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This work contains a collection of innovative, intelligent, witty and superbly crafted poems by Peter Minter.
Notes
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Dedication: This book is dedicated to the memory of Freya Girvan Sheriff 19.8.98 - 7.9.98
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Epigraph: I begin where I can, and end when I see the whole thing returning. Robert Creeley
Contents
* Contents derived from the
North Ryde,
Ryde - Gladesville - Hunters Hill area,
Northwest Sydney,
Sydney,
New South Wales,:Paper Bark Press
, 1999 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Prologue v7.0.2i"There is a dry end to flowering", single work poetry (p. 10)
- As One Returned From the Gravei"I lie against my body;", single work poetry (p. 12-13)
- Living Systemsi"Under the dim grey sky of an early evening", single work poetry (p. 14-15)
- Febriculai"On the other hand,", single work poetry (p. 16-17)
- One for the Liveyi"You enter the suburbs,", single work poetry (p. 18-20)
- Swallowi"For fifteen nights you bring me", single work poetry (p. 21-22)
- Civilisationi""On which summer day", single work poetry (p. 23-24)
- On Smoking by the Harbour, Thinking of Friends Recently Published in The Australian's Review of Booksi"I consider this", single work poetry (p. 25-26)
- Face Without Issuei"Say you will die first,", single work poetry (p. 27-28)
- Describing Phenomenai"Green lights", single work poetry (p. 29-30)
- New Year'si"After sharing the last joint", single work poetry (p. 31-32)
- Linguigei"Content is a slippery glimpse, or so the light", single work poetry (p. 34)
- Odaliski"The lovely stuff, you know, is livelier", single work poetry (p. 35)
- Lusti"'Her remark how I fly", single work poetry (p. 36)
- Mythosi"Helen, Should This Heart Be Unmoved, the way some believe", single work poetry (p. 37)
- Scenici"The winter it came here, he looked up. Leaves pixillate", single work poetry (p. 38)
- Melody 1972 Melodyi"My wife my car my color and myself", single work poetry (p. 39)
- Liveri"Reminded her so much", single work poetry (p. 40)
- Beigei"Lately what have you, my arrogance, been writing", single work poetry (p. 41)
- Blottoi"It will always invade you, par for", single work poetry (p. 42)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Damaged Edens
single work
review
— Review of Black Water : Approaching Zukofsky 1999 selected work poetry ; Wicked Heat 1999 selected work poetry ; Empty Texas 1999 selected work poetry ; Conscious and Verbal 1999 selected work poetry -
A Sunday Morning Chat with Peter Minter
Debbie Comerford
(interviewer),
2001
single work
interview
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies in the 21st Century 2001; (p. [30]-45) -
Multiple positions for all
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 162 2001; (p. 108-109)
— Review of Empty Texas 1999 selected work poetry -
The Computer & the Poet
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 14 no. 2 2000; (p. 161-162)
— Review of Different Hands : Seven Stories 1998 selected work prose ; Empty Texas 1999 selected work poetry -
I Go on Working as If There Must be Questions Because of All This Answer
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 60 no. 1 2000; (p. 192-203)
— Review of Editing the Moon 1999 selected work poetry ; Empty Texas 1999 selected work poetry
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Empty Texas
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin , vol. 58 no. 4 1999; (p. 188-190)
— Review of Empty Texas 1999 selected work poetry -
Seductive Writing
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January no. 217 (p. 36-37)
— Review of Empty Texas 1999 selected work poetry -
Untitled
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 19 November no. 5042 1999; (p. 33)
— Review of Empty Texas 1999 selected work poetry -
Tales from an Uncertain Time
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 22 January 2000; (p. 10)
— Review of Invisible Riders 1999 selected work poetry ; Wicked Heat 1999 selected work poetry ; Untold Tales 1999 selected work short story ; Empty Texas 1999 selected work poetry ; Mines 1999 selected work poetry -
Poetic Devices
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 1 April 2000; (p. 7)
— Review of Empty Texas 1999 selected work poetry ; Conscious and Verbal 1999 selected work poetry ; Mines 1999 selected work poetry -
A Sunday Morning Chat with Peter Minter
Debbie Comerford
(interviewer),
2001
single work
interview
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies in the 21st Century 2001; (p. [30]-45) -
Words to Conjure With : Poetry
2000
single work
column
— Appears in: The Age , 5 August 2000; (p. 7)
Awards
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