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Notes
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Dedication: For my mother, Sofia, and my father, Fortunato (1928-1998)
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Epigraph:
I think that I am here on this earth,
To present a report on it, but to whom I don't know.
-Czeslaw Milosz, 'Consciousness'
Contents
* Contents derived from the
St Lucia,
Indooroopilly - St Lucia area,
Brisbane - North West,
Brisbane,
Queensland,:University of Queensland Press
, 2010 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Adriatic Figsi"A seasoned widow by the time", single work poetry (p. 3)
- My Grandmother’s Orchard, Istria, 1939, sequence poetry (p. 3-4)
- Chestnuts and Green Winei"Through play more than work", single work poetry (p. 4)
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Uncle Pepi the Mechanic, Italy 1945i"
The sound of twigs breaking along the path out the back alerts him that there's
", single work poetry (p. 5-6) - Tyrol, Austria, 1917i"My grandfather, Giuseppe Velcˇic ́", single work poetry (p. 7)
- Skirmish, 1942i"Hands on head,", single work poetry (p. 8)
- The Last Weeks of the War, Italy 1945, sequence poetry (p. 9-13)
- Missingi"his face stares from", single work poetry (p. 14)
- Sofia Visits the Clairvoyant, 1946i"He sees her coming.", single work poetry (p. 15)
- Zia Daria in Toukley Hospitali"Now she sleeps.", single work poetry (p. 16)
- Zia’s Lesson on How to Make Gnocchii"doesn’t interest me.", single work poetry (p. 17-18)
- Mediterranean Mosaici"Today neither Mother’s story", single work poetry (p. 19)
- A Glimpse of Wateri"A month before the end", single work poetry (p. 20-21)
- Bank's Tattooi"Everything in the air and water matters.", single work poetry (p. 25-26)
- Botany Bay Ii"Cook rubs the bone fishing hook he found in sand", single work poetry (p. 27)
- 1. Morning Caffelattei"After he’s back from the chicken run,", single work poetry (p. 28)
- 2. In the Laundryi"‘You can’t keep these,’ he says,", single work poetry (p. 28)
- Snapshots of Fatheri"After he’s back from the chicken run,", sequence poetry (p. 28-29)
- 3. Bus Trip to Mascoti"An old man in a trench coat", single work poetry (p. 29)
- 4. Roast Ducki"There’s hardly any light", single work poetry (p. 29)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Sometimes Difficult, Always Diverse : Aspects of Contemporary Australian Poetry 2010-11
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , July vol. 56 no. 1 2011; (p. 50-66)
— Review of Ashes in the Air 2011 selected work poetry ; Pebbles on the Roof 2009 selected work poetry ; Carnival Edge : New and Selected Poems 2010 selected work poetry ; Glass Clouds 2010 selected work poetry ; I Painted Unafraid 2010 selected work poetry ; Burning Bright 2010 selected work poetry ; An Absence of Saints 2010 selected work poetry ; Chemistry 2011 selected work poetry ; Lines for Birds : Poems and Paintings 2011 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems of Dorothy Hewett 2010 selected work poetry ; Acts of Defiance : New and Selected Poems 2010 selected work poetry ; News of the Insect World : And Other Poems 2009 selected work poetry ; Graphic : Two Sequences 2010 selected work poetry ; The Drunken Elk 2010 selected work poetry ; Possession : Poems about the Voyage of Lt James Cook in The Endeavour 1768-1771 2010 selected work poetry ; The West : Australian Poems 1989-2009 2010 selected work poetry ; La, La, La 2009 selected work poetry ; Porch Music 2010 selected work poetry ; Postcards from the Centre 2010 selected work poetry ; Swallow 2010 selected work poetry ; Little River 2010 selected work poetry ; Where N Equals a Determinacy of Poetry 2010 selected work poetry ; Heartscapes 2010 selected work poetry ; Green Hair 2010 selected work poetry ; Starlight : 150 Poems 2010 selected work poetry ; The Gossip and the Wine 2011 selected work poetry ; The Geometry of Flight 2010 selected work poetry ; Keepers 2010 selected work poetry ; Seasons of Doubt and Burning : New and Selected Poems 2010 selected work poetry ; Time Will Tell 2010 selected work poetry ; New Selected Poems : A Collection of Flowers : 1967-2009 2010 selected work poetry ; Collected Poems : Francis Webb 2011 collected 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 -
Memories of Turmoil Flow
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 25 September 2010; (p. 26)
— Review of An Absence of Saints 2010 selected work poetry
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Memories of Turmoil Flow
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 25 September 2010; (p. 26)
— Review of An Absence of Saints 2010 selected work poetry -
Sometimes Difficult, Always Diverse : Aspects of Contemporary Australian Poetry 2010-11
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , July vol. 56 no. 1 2011; (p. 50-66)
— Review of Ashes in the Air 2011 selected work poetry ; Pebbles on the Roof 2009 selected work poetry ; Carnival Edge : New and Selected Poems 2010 selected work poetry ; Glass Clouds 2010 selected work poetry ; I Painted Unafraid 2010 selected work poetry ; Burning Bright 2010 selected work poetry ; An Absence of Saints 2010 selected work poetry ; Chemistry 2011 selected work poetry ; Lines for Birds : Poems and Paintings 2011 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems of Dorothy Hewett 2010 selected work poetry ; Acts of Defiance : New and Selected Poems 2010 selected work poetry ; News of the Insect World : And Other Poems 2009 selected work poetry ; Graphic : Two Sequences 2010 selected work poetry ; The Drunken Elk 2010 selected work poetry ; Possession : Poems about the Voyage of Lt James Cook in The Endeavour 1768-1771 2010 selected work poetry ; The West : Australian Poems 1989-2009 2010 selected work poetry ; La, La, La 2009 selected work poetry ; Porch Music 2010 selected work poetry ; Postcards from the Centre 2010 selected work poetry ; Swallow 2010 selected work poetry ; Little River 2010 selected work poetry ; Where N Equals a Determinacy of Poetry 2010 selected work poetry ; Heartscapes 2010 selected work poetry ; Green Hair 2010 selected work poetry ; Starlight : 150 Poems 2010 selected work poetry ; The Gossip and the Wine 2011 selected work poetry ; The Geometry of Flight 2010 selected work poetry ; Keepers 2010 selected work poetry ; Seasons of Doubt and Burning : New and Selected Poems 2010 selected work poetry ; Time Will Tell 2010 selected work poetry ; New Selected Poems : A Collection of Flowers : 1967-2009 2010 selected work poetry ; Collected Poems : Francis Webb 2011 collected 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
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