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In the 'Afterpiece,' the author writes:
'The poems selected for this volume range from serious attempts at poetry to serious attempts at saving money on cards for special occasions. All are true reflections of real incidents... even 'Early One Thursday Morning.'
In relation to the song lyrics he further notes:
'[They] do not always sit easily on a page alone, unless of course when written by the Paul Kellys and Bernie Taupins of this world. Music somehow gives even mundane words energy and pizzazz, while also often forcing rhymes and rhythms, and masculine and feminine endings to phrases that might in pure poetry be expressed otherwise. The lyrics chosen here are those which I believe have some life, however limited, beyond musical expression - whether through metre, imagery, word play or simply the idea expressed. I'll leave it to you the reader to judge whether they succeed or not' (p37).
Notes
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Additional (non-indexed) poems are:
- 'Sonnet No 1' (p3)
- 'Sonnet No 2' (p7)
- 'The Ballad of Correne's Birthday' (p12)
- 'The Ballad of Cass and Clay - Part 1 (pp27-28)
- 'The Ballad of Cass and Clay - Part 2 (p29)
- 'Alexandra Joyes' (p30)
- 'Sonnet No 3' (p31)
- 'One Afternoon in Stafford Heights' (p32)
- 'The Ballad of Correne's Birthday - Part 30 (p33)
- 'Early One Thursday Morning' (p34)
- 'Queenslander!' (p35)
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Additional (non-indexed) lyrics are:
- 'Jarred' (p24)
- 'Take It or Leave It' (p25).
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'I Hate Men (She Said)' includes 'Two Pages of Words' by Jo-ann Simmons.
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The volume also contains a 'hidden' poem, 'Culture Shock' by Samantha Harriss.
Contents
- 'King Brown'i"I've somehow become aware", single work poetry (p. 1)
- Untitledi"One should entertain", single work poetry (p. 2)
- 'The Hitch-Hiker's Lament'i"It's almost noon in Katherine", single work poetry (p. 4)
- 'The Answering Machine'i"It was Clay Djubal from Everton Park", single work poetry (p. 6)
- 'I Hate Men (She Said)'i"I hate men she said", single work poetry (p. 8-11)
- 'On the Nullabor', Clay Djubal (composer), single work lyric/song (p. 13)
- 'Cop Out', Clay Djubal (composer), single work lyric/song (p. 14)
- 'Paralytic with Intelligence', single work lyric/song (p. 15)
- 'Time Flies', Clay Djubal (composer), single work lyric/song (p. 16)
- 'These Days', Clay Djubal (composer), single work lyric/song (p. 17)
- 'Come Down', Clay Djubal (composer), single work lyric/song (p. 18)
- 'Heroes and Villains', Clay Djubal (composer), single work lyric/song (p. 19)
- '(I Don't Want to) Think About It', Clay Djubal (composer), single work lyric/song (p. 20)
- 'Virgoan Moon', Clay Djubal (composer), single work lyric/song (p. 21)
- 'Summer of Change', Clay Djubal (composer), single work lyric/song (p. 22)
- 'Miss You', Clay Djubal (composer), single work lyric/song (p. 23)
- 'Two Steps Back', Clay Djubal (composer), single work lyric/song (p. 26)