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Issue Details: First known date: 1978... 1978 Gifts Upon the Water
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* Contents derived from the Fremantle, Fremantle area, South West Perth, Perth, Western Australia,:Fremantle Press , 1978 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Sculptori"This is the sculptor's workshop. It has no walls,", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 1-2)
Beach Sweeperi"I choose a table by the garden wall", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 3-4)
Purification Ceremonyi"Somewhere on Sanur Beach I hear a call", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 5-6)
Barong and Rangda : Bali, 1972i"A sky held squarely in a frame of trees,", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 7-8)
Garuda : Bali, 1972i"The sun bursts on the beaches, through the palms,", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 9-10)
Volcanic Lakei"The island rises, terraced hill on hill,", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 11-12)
Road Workersi"Today is yesterday, and the long week drowses:", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 14)
Billy Boileri"Many spade handles as the one he throws down", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 15)
A Hillside of Carnationsi"They are carnations flowering down the hill,", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 16)
Bush Nooni"Voices, even the lover's undertone,", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 17)
Summer Duski"My strong hands hold the last red petals of sunlight", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 18)
The Skeletoni"We saw his clean skull first, and then his near-buried bones", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 19)
Sandplaini"At first, as night crept to its withered breast,", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 20)
A Partingi"Like the creek we walked beside his soft voice drifted", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 21)
A Meetingi"With blanket roll slung loosely on his back", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 22)
Faith and Charityi"Black billy and blankets, rolled", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 23)
Old Survey Linei"At noon we found the gully, its shy creek broken", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 25)
Breaking Survey Campi"Beside the creek still grey in its valley bed", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 26-27)
Pearl Diveri"The ripples on the surface silently", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 28)
Surfboard Rideri"The sea has its valleys that cradle the greenest sward:", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 29)
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Works about this Work

‘The Name Blossomed’: Landscapes, Habitats and the Botanical Poetry of South-West Australia John Charles Ryan , 2013 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Journal of Ecocriticism and Cultural Ecology , vol. 2 no. 2013; (p. 26-42) 'Habitat poetry represents the lives of plants, animals and the features of the natural world within their ecological networks. Commonly detailing physical contact with nature, habitat poetry narrates moments in which the senses engage with ecological processes. Additionally, habitat awareness in poetry tends to convey a sense of grappling with scientific discourses. These characterisations of habitat poetry will be articulated in the context of the biodiverse South-West of Western Australia. The works of South-West poets Alec Choate (1915-2010) (Gifts; A Marking; Mind); Andrew Lansdown (1954-); and John Kinsella (1963) (Poems; The New Arcadia) use sensory language to express something about nature and convey the dynamics between science and poetry. The concept of habitat provides an interpretative framework for reading Choate, Lansdown and Kinsella. The three could be described not only as landscape poets but more precisely as habitat poets, a distinction pursued in this discussion.' (Author's abstract)
1978: New Poetry Noel Macainsh , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 200 1998; (p. 56-58)
— Review of Gifts Upon the Water Alec Choate , 1978 selected work poetry ; Over the Frontier : Poems Rosemary Dobson , 1978 selected work poetry ; Ross' Poems Geoffrey Lehmann , 1978 selected work poetry ; Ethnic Radio : Poems Les Murray , 1977 selected work poetry ; Words with a Black Orpington David Campbell , 1978 selected work poetry ; Product : Later Verses Robert D. FitzGerald , 1977 selected work poetry
Bucolics, Greeks and Senior Citizens: New Poetry Noel Macainsh , 1978 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 4 1978; (p. 9-10)
— Review of Gifts Upon the Water Alec Choate , 1978 selected work poetry ; Over the Frontier : Poems Rosemary Dobson , 1978 selected work poetry ; Product : Later Verses Robert D. FitzGerald , 1977 selected work poetry ; Words with a Black Orpington David Campbell , 1978 selected work poetry ; Ross' Poems Geoffrey Lehmann , 1978 selected work poetry ; Ethnic Radio : Poems Les Murray , 1977 selected work poetry
Bucolics, Greeks and Senior Citizens: New Poetry Noel Macainsh , 1978 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 4 1978; (p. 9-10)
— Review of Gifts Upon the Water Alec Choate , 1978 selected work poetry ; Over the Frontier : Poems Rosemary Dobson , 1978 selected work poetry ; Product : Later Verses Robert D. FitzGerald , 1977 selected work poetry ; Words with a Black Orpington David Campbell , 1978 selected work poetry ; Ross' Poems Geoffrey Lehmann , 1978 selected work poetry ; Ethnic Radio : Poems Les Murray , 1977 selected work poetry
1978: New Poetry Noel Macainsh , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 200 1998; (p. 56-58)
— Review of Gifts Upon the Water Alec Choate , 1978 selected work poetry ; Over the Frontier : Poems Rosemary Dobson , 1978 selected work poetry ; Ross' Poems Geoffrey Lehmann , 1978 selected work poetry ; Ethnic Radio : Poems Les Murray , 1977 selected work poetry ; Words with a Black Orpington David Campbell , 1978 selected work poetry ; Product : Later Verses Robert D. FitzGerald , 1977 selected work poetry
‘The Name Blossomed’: Landscapes, Habitats and the Botanical Poetry of South-West Australia John Charles Ryan , 2013 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Journal of Ecocriticism and Cultural Ecology , vol. 2 no. 2013; (p. 26-42) 'Habitat poetry represents the lives of plants, animals and the features of the natural world within their ecological networks. Commonly detailing physical contact with nature, habitat poetry narrates moments in which the senses engage with ecological processes. Additionally, habitat awareness in poetry tends to convey a sense of grappling with scientific discourses. These characterisations of habitat poetry will be articulated in the context of the biodiverse South-West of Western Australia. The works of South-West poets Alec Choate (1915-2010) (Gifts; A Marking; Mind); Andrew Lansdown (1954-); and John Kinsella (1963) (Poems; The New Arcadia) use sensory language to express something about nature and convey the dynamics between science and poetry. The concept of habitat provides an interpretative framework for reading Choate, Lansdown and Kinsella. The three could be described not only as landscape poets but more precisely as habitat poets, a distinction pursued in this discussion.' (Author's abstract)
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