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'Martin Harrison has been described as a writer whose poetry is a meeting place between the immensity, and intensity, of the Australian environment and the hi-tech world of everyday life. Collected here is the poet's own re-casting of his work since the early 1990s, setting accomplished poems from earlier books in the company of recent poems and prose poems. Martin Harrison's Wild Bees — New and Selected Poems marks a place of arrival and a new departure.' (Publication summary)
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Crawley,
Inner Perth,
Perth,
Western Australia,:University of Western Australia
, 2008 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Seeing Raini"A top branch shakes down", single work poetry (p. 3)
- Seeing Paddocksi"across the slope, emptyness like a tide sweeps everthing away", single work poetry (p. 4-5)
- Films : 7 : Then and Nowi"Beyond the curtains, outside,", single work poetry (p. 9)
- Burrill Transformeri"A clear stillness hangs in the cormorant's cry,", single work poetry (p. 10-11)
- Four Songs : 1 : Cheap Moviesi"In winter dusk, a mindless sea,", single work poetry (p. 12)
- Four Songs : 2 : the Paddock Slopei"Saplings run down the slope like girls. Blue-grey,", single work poetry (p. 13)
- Four Songs : 3 : the Laboratoryi"Dying, a ragged measure, across a ridge", single work poetry (p. 14)
- Four Songs : 4 : Portable Objectsi"Up here, in the plum-trees' wands,", single work poetry (p. 15)
- Red Marinei"The meaning of that movement must be found,", single work poetry (p. 16-17)
-
Rosamund in a February Nighti"You, the world, the house,",
single work
poetry
(p. 18)
Note: With title: Films : 2 : February Night Song
- Films : 9 : Isfahani"That half-open, amber eye fixed on you,", single work poetry (p. 19)
- Films : 8 : Cinei"The shirtless young", single work poetry (p. 20-22)
- Lecture on Focusi"All water is dusk, or light blenched. A mauve shade.", single work poetry (p. 23-25)
- Films : 5 : Songs and Versesi"The white table, the white chairs,", single work poetry (p. 26-27)
- First Glance at Walking-Party, Barrington Tops Circa 1895i"As in a photograph by a small-town artist", single work poetry (p. 28-30)
- Plantsi"There's already a fishing boat just moved out from behind", single work poetry (p. 31-32)
- Auckland Abstractsi"There's already a fishing boat just moved out from behind", sequence poetry (p. 31-35)
- Picture of my Motheri"Some days some voices", single work poetry (p. 33)
- untitledi"Dear Steve,", single work poetry (p. 34)
- Rain a Studyi"I move to them, vertical rivers waking up with few a words", single work poetry (p. 35)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
-
Invisible Fire
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 27-28 September 2014; (p. 16-17)
— Review of Wild Bees : New and Selected Poems 2008 selected work poetry -
Untitled
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 69 no. 3 2010; (p. 215-224)
— Review of Wild Bees : New and Selected Poems 2008 selected work poetry ; Eighth Habitation 2009 selected work poetry -
Simplicity Shines as Book Designers Take a Crafty Approach
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 22 May 2009; (p. 12) -
Untitled
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Wet Ink , March no. 14 2009; (p. 56)
— Review of Wild Bees : New and Selected Poems 2008 selected work poetry -
How Things Sing
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 310 2009; (p. 35)
— Review of Wild Bees : New and Selected Poems 2008 selected work poetry
-
Visual Meditation in the Wild
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 25 October 2008; (p. 17)
— Review of Wild Bees : New and Selected Poems 2008 selected work poetry -
How Things Sing
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 310 2009; (p. 35)
— Review of Wild Bees : New and Selected Poems 2008 selected work poetry -
Untitled
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Wet Ink , March no. 14 2009; (p. 56)
— Review of Wild Bees : New and Selected Poems 2008 selected work poetry -
Untitled
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 69 no. 3 2010; (p. 215-224)
— Review of Wild Bees : New and Selected Poems 2008 selected work poetry ; Eighth Habitation 2009 selected work poetry -
Invisible Fire
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 27-28 September 2014; (p. 16-17)
— Review of Wild Bees : New and Selected Poems 2008 selected work poetry -
Simplicity Shines as Book Designers Take a Crafty Approach
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 22 May 2009; (p. 12)
Awards
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Common subjects:
- Australian landscape
- Vision (Sensation)
- Perceptions of nature
- Bird watching
- Australian landscape - Literary portrayal
- Time & change
- Rain
- Bush
- Passage of time
- Road travel
- United States of America (USA)
- Natural environment - Literary portrayal
- Unity with nature
- Introspection & introversion
- Australians overseas
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