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Nullarbor Song Cycle sequence   poetry  
Issue Details: First known date: 1994... 1994 Nullarbor Song Cycle
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Notes

  • Author's note: In Aboriginal myth, mamu are spirit beings, generally hostiele; inma is a ceremony; gabidji is a small wallaby; wonambi is the rainbow snake.
  • Epigraph: If only the savage one with so few legs would come, I'd say my prayers out of my mouth, as usual. Where are his notes that I loved? John Berryman, 'Snow Line.'

Includes

Mamu Meat-Trap i "whose desert is this? it's not enough", David P. Reiter , 1994 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Cave After Saltwater Tide 1994; (p. 154)
So Little Life i "Entranced by spinifex, she didn't expect", David P. Reiter , 1994 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Cave After Saltwater Tide 1994; (p. 154-155)
Her Poisonous Blood i "when i threw my grinding stone at the gabidji", David P. Reiter , 1994 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Cave After Saltwater Tide 1994; (p. 155)
The Truck Disappeared i "He left a question in Koonalda cave are these", David P. Reiter , 1994 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Cave After Saltwater Tide 1994; (p. 155)
Spitting Out Pearlshells i "these two goannas climbed eaglehawk tree", David P. Reiter , 1994 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Cave After Saltwater Tide 1994; (p. 155-156)
The Trees Wave like Sirens i "It's when the trees begin to wave like sirens", David P. Reiter , 1994 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Cave After Saltwater Tide 1994; (p. 156)
Wichetty Grubs in Their Bag i "they came with wichetty grubs in their bag", David P. Reiter , 1994 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Cave After Saltwater Tide 1994; (p. 156)
Walking at Night i "The roadhouse sign says watch out for UFOs", David P. Reiter , 1991 single work poetry
— Appears in: Mattoid , no. 40 1991; (p. 40) The Cave After Saltwater Tide 1994; (p. 157)
How the Milky Way was Formed i "crocodile man fishes 'til evening then calls", David P. Reiter , 1991 single work poetry
— Appears in: Mattoid , no. 40 1991; (p. 40) The Cave After Saltwater Tide 1994; (p. 157)
The Sand Buries Everything i "When Antarctic winds blow across the dunes", David P. Reiter , 1991 single work poetry
— Appears in: Mattoid , no. 40 1991; (p. 40) The Cave After Saltwater Tide 1994; (p. 157-158)
Rainbow Snake Comes to Earth i "wonambi bites the clouds and shakes", David P. Reiter , 1991 single work poetry
— Appears in: Mattoid , no. 40 1991; (p. 40-41) The Cave After Saltwater Tide 1994; (p. 158)
It's Like They Know You i "The men lift their hands to wish you luck", David P. Reiter , 1991 single work poetry
— Appears in: Mattoid , no. 40 1991; (p. 41) The Cave After Saltwater Tide 1994; (p. 159)
They Drained the Waterhole Dry i "we don't know these people at our waterhole", David P. Reiter , 1991 single work poetry
— Appears in: Mattoid , no. 40 1991; (p. 41) The Cave After Saltwater Tide 1994; (p. 159)

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