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  • Author:agent Les Murray http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/murray-les
Issue Details: First known date: 2015... 2015 Waiting for the Past
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'Les Murray's new volume of poems – his first in five years – continues his use of molten language. From 'The Black Beaches' to 'Radiant Pleats, Mulgoa', from 'High Speed Trap Space' to 'The Electric, 1960', this is verse that renews and transforms our sense of the world.

''No poet has ever travelled like this, whether in reality or simply in mind … Seeing the shape or hearing the sound of one thing in another, he finds forms'—Clive James, The Monthly'

' (Publication summary)

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Notes

  • Dedication: To the glory of God

Contents

* Contents derived from the Collingwood, Fitzroy - Collingwood area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,:Black Inc. , 2015 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Black Beachesi"Yellow rimming the ocean", Les Murray , single work poetry
Inspecting the Rivermouthi"Drove up to Hahndorf:", Les Murray , single work poetry
The Canonisationi"Mary MacKillop, born 1842", Les Murray , single work poetry
High Risei"Fawn high rise of Beijing", Les Murray , single work poetry
Nuclear Family Beesi"Little native-bee hives", Les Murray , single work poetry
When Two Percent Were Studentsi"Gorgeous expansion of life", Les Murray , single work poetry
I Wrote a Little Haikui"I wrote a little haiku", Les Murray , single work poetry
Dynamic Resti"Six little terns", Les Murray , single work poetry
West Coast Townshipi"Cervantes. This one-strum pueblo", Les Murray , single work poetry
Money and the Flying Horsesi"Intriguing, the oaten seethe", Les Murray , single work poetry
Sun Taikoi"Across the river", Les Murray , single work poetry
Persistence of the Reformationi"Seen from this high cutting", Les Murray , single work poetry
Child Logici"The smallest girl", Les Murray , single work poetry
Floodtime Night Shelteri"No mattress for the last levee shoveller,", Les Murray , single work poetry
Powder of Lighti"Hunched in the farm ute", Les Murray , single work poetry
The Backroad Collectionsi"Verandah shops", Les Murray , single work poetry
Tap Dogs' Musici"Ponderous cauldrons", Les Murray , single work poetry
English as a Second Languagei"A coffee cart was travelling down the mountain", Les Murray , single work poetry
High Speed Trap Spacei"Speeding home from town", Les Murray , single work poetry
Diabeticai"A man coughs like a box", Les Murray , single work poetry
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Collingwood, Fitzroy - Collingwood area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,: Black Inc. , 2015 .
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      Extent: 112p.
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      • Published April 2015
      ISBN: 9781863957137
    • Manchester,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Lintott Press ,       2015 .
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      Extent: 80p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 30 December 2016
      ISBN: 9781784101169
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Works about this Work

Contemporary Masters Martin Langford , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Autumn vol. 75 no. 1 2016; (p. 177-182)
— Review of Waiting for the Past Les Murray , 2015 selected work poetry ; Terra Bravura Meredith Wattison , 2014 selected work poetry ; Indirect Objects Louis Armand , 2014 selected work poetry
Dancing on Centre Stage A. J. Carruthers , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 75 no. 2 2016; (p. 250-259)
— Review of Cocky's Joy Michael Farrell , 2015 selected work poetry ; Waiting for the Past Les Murray , 2015 selected work poetry
Memories, Jokes and Inexhaustible Patterns : Waiting for the Past Dennis Haskell , 2016 single work criticism
— Appears in: The West Verandah : The Life and Work of Les Murray 2016; (p. 47-59)
Waiting for the Past by Les Murray Review – Matter-of-fact Extravagance Sean O'Brien , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 7 November 2015;
— Review of Waiting for the Past Les Murray , 2015 selected work poetry
Les Murray Jason Steger (interviewer), 2015 single work interview
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 10-11 October 2015; (p. 24-25) The Saturday Age , 10-11 October 2015; (p. 24)
A Poetic Champion Composes A. P. Riemer , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 28-29 March 2014; (p. 30-31) The Sunday Age , 29 March 2015; (p. 26)
— Review of Waiting for the Past Les Murray , 2015 selected work poetry
Widespeak : Waiting for the Past by Les Murray Lisa Gorton , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , May 2015; The Australian Face : Essays from the Sydney Review of Books 2017; (p. 114-125)
— Review of Waiting for the Past Les Murray , 2015 selected work poetry

'This is a riddle from the Exeter Book, an anthology of Anglo-Saxon poetry, which the Bishop Leofric donated to the library of Exeter Cathedral in 1072: ‘I mycel englisc boc be gehwilcum thingum on leothwisan geworht’: a big English book about everything, worked into song.' (Introduction)
Lexical Lightning Jaya Savige , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 23-24 May 2015; (p. 16-17)
— Review of Waiting for the Past Les Murray , 2015 selected work poetry
Review : Waiting for the Past DL , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 4 April 2015;
— Review of Waiting for the Past Les Murray , 2015 selected work poetry
Vintage Murray Geoff Page , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 6 June 2015; (p. 18)
— Review of Waiting for the Past Les Murray , 2015 selected work poetry
Les Memorables Bob Ellis , 2015 single work column
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 4 April 2015;
Les Murray and the Purpose of Poetry Clive James , 2015 single work criticism
— Appears in: Quadrant , June vol. 59 no. 6 2015; (p. 64-67) 'Still alive when Les Murray was a young poet, Kenneth Slessor called him to a meeting, and passed on the torch. As far as I know, Murray has never recorded this moment in print, but I once heard him refer to it. He was rightly proud, because Slessor, in those days, was the Australian poet who filled our sky. Today Murray fills the sky not just in his homeland but in all the world. His achievement has been magisterial, and needs no further proving. If he adds more poems now, it can only be because he loves what he does.' (Publication abstract)
Les Murray Jason Steger (interviewer), 2015 single work interview
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 10-11 October 2015; (p. 24-25) The Saturday Age , 10-11 October 2015; (p. 24)
Memories, Jokes and Inexhaustible Patterns : Waiting for the Past Dennis Haskell , 2016 single work criticism
— Appears in: The West Verandah : The Life and Work of Les Murray 2016; (p. 47-59)
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