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'Like Petra White’s applauded first collection, her second begins and ends with a fable of the uncanny ordinary. Between is a cornucopia of odes: epistolary, philosophical, elegiac. These poems think through and honour the normal mysteries of fate.
'Her world is large and contemporary, anchored by a young poet’s own memories. White inhabits her poems lightly, using personal experience with wit and without self-pleading. Some of this work shows the shadow of depression: not so much expressing moods as touching on how depression dwells, finding its register so it can speak.
'A number of poems openly engage with notable depressives of literary history, but we don’t need those homages to realise that this poet is a very capacious reader. It is there in her music. Late Lowell and Bishop, along with Harwood, ghost the swift edge in her language. Beyond these, a large tradition of cadences and tropes is absorbed in her fluent free verse lines.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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Dedication: For Ellie, Marty, Lili & Alex
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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Untitled
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Voice : A Journal of Comment and Review , March no. 41 2012; (p. 20-29)
— Review of The Simplified World 2010 selected work poetry ; Late Start, Long Journey 2011 selected work poetry ; Postcard to Sylvia Plath 2010 selected work poetry ; High Heels and Tartan Slippers 2011 selected work poetry ; The Family Album and Other Poems 2011 selected work poetry -
Poetry Review
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Island , Spring no. 126 2011;
— Review of Possession : Poems about the Voyage of Lt James Cook in The Endeavour 1768-1771 2010 selected work poetry ; Patience, Mutiny 2010 selected work poetry ; The Simplified World 2010 selected work poetry ; Swallow 2010 selected work poetry -
The Slim Volume Report
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Arena Magazine , August-September no. 113 2011; (p. 50-52)
— Review of Beneath Our Armour 2009 selected work poetry ; In Defence of Hawaiian Shirts 2010 selected work poetry ; The Simplified World 2010 selected work poetry -
The Latest Word
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Wet Ink , December no. 21 2010; (p. 47-48)
— Review of The Mountain City Murders 2010 single work novel ; An Absence of Saints 2010 selected work poetry ; The Simplified World 2010 selected work poetry -
Poignant Observations
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 18 September 2010; (p. 26)
— Review of The Simplified World 2010 selected work poetry
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Poignant Observations
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 18 September 2010; (p. 26)
— Review of The Simplified World 2010 selected work poetry -
The Latest Word
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Wet Ink , December no. 21 2010; (p. 47-48)
— Review of The Mountain City Murders 2010 single work novel ; An Absence of Saints 2010 selected work poetry ; The Simplified World 2010 selected work poetry -
The Slim Volume Report
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Arena Magazine , August-September no. 113 2011; (p. 50-52)
— Review of Beneath Our Armour 2009 selected work poetry ; In Defence of Hawaiian Shirts 2010 selected work poetry ; The Simplified World 2010 selected work poetry -
Poetry Review
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Island , Spring no. 126 2011;
— Review of Possession : Poems about the Voyage of Lt James Cook in The Endeavour 1768-1771 2010 selected work poetry ; Patience, Mutiny 2010 selected work poetry ; The Simplified World 2010 selected work poetry ; Swallow 2010 selected work poetry -
Untitled
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Voice : A Journal of Comment and Review , March no. 41 2012; (p. 20-29)
— Review of The Simplified World 2010 selected work poetry ; Late Start, Long Journey 2011 selected work poetry ; Postcard to Sylvia Plath 2010 selected work poetry ; High Heels and Tartan Slippers 2011 selected work poetry ; The Family Album and Other Poems 2011 selected work poetry