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Issue Details: First known date: 1989... 1989 Selected Poems
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Notes

  • Includes works collected by Roland Robinson and published in The Nearest the White Man Gets : Aboriginal Narratives and Poems of New South Wales (Hale & Iremonger, 1989)

Contents

* Contents derived from the North Ryde, Ryde - Gladesville - Hunters Hill area, Northwest Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson , 1989 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Creeki"When other creeks are dry and filled with leaves,", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 1)
Beyond the Grass-Tree Spears Inscriptioni"I made my verses of places where I made my fires;", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 1)
And the Blacks are Gonei"But this sea will not die, this sea that brims", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 1)
Invocationi"Last night I spoke to you from where I lay", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 2)
Departurei"Beautiful even as Death this rain on the sea,", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 2)
Ghost-Gumi"I waken to morning in mazes of white limb-boughs,", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 2)
Drifting Dug-Outi"Now that the fig lets fall her single stars", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 3)
White Egreti"So, as the first of widening ripples has made", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 3)
Billabong Mooni"She dims the fair haired stars and, through her veils", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 3)
Night Flowering Fig Treei"I do not sleep but, in the hot still night,", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 4)
The Bee-Keeperi"He spoke about the evening and then of bees,", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 4)
To a Matei"He was a man who, with his hand,", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 4-5)
Would I Might Find My Countryi"Would I might find my country as the blacks", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 5)
The Water-Lubrai"Nalul came out of the desert,", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 6-7)
The Droversi"Over the plains of the whitening grass", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 7)
Elouerai"Because I wakened when the throng", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 8)
The Curlewi"My doorway frames the stars, the low", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 8)
Casuarinai"The last, the long-haired casuarina", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 9)
Incredible Dawn Incredulous Dawni"Out of the deeps of trees a bird was singing", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 9)
Note: With title:Incredible Dawn
Swifti"Exhausted, this migrating bird", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 10)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Three Dimensions Philip Hodgins , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , April no. 75 1990; (p. 28-29)

— Review of A Human Pattern : Selected Poems Judith Wright , 1990 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems [1990] Gwen Harwood , 1990 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems Roland Robinson , 1989 selected work poetry
Concise Sample of Undervalued Verse Robert Hefner , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 10 June 1989; (p. B4)

— Review of Selected Poems Roland Robinson , 1989 selected work poetry
Three Dimensions Philip Hodgins , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , April no. 75 1990; (p. 28-29)

— Review of A Human Pattern : Selected Poems Judith Wright , 1990 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems [1990] Gwen Harwood , 1990 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems Roland Robinson , 1989 selected work poetry
Concise Sample of Undervalued Verse Robert Hefner , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 10 June 1989; (p. B4)

— Review of Selected Poems Roland Robinson , 1989 selected work poetry
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