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Notes
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Poems are arranged in four sections:
Stolen
Caring for Country
Living Blak
Drawing the Landscape (Sequence)
Contents
- Dark Secretsi"Truth can spill out", single work poetry (p. 3)
- Innargangi"In the dry heat", single work poetry (p. 4)
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Passionfloweri"Across the iron roof the creeper draws the window in",
single work
poetry
(p. 5)
Note: With title : Passion Flower
- Barramali"I learned early", single work poetry (p. 6)
- Terra Nulliusi"We watched them come with new ideas for change, create", single work poetry (p. 7)
- Two Tonesi"I'm a second-hand girl", single work poetry (p. 8)
- In-Servicei"Dazzling bright", single work poetry (p. 9)
- At Katoombai"We hear of forbidden love", single work poetry (p. 10)
- Un-Titledi"Dark hands", single work poetry (p. 11)
- Sydney Real Estate : For Salei"Bennelong:", single work poetry (p. 12-13)
- The Tellingi"The family move silently, follow the creek, afraid of", single work poetry (p. 14-17)
- Toyota Dreamingi"At sunrise, the mine lifts in stark surprise", single work poetry (p. 21-22)
- Skin Deepi"this cloak", single work poetry (p. 23-24)
- Payback in ’78i"At Bre’ the Rainbow Serpent flows from sponges", single work poetry (p. 25-27)
- Jaandooi"Rover tracks his Wild Dog roaming in the sand", single work poetry (p. 28-29)
- Wonderlandi"At the springs, the sky is reflex blue in a rim of rock.", single work poetry (p. 30-31)
- Wemba Wembai"Anger spreads in slow time. A stock line stirs", single work poetry (p. 32)
- Tanamii"Without our language", single work poetry (p. 33)
- Three Views of Coogeei"Coastal tribes gather on bora ground close to the shore. Waves of painted bodies move", single work poetry (p. 34-35)
- Boorraloolai"Up in the Gulf he paints his mother's country", single work poetry (p. 37-38)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Aspects of Australian Poetry in 2012
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , June vol. 58 no. 1 2013; (p. 68-91)'T he act of reading for appraisal rather than pleasure is a privilege that brings me to a deepened understanding of the contemporary in Australian poetry, the way the past is being framed, its traditions, celebrities and enigmas washed up in new and hybrid appearances or redressed in more conventional, sometimes nimbus forms. Judith Wright wrote that the ‘place to find clues is not in the present, it lies in the past: a shallow past, as all immigrants to Australia know, and all of us are immigrants.’ The discipline of reading to filter such a range of voices underlines my foreignness, making reading akin to translation, whilst reciprocally inviting the reader of this essay to become a foreigner to my assumptions and conclusions.' (Introduction)
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Margaret Bradstock Reviews Looking for Bullin Bullin by Brenda Saunders
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Mascara Literary Review , June no. 13 2013;
— Review of Looking for Bullin Bullin 2012 selected work poetry
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Margaret Bradstock Reviews Looking for Bullin Bullin by Brenda Saunders
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Mascara Literary Review , June no. 13 2013;
— Review of Looking for Bullin Bullin 2012 selected work poetry -
Aspects of Australian Poetry in 2012
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , June vol. 58 no. 1 2013; (p. 68-91)'T he act of reading for appraisal rather than pleasure is a privilege that brings me to a deepened understanding of the contemporary in Australian poetry, the way the past is being framed, its traditions, celebrities and enigmas washed up in new and hybrid appearances or redressed in more conventional, sometimes nimbus forms. Judith Wright wrote that the ‘place to find clues is not in the present, it lies in the past: a shallow past, as all immigrants to Australia know, and all of us are immigrants.’ The discipline of reading to filter such a range of voices underlines my foreignness, making reading akin to translation, whilst reciprocally inviting the reader of this essay to become a foreigner to my assumptions and conclusions.' (Introduction)
Awards
- 2013 third prize SWW Book Awards — Poetry