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Issue Details: First known date: 1979... 1979 The Forbidden City : Poems
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  • Dedication: for John and Eirian Wain and their part of Wales

Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Edwards and Shaw , 1979 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Black Winter : Man Drinkingi"He was told that if he goes on drinking", R. A. Simpson , single work poetry (p. 11)
The Black Winter : At the Beachi"A sudden storm", R. A. Simpson , single work poetry (p. 11)
The Black Winter : The End of Summeri"Having no high priestess", R. A. Simpson , single work poetry (p. 11)
The Black Winter : To My Wifei"Because of your fear of spiders", R. A. Simpson , single work poetry (p. 12)
The Black Winter : Electricity Failurei"I walk from room to room", R. A. Simpson , single work poetry (p. 12)
The Black Winter : The Death of My Father-in-Lawi"Here at the heart of winter", R. A. Simpson , single work poetry (p. 12)
The Black Winter : In the Starsi"I don't believe in the stars", R. A. Simpson , single work poetry (p. 13)
The Black Winter : The Returni"Streets I knew as a boy", R. A. Simpson , single work poetry (p. 13)
The Black Winter : Respondingi"When I was a child", R. A. Simpson , single work poetry (p. 14)
The Black Winter : New Roomi"Entering this new room,", R. A. Simpson , single work poetry (p. 14)
Trees are Truei"The problem was how to put it simply when I looked out", R. A. Simpson , single work poetry (p. 17)
A Mountain Mostly Snowi"That distant", R. A. Simpson , single work poetry (p. 18)
Talking to a Friendi"You want to know the answer but I simply talk of people", R. A. Simpson , single work poetry (p. 19)
River-Banki"Sunday: I often drive to this river-bank", R. A. Simpson , single work poetry (p. 20)
Government Buildingsi"All their rooms are serious;", R. A. Simpson , single work poetry (p. 21)
College Without Studentsi"Posters are still pinned", R. A. Simpson , single work poetry (p. 22)
Summer Beach: Polling Dayi"Voting must be done", R. A. Simpson , single work poetry (p. 23)
On a Cragi"You left the city,", R. A. Simpson , single work poetry (p. 24)
Worlds Aparti"At this party they keep to the kitchen,", R. A. Simpson , single work poetry (p. 25)
Mrs Harvey Visits the Aboriginal Fertility Cavei"Twelve years married", R. A. Simpson , single work poetry (p. 29)
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Works about this Work

Poets Who Publish Their Own Geoffrey Dutton , 1980 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 8 January vol. 100 no. 5193 1980; (p. 50-51)
— Review of The Forbidden City : Poems R. A. Simpson , 1979 selected work poetry ; Sisters Poets, 1 Anne Lloyd , Kate Llewellyn , Joyce Lee , Susan Hampton , 1979 anthology selected work poetry ; The Man in the Honeysuckle : Poems David Campbell , 1979 selected work poetry ; Poems Ian Templeman , 1979 selected work poetry ; Passacaglia and Fugue Timoshenko Aslanides , 1979 selected work poetry ; Seven Russian Poets : Imitations Rosemary Dobson , David Campbell , 1979 selected work poetry ; The Fabulous Dross T. H. Naisby , 1979 selected work poetry ; Pyrobolontas Te Monaxia Terry Mazarakis , 1979 selected work poetry ; Tide Pools and Other Verse Frank McMahon , 1979 selected work poetry
Untitled M. Thwaites , 1980 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 31 May 1980; (p. 14)
— Review of The Forbidden City : Poems R. A. Simpson , 1979 selected work poetry ; The Clock Inside : Poems J. R. Rowland , 1979 selected work poetry
Untitled Thomas Shapcott , 1980 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 26 January 1980; (p. 26)
— Review of The Forbidden City : Poems R. A. Simpson , 1979 selected work poetry
Asserting the Personal Bruce Pascoe , 1980 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 24 1980; (p. 18)
— Review of The Forbidden City : Poems R. A. Simpson , 1979 selected work poetry
Untitled R. Harland , 1980 single work review
— Appears in: New Poetry , vol. 28 no. 2 1980; (p. 57-58)
— Review of The Forbidden City : Poems R. A. Simpson , 1979 selected work poetry
Stroking it Open : A Poetry Chronicle Gary Catalano , 1980 single work review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Spring vol. 39 no. 3 1980; (p. 351-363)
— Review of The Boys Who Stole the Funeral : A Novel Sequence Les Murray , 1980 single work novel ; The Pattern Vincent Buckley , 1979 selected work poetry ; Late-Winter Child 1979 sequence poetry ; The Emotions Are Not Skilled Workers : Poems Chris Wallace-Crabbe , 1980 selected work poetry ; Cassandra Paddocks : Poems Geoff Page , 1980 selected work poetry ; The Forbidden City : Poems R. A. Simpson , 1979 selected work poetry ; Poems 1972-79 John Bray , 1979 selected work poetry ; Dazed in the Ladies Lounge : Poems John Tranter , 1979 selected work poetry ; Poems Ian Templeman , 1979 selected work poetry ; A Mile from Poetry Kris Hemensley , 1979 selected work poetry
Untitled R. Harland , 1980 single work review
— Appears in: New Poetry , vol. 28 no. 2 1980; (p. 57-58)
— Review of The Forbidden City : Poems R. A. Simpson , 1979 selected work poetry
Asserting the Personal Bruce Pascoe , 1980 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 24 1980; (p. 18)
— Review of The Forbidden City : Poems R. A. Simpson , 1979 selected work poetry
Untitled Thomas Shapcott , 1980 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 26 January 1980; (p. 26)
— Review of The Forbidden City : Poems R. A. Simpson , 1979 selected work poetry
Untitled M. Thwaites , 1980 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 31 May 1980; (p. 14)
— Review of The Forbidden City : Poems R. A. Simpson , 1979 selected work poetry ; The Clock Inside : Poems J. R. Rowland , 1979 selected work poetry
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