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'Ranging across art and poetry, the past and the present, homelands and far-off lands, Six Different Windows meditates on childhood, riffs on mythology, and draws on the familiar. Paul Hetherington’s new collection chronicles life in all its beauty and strangeness.' (Publication summary)
Notes
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Dedication: For Ian Templeman, sunt lacrimae rerum
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Crawley,
Inner Perth,
Perth,
Western Australia,:UWA Publishing
, 2013 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Corrugations, sequence poetry (p. 1-21)
- Mustangi"We were children,", single work poetry (p. 2-3)
- Chickeni"Later, as we were being suspended from school,", single work poetry (p. 4)
- Reedsi"We cracked reeds by pressing long edges together", single work poetry (p. 5)
- Monterey Cypressi"At the bottom of the oval", single work poetry (p. 6-7)
- Abstractionsi"Our grab-bag childish words", single work poetry (p. 8)
- Palei"As children, we were often beyond it -", single work poetry (p. 9)
-
Slidei"Dragging his bike to a halt",
single work
poetry
(p. 10-11)
Note: With first line: He skidded his bike to a halt
- Early Ambitioni"It was to climb the knotted rope that hung", single work poetry (p. 12)
- Seedsi"Those hard, dark seeds remain,", single work poetry (p. 13)
- Corrugationsi"Underneath the tank's slatted frame", single work poetry (p. 14)
- Bombsi"One of my father's stories", single work poetry (p. 15)
- The Pondi"Where we fished, throwing lines across the water's skin", single work poetry (p. 16)
- Parrotsi"Beaking and clawing, they strew the ground", single work poetry (p. 17)
- Brothersi"They delved in mud under pine needles,", single work poetry (p. 18)
- Hatredi"As a boy, he head trailed his friend,", single work poetry (p. 19-20)
- Snookeri"When their four boys were teenagers,", single work poetry (p. 21)
- Five Abstractions of Blue, sequence poetry (p. 23-34)
- 2. Refugeei"Not night but the inside of a darkened cell", single work poetry (p. 24)
- 1. Prussian Bluei"It is in the dense compression of glaciers", single work poetry (p. 24)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Silvery Responsibility of Knowing Everything
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 22-23 March 2014; (p. 20-21)
— Review of Available Light : New Poems 2012 selected work poetry ; Six Different Windows 2013 selected work poetry -
Rich Evocations of Harsh Realities : Paul Hetherington’s Six Different Windows
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Verity La , November 2013;
— Review of Six Different Windows 2013 selected work poetry -
Pleasures of Aporia
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 354 2013; (p. 64)
— Review of Six Different Windows 2013 selected work poetry -
Review Short : Paul Hetherington’s Six Different Windows
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , September no. 43.0 2013;
— Review of Six Different Windows 2013 selected work poetry -
Russian Spies and Vivid Musings
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 31 August 2013; (p. 25)
— Review of Six Different Windows 2013 selected work poetry ; The Petrov Poems 2013 novel
-
Russian Spies and Vivid Musings
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 31 August 2013; (p. 25)
— Review of Six Different Windows 2013 selected work poetry ; The Petrov Poems 2013 novel -
Review Short : Paul Hetherington’s Six Different Windows
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , September no. 43.0 2013;
— Review of Six Different Windows 2013 selected work poetry -
Pleasures of Aporia
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 354 2013; (p. 64)
— Review of Six Different Windows 2013 selected work poetry -
Silvery Responsibility of Knowing Everything
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 22-23 March 2014; (p. 20-21)
— Review of Available Light : New Poems 2012 selected work poetry ; Six Different Windows 2013 selected work poetry -
Rich Evocations of Harsh Realities : Paul Hetherington’s Six Different Windows
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Verity La , November 2013;
— Review of Six Different Windows 2013 selected work poetry
Awards
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