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Publication Date: December 1, 1995

Included are many major poets well-known outside of Australia, such as Peter Porter, James McAuley, Dorothy Hewett, and Gwen Harwood, as well as many poets who have long deserved international recognition. The selections offer a challenging view of ""early modern poetry"" in Australia up to the 1960s, and the decade of turmoil, 1965-1975, is presented with new insight. The years from 1965 to the 1990s are revealed as a period of richness and increasing diversity for the poets, showing the impact of feminism, multicultural writing, and post-modernism on their works.

#outer_postBodyPS { display: none; } #psGradient { display: none; } #psPlaceHolder { display: none; } #psExpand { display: none; } Included are many major poets well-known outside of Australia, such as Peter Porter, James McAuley, Dorothy Hewett, and Gwen Harwood, as well as many poets who have long deserved international recognition. The selections offer a challenging view of ""early modern poetry"" in Australia up to the 1960s, and the decade of turmoil, 1965-1975, is presented with new insight. The years from 1965 to the 1990s are revealed as a period of richness and increasing diversity for the poets, showing the impact of feminism, multicultural writing, and post-modernism on their works.

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Action Would Kill It / A Gamble by Robert Adamson
Dreamng Up Mother by Robert Adamson
An Elm Tree In Paddington by Robert Adamson
Gutting The Salmon by Robert Adamson
The Home, The Spare Room by Robert Adamson
My House by Robert Adamson
My Tenth Birthday by Robert Adamson
Passing Through Experiences by Robert Adamson
The Private by Robert Adamson
Rimbaud Having A Bath by Robert Adamson
Sibyl by Robert Adamson
Sonnets To Be Written From Prison: 1 by Robert Adamson
Sonnets To Be Written From Prison: 2 by Robert Adamson
Sonnets To Be Written From Prison: 3 by Robert Adamson
Sonnets To Be Written From Prison: 6 by Robert Adamson
Angels' Weather by Bruce Victor Beaver
Dejeuner Sur L'herbe by Bruce Victor Beaver
The Drummer by Bruce Victor Beaver
Letters To Live Poets: 1. Frank O'hara by Bruce Victor Beaver
Letters To Live Poets: 19 by Bruce Victor Beaver
More Than 9 Lives by Bruce Victor Beaver
Odes And Days: Day 20 by Bruce Victor Beaver
Silo Treading by Bruce Victor Beaver
Dining Out by Judith Beveridge
The Domesticity Of Giraffes by Judith Beveridge
In The Park by Judith Beveridge
The Anchor by John Blight
Death Of A Whale by John Blight
Down From The Country by John Blight
Garfish by John Blight
Into The Ark by John Blight
The Landfall by John Blight
Searchlights by John Blight
Sun by John Blight
Nonplussed by Ken Bolton
I Remember Dexedrine 1970 by Pamela Brown
Leaving by Pamela Brown
The Child Is Revenant To The Man by Vincent Buckley
A Man, A Woman by Vincent Buckley
Origins by Vincent Buckley
Stroke: 1 by Vincent Buckley
Stroke: 4 by Vincent Buckley
Stroke: 5 by Vincent Buckley
Stroke: 6 by Vincent Buckley
Stroke: 7 by Vincent Buckley
An End To Myth by Charles Buckmaster
Seed by Charles Buckmaster
Wilpena Pound by Charles Buckmaster
How by Joanne Burns
Marble Surfaces by Joanne Burns
Reading by Joanne Burns
Revisionism by Joanne Burns
Three-inch Reflector by Caroline Caddy
The Anguish Of Ants by David Campbell
Here, Under Pear-trees by David Campbell
Hotel Mrine by David Campbell
Ku-ring-gai Rock Carvings: Baiame by David Campbell
Ku-ring-gai Rock Carvings: Bora Ring by David Campbell
Ku-ring-gai Rock Carvings: Hands by David Campbell
Ku-ring-gai Rock Carvings: Lizards by David Campbell
Ku-ring-gai Rock Carvings: Spiny Anteaters by David Campbell
Ku-ring-gai Rock Carvings: Spring by David Campbell
Ku-ring-gai Rock Carvings: Tench, 1791 by David Campbell
Ku-ring-gai Rock Carvings: The Lovers by David Campbell
The Man In The Honeysuckle by David Campbell
Men In Green by David Campbell
Mohters And Daughters by David Campbell
Small-town Gladys by David Campbell
Starting From Central Station: 1 by David Campbell
Starting From Central Station: 9. Angina by David Campbell
13 November 1983 by Lee Cataldi
Advice by Lee Cataldi
It's Easy by Lee Cataldi
We Could Have Met by Lee Cataldi
Blkfern-jungal by Aileen Corpus
The Map Of The World by Anna Couani
The Never-dead by Anna Couani
The Obvious by Anna Couani
What A Man, What A Moon by Anna Couani
Desolation by Jack Davis
The First-born by Jack Davis
One Hundred And Fifty Years by Jack Davis
Warru by Jack Davis
The Copy-writer's Dream by Bruce Dawe
Drifters by Bruce Dawe
Elegy For Drowned Children by Bruce Dawe
The Family Man by Bruce Dawe
Going by Bruce Dawe
Homecoming by Bruce Dawe
Homo Suburbiensis by Bruce Dawe
Morning Becomes Electric by Bruce Dawe
On The Death Of Ronald Ryan by Bruce Dawe
Renewal Notice by Bruce Dawe
Being Called For by Rosemary Dobson
The Three Fates by Rosemary Dobson
Day At A Time by Michael Dransfield
Endsight by Michael Dransfield
Epiderm by Michael Dransfield
Flying by Michael Dransfield
Memoirs Of A Velvet Urinal by Michael Dransfield
Minstrel by Michael Dransfield
Portrait Of The Artist As An Old Man by Michael Dransfield
Self-analysis by Michael Dransfield
A Strange Bird by Michael Dransfield
That Which We Call A Rose by Michael Dransfield
Visiting Hour (repatriation Hospital) by Michael Dransfield
The War Of Roses by Michael Dransfield
The Ash Range: 1.1 by Laurie Duggan
The Ash Range: 5.1 by Laurie Duggan
Dogs: Qantas Bags by Laurie Duggan
Dogs: South Coast Haiku by Laurie Duggan
Dogs: The Town On The Ten Dollar Note by Laurie Duggan
The Epigrams Of Martial: I. 37 by Laurie Duggan
The Epigrams Of Martial: Iii. 47 by Laurie Duggan
The Epigrams Of Martial: Viii. 20 by Laurie Duggan
The Epigrams Of Martial: X. 2 by Laurie Duggan
Hearts by Laurie Duggan
No Grudge by Lionel Fogarty
Remember Something Like This by Lionel Fogarty
The Age Of Plastic by John Forbes
Death, An Ode by John Forbes
Four Heads & How To Do Them: The Classical Head by John Forbes
Four Heads & How To Do Them: The Conceptual Head by John Forbes
Four Heads & How To Do Them: The Romantic Head by John Forbes
Four Heads & How To Do Them: The Symbolist Head by John Forbes
Love Poem by John Forbes
Monkey's Pride by John Forbes
Speed: A Pastoral by John Forbes
T.v. by John Forbes
Demolisher by Alan Gould
The Observed Observer by Alan Gould
The Dusk by Robert Gray
Flames And Dangling Wire by Robert Gray
Journey: The North Coast by Robert Gray
Automobiles Of The Asylum I Pull The Huge Book Down by Philip Hammial
Jane by Philip Hammial
Petit Guignol by Philip Hammial
Sadie by Philip Hammial
Treason's Choice by Philip Hammial
The Crafty Butcher by Susan Hampton
In Andrea's Garden by Susan Hampton
Women Who Speak With Steak Knives by Susan Hampton
Yugoslav Story by Susan Hampton
The Ambition by Robert (20th Century-) Harris
The Call by Robert (20th Century-) Harris
Literary Excellence by Robert (20th Century-) Harris
Riding Over Belmore Park by Robert (20th Century-) Harris
The Poem Films Itself by J. S. Harry
A Shot Of War by J. S. Harry
Walking, When The Lake Of The Air Is Blue With Spring by J. S. Harry
He Last Day by Kevin Hart
The Story by Kevin Hart
Nullarbor by William Hart-smith
Barn Owl (from: Father And Child) by Gwen Harwood
Carnal Knowledge by Gwen Harwood
Clair De Lune by Gwen Harwood
In The Park by Gwen Harwood
Mid-channel by Gwen Harwood
Mother Who Gave Me Life by Gwen Harwood
Nightfall by Gwen Harwood
The Sea Anemones by Gwen Harwood
A Mile From Poetry: 1 by Kris Hemensley
A Mile From Poetry: 2 by Kris Hemensley
A Mile From Poetry: 47 by Kris Hemensley
A Mile From Poetry: 48 by Kris Hemensley
Sulking In The Seventies by Kris Hemensley
Anniversary by Dorothy Hewett
Summer Solstice: 3 by Dorothy Hewett
This Version Of Love by Dorothy Hewett
You Gave Me Hyacinths First A Year Ago by Dorothy Hewett
Death Who by Philip Hodgins
Shooting The Dogs by Philip Hodgins
Australia by Alec Derwent Hope
Beyond Phigalia by Alec Derwent Hope
The Death Of The Bird by Alec Derwent Hope
Fafnir by Alec Derwent Hope
Flower Poem by Alec Derwent Hope
Imperial Adam by Alec Derwent Hope
Inscription For A War by Alec Derwent Hope
Observation Car by Alec Derwent Hope
The Return Of Persephone by Alec Derwent Hope
Under Sedation by Alec Derwent Hope
In Ferrara by John Jenkins
Couples by Kate Jennings
Just The Two Of Us by Kate Jennings
Gorey At The Biennale by Martin Johnston
In Memorium by Martin Johnston
In Transit: A Sonnet Square: 12. Drinking Sappho Brand Ouzo by Martin Johnston
In Transit: A Sonnet Square: 6. The Cafe Of Situations by Martin Johnston
The Sea Cucumber by Martin Johnston
The Front Window by Rae Desmond Jones
James Dean by Rae Desmond Jones
Shakti by Rae Desmond Jones
Freedom Fighter by Antigone Kefala
Industrial City by Antigone Kefala
The Party by Antigone Kefala
Sunday Visit by Antigone Kefala
The First Circle by S. K. Kelen
The Gods Ash Their Cigarettes by S. K. Kelen
Rabbit Shoeshine by S. K. Kelen
Chess Piece Cornered by John Kinsella
Orpheus by John Kinsella
Sick Woman by John Kinsella
Robert Penn Warren's Book by Anthony Lawrence
Roses: 1 by Geoffrey Lehmann
Roses: 6 by Geoffrey Lehmann
Roses: 9 by Geoffrey Lehmann
Ross' Poems: 16 by Geoffrey Lehmann
Ross' Poems: 29 by Geoffrey Lehmann
Ross' Poems: 36 by Geoffrey Lehmann
Ross' Poems: 57 by Geoffrey Lehmann
Ross' Poems: 67 by Geoffrey Lehmann
The Sewing Lesson by Kate Lilley
You Have To Strike Back by Kate Lilley
The Children Go by Kenneth Mackenzie
The Door Swung Open by Kenneth Mackenzie
The Fool by Kenneth Mackenzie
Ginger Flowers by Kenneth Mackenzie
Heat by Kenneth Mackenzie
New Arrival (from: The Hospital - Retrospections) by Kenneth Mackenzie
Sick Men Sleeping by Kenneth Mackenzie
Table-birds by Kenneth Mackenzie
Air by Jennifer Maiden
Anorexia by Jennifer Maiden
Climbing by Jennifer Maiden
The Foundations by Jennifer Maiden
The Green Side by Jennifer Maiden
In The Gloaming by Jennifer Maiden
Language by Jennifer Maiden
New (vermeer: Girl Reading A Letter) by Jennifer Maiden
Taste by Jennifer Maiden
Bicycle by David Malouf
For Two Children by David Malouf
The Judas Touch by David Malouf
Baroque Exterior by James Philip Mcauley
Because by James Philip Mcauley
Boult To Marina by James Philip Mcauley
The Cloak by James Philip Mcauley
Coda by James Philip Mcauley
Colloquy With John Keats by James Philip Mcauley
Culture As Exhibit by James Philip Mcauley
Dialogue by James Philip Mcauley
Documentary Film by James Philip Mcauley
Durer: Innsbruck, 1495 by James Philip Mcauley
Egyptian Register by James Philip Mcauley
Envoi by James Philip Mcauley
Gnostic Prelude by James Philip Mcauley
The Hero And The Hydra: 4. The Tomb Of Heracles by James Philip Mcauley
In A Late Hour by James Philip Mcauley
Keep The Season by James Philip Mcauley
Legendary by James Philip Mcauley
Night Piece by James Philip Mcauley
Night Piece (alternate Version) by James Philip Mcauley
Nocturne by James Philip Mcauley
One Tuesday In Summer by James Philip Mcauley
Palinode by James Philip Mcauley
Perspective Lovesong by James Philip Mcauley
Petit Testament by James Philip Mcauley
Released On Parole by James Philip Mcauley
The Seventh Day (from: The Seven Days Of Creation) by James Philip Mcauley
Sonnets For The Novachord: 1 by James Philip Mcauley
Sonnets For The Novachord: 2 by James Philip Mcauley
Sweet William by James Philip Mcauley
Sybilline by James Philip Mcauley
Wet Day by James Philip Mcauley
Winter Drive by James Philip Mcauley
World On Sunday by James Philip Mcauley
Young Prince Of Tyre by James Philip Mcauley
The Blue Horses by James Phillip Mcauley
Late Winter by James Phillip Mcauley
Pieta by James Phillip Mcauley
The Hollow Thesaurus by Roger Mcdonald
Incident In Transylvania by Roger Mcdonald
Back Steps Lookout by Rhyll Mcmaster
Clockface by Rhyll Mcmaster
Cinema Point by Philip Mead
Melbourne Or The Bush by Philip Mead
There by Philip Mead
Hide And Seek by Mudrooroo
Peaches And Cream by Mudrooroo
The Song Cycle Of Jacky: Song Thirty-four by Mudrooroo
The Broad Bean Sermon by Les A. Murray
The Bulahdelah-taree Holiday Song Cycle: 1. by Les A. Murray
The Bulahdelah-taree Holiday Song Cycle: 2. by Les A. Murray
The Bulahdelah-taree Holiday Song Cycle: 6. by Les A. Murray
Dog Fox Field by Les A. Murray
The Drugs Of War by Les A. Murray
Equanimity by Les A. Murray
Lament For The Country Soldiers by Les A. Murray
Louvres by Les A. Murray
The Mitchells by Les A. Murray
The Sydney Highrise Variations: 3. The Flight From Manhattan by Les A. Murray
The Tin Wash Dish by Les A. Murray
Dawn Wail For The Dead by Oodgeroo
Last Of His Tribe by Oodgeroo
No More Boomerang by Oodgeroo
We Are Going by Oodgeroo
The Elegist by Geoff Page
Jerry's Plains, 1848 by Geoff Page
Late Night Radio by Geoff Page
Road Show by Geoff Page
Smalltown Memorials by Geoff Page
Lollies Noir by Dorothy Porter
P.m.t. by Dorothy Porter
Affair Of The Heart by Peter Porter
And No Help Came by Peter Porter
The Easiest Room In Hell by Peter Porter
In The New World Happiness Is Allowed by Peter Porter
On This Day I Complete My Fortieth Year by Peter Porter
Sex And The Over Forties by Peter Porter
Talking To You Afterwards by Peter Porter
What I Have Written I Have Written by Peter Porter
Forever The Snake by Jennifer Rankin
Love Affair 36 by Jennifer Rankin
A Man Is Following Me by Jennifer Rankin
Old Circles by Jennifer Rankin
Old Currawong by Jennifer Rankin
Sea-bundle by Jennifer Rankin
Tale by Jennifer Rankin
The Gulls' Flight by Nigel Roberts
Max Factor Pink by Nigel Roberts
The Mona Lisa Tea Towel by Nigel Roberts
A Nigger & Some Poofters by Nigel Roberts
About This Woman by Judith Green Rodriguez
In-flight Note by Judith Green Rodriguez
The Mahogany Ship by Judith Green Rodriguez
Nasturtium Scanned by Judith Green Rodriguez
Nu-plastik Fanfare Red by Judith Green Rodriguez
Anglo-saxon Comedy by Peter Rose
Terminus by Peter Rose
The Wind Debates Asian Immigration by Peter Rose
Cruising by Gig Ryan
Elegy For 6 So Far by Gig Ryan
If I Had A Gun by Gig Ryan
In The Purple Bar by Gig Ryan
Ode To My Car by Gig Ryan
Orbit by Gig Ryan
Ghazal On Signs Of Love And Occupation by Philip Salom
Walking At Night by Philip Salom
Changing Room by John A. Scott
He Mailed The Letters Himself by John A. Scott
Helen Paints A Room by John A. Scott
Mailing The Letters by John A. Scott
Plato's Dog by John A. Scott
Receiving The Letters by John A. Scott
Typing The Letters by John A. Scott
The Blue Paisley Shirt by Thomas William Shapcott
The City Of Home by Thomas William Shapcott
Post Operative by Thomas William Shapcott
Shadow Of War, 1941 by Thomas William Shapcott
Turning Fifty by Thomas William Shapcott
Election Eve, With Cat by Alex Skovron
Hunting Rabbits by Peter Skrzynecki
The All-night Taxi Stand by Kenneth Slessor
Beach Burial by Kenneth Slessor
Choker's Lane by Kenneth Slessor
Five Bells by Kenneth Slessor
Fixed Ideas by Kenneth Slessor
Last Trams by Kenneth Slessor
The Night-ride by Kenneth Slessor
Nuremberg by Kenneth Slessor
Out Of Time by Kenneth Slessor
Sleep by Kenneth Slessor
South Country by Kenneth Slessor
To Myself by Kenneth Slessor
Up In Mabel's Room by Kenneth Slessor
The Calenture by Randolph Stow
Landfall by Randolph Stow
The Singng Bones by Randolph Stow
Love Notes by Jennifer Strauss
Cycle by Bobbi Sykes
One Day by Bobbi Sykes
Clearing Away by Andrew Taylor
Developing A Wife by Andrew Taylor
Fitzroy by Andrew Taylor
Travelling To Gleis-binario: 10. Goethe And Brentano by Andrew Taylor
High Country by Tim Thorne
Whatever Happened To Conway Twitty by Tim Thorne
Casino by Richard Tipping
Just After Michael's Death, The Game Of Pool by Richard Tipping
Poet At Work by Richard Tipping
The Alphabet Murders: 23 by John Tranter
Backyard by John Tranter
Debbie & Co by John Tranter
Enzensberger At Exiles by John Tranter
The Great Artist Reconsiders The Homeric Simile by John Tranter
Having Completed My Fortieth Year by John Tranter
Lufthansa by John Tranter
The Moment Of Waking by John Tranter
The Un-american Women by John Tranter
Autumn Supper by Dimitris Tsaloumas
Consolation by Dimitris Tsaloumas
Falcon Drinking by Dimitris Tsaloumas
The Grudge by Dimitris Tsaloumas
Note by Dimitris Tsaloumas
Old Friend by Dimitris Tsaloumas
A Progressive Man's Indignation by Dimitris Tsaloumas
Return Of An Ikon by Dimitris Tsaloumas
Future by Vicki Viidikas
Going Down. With No Permanence by Vicki Viidikas
Inside Of Paradise by Vicki Viidikas
It's Natural by Vicki Viidikas
A Trunkful Structures by Vicki Viidikas
Abhorring A Vacuum by Chris Wallace-crabbe
And The World Was Calm by Chris Wallace-crabbe
The Bits And Pieces: Opener by Chris Wallace-crabbe
The Collective Invention by Chris Wallace-crabbe
The Mental Traveller's Landfall by Chris Wallace-crabbe
Nub by Chris Wallace-crabbe
Sonnets To The Left: 4 by Chris Wallace-crabbe
The Windows by Chris Wallace-crabbe
The Abattoir by Ania Walwicz
Big Tease by Ania Walwicz
Daredevil by Ania Walwicz
Little Red Riding Hood by Ania Walwicz
The Tattoo by Ania Walwicz
Wonderful by Ania Walwicz
Go On, Tell Me The Season Is Over by Alan Wearne
The Nightmarkets: 5. Terri by Alan Wearne
The Nightmarkets: 8. Elise by Alan Wearne
The Nightmarkets: 9. The Division Of O'dowd: 7 by Alan Wearne
The Nightmarkets: 9. The Division Of O'dowd: 8 by Alan Wearne
The Nightmarkets: 9. The Division Of O'dowd: 9 by Alan Wearne
Around Costessey (from: In Memoriam, Anthony Sandys. 4. Art) by Francis Webb
Clouds: 1. Inland by Francis Webb
Clouds: 2. The Town by Francis Webb
Clouds: 3. Airliner by Francis Webb
A Death At Winson Green by Francis Webb
End Of The Picnic by Francis Webb
The Gunner by Francis Webb
Hospital Night (second Version) by Francis Webb
Laid Off: Hard-luck Story by Francis Webb
Laid Off: The Bureau, And Later by Francis Webb
Port Phillips Night by Francis Webb
A Tip For Saturday by Francis Webb
Towards The Land Of The Composer by Francis Webb
Ward Two: 1. Pneumo-encephalograph by Francis Webb
Ward Two: 2. Harry by Francis Webb
Ward Two: 3. Old Timer by Francis Webb
Ward Two: 5. Homosexual by Francis Webb
Ward Two: 8. Wild Honey by Francis Webb
The Story Of Frankie - My Man by Archie Weller
At Cooloola by Judith Wright
Brother And Sisters by Judith Wright
Camphor Laurel by Judith Wright
The Child by Judith Wright
Country Dance: 2. (from: The Blind Man) by Judith Wright
Eli, Eli by Judith Wright
For A Pastoral Family: 1. To My Brothers by Judith Wright
For A Pastoral Family: 5. Change by Judith Wright
Gum-trees Stripping by Judith Wright
The Killer by Judith Wright
Metho Drinker by Judith Wright
Night After Bushfire by Judith Wright
The Old Prison by Judith Wright
Pelicans by Judith Wright
The Precipice by Judith Wright
River Bend by Judith Wright
Skins by Judith Wright
To A Child by Judith Wright
Woman To Man by Judith Wright
Songs Of Love & Hate: 1. The Stone Dolphin by Fay Zwicky
Songs Of Love & Hate: 2. Jack Frost by Fay Zwicky
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