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Issue Details: First known date: 1979... 1979 The Screaming Frog That Ralph Ate
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Notes

  • Epigraph: The orphan pines while the oppressor feeds - Shakespeare
  • Epigraph: The edible frog of Europe is extensively used as food; the American bullfrog is remarkable for its great size and loud voice - Webster's International Dictionary, 1899.

  • Book is divided into four numbered and titled sections:

    I 1972-1973 Benalla (pp.9-13)

    II 1974-1975 London (pp.14-18)

    III 1976 Morocco (pp.19-30)

    IV 1977-1978 Sydney (pp.32-48).

Contents

* Contents derived from the Cammeray, Cremorne - Mosman - Northbridge area, Sydney Northeastern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,:Saturday Centre , 1979 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
A Glass of Wateri"a glass of water", Grant Caldwell , single work poetry (p. 9)
All the Grassi"all the grass is covered in ashes", Grant Caldwell , single work poetry (p. 10)
Young Ramsi"young rams in a four walled paddock", Grant Caldwell , single work poetry (p. 11)
Self Portraiti"On the roadway", Grant Caldwell , single work poetry (p. 12)
The Bondi"Three years paddocked", Grant Caldwell , single work poetry (p. 13)
Hessian Bagi"Slowly", Grant Caldwell , single work poetry (p. 14)
You Are an Open Booki"you are an open book", Grant Caldwell , single work poetry (p. 15)
Time Speeds Nowhere Around Usi"You hit my casing", Grant Caldwell , single work poetry (p. 16)
Three Standing Crowded, Two Swimming, One Sittingi"I dangled one-handed", Grant Caldwell , single work poetry (p. 17)
Watching the Listenersi"The reader begins to crow", Grant Caldwell , single work poetry (p. 18)
Premonition Dream IIIi"I'm coming down", Grant Caldwell , single work poetry (p. 19)
If the Owl Had a Mouth You'd See His Grini"It seems like some other time plateau where we sat talking and", Grant Caldwell , single work poetry (p. 20-21)
The Readeri"The poet begins to crow", Grant Caldwell , single work poetry (p. 22)
The Screaming Frog That Ralph Atei"Do you remember", Grant Caldwell , single work poetry (p. 23)
Watched Kettlesi"So many full kettles", Grant Caldwell , single work poetry (p. 24)
Premonition Dream IVi"So i'll be in dollar land", Grant Caldwell , single work poetry (p. 25)
Malabatai"Six months", Grant Caldwell , single work extract poetry (p. 26-30)
Twelve Stages of Discontenti"I have come full seeming circle:", Grant Caldwell , single work poetry (p. 30-31)
Enlightenmenti"If I were to", Grant Caldwell , single work poetry (p. 32)
The Runneri"Vincente Horas stood naked but for knickers in the bathroom", Grant Caldwell , single work poetry (p. 33-36)
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Cammeray, Cremorne - Mosman - Northbridge area, Sydney Northeastern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Saturday Centre , 1979 .
      Extent: 49, 2p. platesp.
      Edition info: First edition limited to 500 copies.
      ISBN: 0909293309
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Works about this Work

Untitled Kevin Brophy , 1981 single work review
— Appears in: Going Down Swinging , no. 2 1981; (p. 71-73)
— Review of The Screaming Frog That Ralph Ate Grant Caldwell , 1979 selected work poetry short story
Recent Poetry Georgina Bitcon , 1981 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , December vol. 41 no. 4 1981; (p. 469-477)
— Review of Punks Travels Christopher Kelen , 1980 single work novella ; The Screaming Frog That Ralph Ate Grant Caldwell , 1979 selected work poetry short story ; Two Sestinas Ken Bolton , 1980 selected work poetry ; The Vanguard Sleeps In : (A War Novel) Les Wicks , 1981 selected work short story ; Mudcrab at Gambaro's Judith Rodriguez , 1980 selected work poetry ; The Pattern Vincent Buckley , 1979 selected work poetry ; Late-Winter Child 1979 sequence poetry ; Stalin's Holidays : Poems John Forbes , 1980 selected work poetry ; Djarp : The Predestined Path that Leads from Life to Death Robert Edward Clyne , 1975 selected work poetry ; The Division of Anger : Poems Gig Ryan , 1980 selected work poetry ; A Moonbeam's Metamorphosis / The Parachuting Man Nicholas Glynn Coleman , Rob Schackne , 1979 selected work poetry ; Among the Living Alan Jefferies , 1980 selected work poetry ; Barbarians Michael Sharkey , 1981 selected work poetry
Untitled Kevin Brophy , 1981 single work review
— Appears in: Going Down Swinging , no. 2 1981; (p. 71-73)
— Review of The Screaming Frog That Ralph Ate Grant Caldwell , 1979 selected work poetry short story
Recent Poetry Georgina Bitcon , 1981 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , December vol. 41 no. 4 1981; (p. 469-477)
— Review of Punks Travels Christopher Kelen , 1980 single work novella ; The Screaming Frog That Ralph Ate Grant Caldwell , 1979 selected work poetry short story ; Two Sestinas Ken Bolton , 1980 selected work poetry ; The Vanguard Sleeps In : (A War Novel) Les Wicks , 1981 selected work short story ; Mudcrab at Gambaro's Judith Rodriguez , 1980 selected work poetry ; The Pattern Vincent Buckley , 1979 selected work poetry ; Late-Winter Child 1979 sequence poetry ; Stalin's Holidays : Poems John Forbes , 1980 selected work poetry ; Djarp : The Predestined Path that Leads from Life to Death Robert Edward Clyne , 1975 selected work poetry ; The Division of Anger : Poems Gig Ryan , 1980 selected work poetry ; A Moonbeam's Metamorphosis / The Parachuting Man Nicholas Glynn Coleman , Rob Schackne , 1979 selected work poetry ; Among the Living Alan Jefferies , 1980 selected work poetry ; Barbarians Michael Sharkey , 1981 selected work poetry
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