July vol. 101 no. 5221 1980; (p. 85) The Three Fates and Other Poems 1984; (p. 45) Collected Poems 1991; (p. 187-188) -
After Receiving the Book of Poems by Li Po
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"We walk along the dry bed of the river",
1980
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 22 July vol. 101 no. 5221 1980; (p. 85) The Three Fates and Other Poems 1984; (p. 46) Collected Poems 1991; (p. 188) Windchimes : Asia in Australian Poetry 2006; (p. 105)
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Works about this Work
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Guide to the Classics : The Poetry of Rosemary Dobson
2018
single work
column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 13 September 2018;'In the first century BCE the Roman poet Horace proposed that, “A poem is like a picture”, meaning that, like painting, poetry engages in mimesis by imitating life, copying it in a fixed medium. But what happens when art imitates art, as in Australian poet Rosemary Dobson’s poem, For the Painter Ben Nicholson, about the work of the British modernist?' (Introduction)
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The Orphic Strain in Australian Poetry
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Refashioning Myth : Poetic Transformations and Metamorphoses 2011; (p. 9-27) 'Andrew Johnson argues that "[w]hile poetry in Australia might broadly be read under the aegis of Romanticism, the various Orphic poems could be used as an index of different styles and schools," and claims that "the different approaches and interests of various poets could be measured by their varied responses to the Orphic material." Johnson applies this framework to a close reading of several key Australian poets, including A. D. Hope and the notorious "mythical" poet, Ern Malley.' (Source: Introduction p. 2)
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From the Past to the Future : The Poetry of Rosemary Dobson
1985
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Meanjin , Autumn vol. 44 no. 1 1985; (p. 48-59) -
Delicate Poems of Quality
1982
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 6 February 1982; (p. 13)
— Review of The Continuance of Poetry : Twelve Poems for David Campbell 1980 sequence poetry
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Delicate Poems of Quality
1982
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 6 February 1982; (p. 13)
— Review of The Continuance of Poetry : Twelve Poems for David Campbell 1980 sequence poetry -
The Orphic Strain in Australian Poetry
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Refashioning Myth : Poetic Transformations and Metamorphoses 2011; (p. 9-27) 'Andrew Johnson argues that "[w]hile poetry in Australia might broadly be read under the aegis of Romanticism, the various Orphic poems could be used as an index of different styles and schools," and claims that "the different approaches and interests of various poets could be measured by their varied responses to the Orphic material." Johnson applies this framework to a close reading of several key Australian poets, including A. D. Hope and the notorious "mythical" poet, Ern Malley.' (Source: Introduction p. 2)
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From the Past to the Future : The Poetry of Rosemary Dobson
1985
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Meanjin , Autumn vol. 44 no. 1 1985; (p. 48-59) -
Guide to the Classics : The Poetry of Rosemary Dobson
2018
single work
column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 13 September 2018;'In the first century BCE the Roman poet Horace proposed that, “A poem is like a picture”, meaning that, like painting, poetry engages in mimesis by imitating life, copying it in a fixed medium. But what happens when art imitates art, as in Australian poet Rosemary Dobson’s poem, For the Painter Ben Nicholson, about the work of the British modernist?' (Introduction)
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