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'Selected Poems ... comprises what Murray himself considers his most successfully realised poems, drawn from all his collections up to and including The Biplane Houses but not including his two verse novels.' (Publisher's blurb)
Notes
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Dedication: To the glory of God
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Content indexing in process.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Melbourne,
Victoria,:Black Inc.
, 2007 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- The Burning Trucki"It began at dawn with fighter planes:", single work poetry (p. 1)
- Driving Through Sawmill Townsi"In the high cool country,", single work poetry (p. 2-3)
- An Absolutely Ordinary Rainbowi"The word goes round Repins, the murmur goes round Lorenzinis,", single work poetry (p. 4-5)
- Working Meni"Seeing the telegram go limp", single work poetry (p. 5)
- Vindaloo in Merthyr Tydfili"The first night of my second voyage to Wales,", single work poetry (p. 6-7)
- Incorrigible Gracei"Saint Vincent de Paul, old friend,", single work poetry humour (p. 7)
- The Pure Food Acti"Night, as I go into the place of cattle.", single work poetry (p. 7-8)
- Jozef, single work poetry (p. 8)
- Kiss of the Whipi"In Cardiff, off Saint Mary's Street", single work poetry (p. 11)
- The Broad Bean Sermoni"Beanstalks, in any breeze, are a slack church parade", single work poetry (p. 12)
- The Mitchells, single work prose (p. 14)
- The Powerline Incarnationi"When I ran to snatch the wires off our roof", single work poetry (p. 14)
- Creeper Habiti"On Bennelong Point", single work poetry (p. 16)
- Employment for the Castes in Abeyancei"I was a translator at the Institute:", single work poetry (p. 17)
- Driving to the Adelaide Festival 1976 Via the Murray Valley Highwayi"A long narrow woodland with channels, reentrants, ponds:", single work poetry (p. 18)
- The Buladelah-Taree Holiday Song Cyclei"The people are eating dinner in that country north of Legge's Lake;", single work poetry (p. 20)
- The Gum Foresti"After the last gapped wire on a post,", single work poetry (p. 31)
- Rainwater Tanki"Empty rings when tapped give tongue", single work poetry (p. 32)
- The Futurei"There is nothing about it. Much science fiction is set there", single work poetry (p. 33)
- Immigrant Voyagei"My wife came out on the Goya", single work poetry (p. 34)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Selected Poems, Les Murray
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Stylus Poetry Journal , April no. 29 2008;
— Review of Selected Poems 2007 selected work poetry -
[Review] Selected Poems
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Wet Ink , Autumn no. 10 2008; (p. 61)
— Review of Selected Poems 2007 selected work poetry
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[Review] Selected Poems
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Wet Ink , Autumn no. 10 2008; (p. 61)
— Review of Selected Poems 2007 selected work poetry -
Selected Poems, Les Murray
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Stylus Poetry Journal , April no. 29 2008;
— Review of Selected Poems 2007 selected work poetry
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