y separately published work icon Fresh Linen : Sixty Prose Poems 1980-1986 selected work   poetry  
  • Author:agent Gary Catalano http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/catalano-gary
Issue Details: First known date: 1988... 1988 Fresh Linen : Sixty Prose Poems 1980-1986
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Contents

* Contents derived from the St Lucia, Indooroopilly - St Lucia area, Brisbane - North West, Brisbane, Queensland,:University of Queensland Press , 1988 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Chairi"The life of this object is such an uneventful one. It comes into the", Gary Catalano , single work poetry (p. 3)
A Wooden Afternooni"You sit at the desk with your pencil. The white page is", Gary Catalano , single work poetry (p. 4)
Apples and Orangesi"Why is it that oranges seem pleased with themselves? In this,", Gary Catalano , single work poetry (p. 5)
The Boxi"Here, put your hands inside it and run them over its", Gary Catalano , single work poetry (p. 6)
The Writeri"The writer is seated at his desk. Throughout the", Gary Catalano , single work poetry (p. 7)
A Dream of Helli"Fire? Or endless mud? No, I see neither of these? I see a", Gary Catalano , single work poetry (p. 8)
At the Sourcei"It is here that we find our clearest image of speech. They taste so", Gary Catalano , single work poetry (p. 9)
The Sleeperi"A room at night, a room in which the curtains are stirring. Do", Gary Catalano , single work poetry (p. 10)
Herei"In a country far from here a young boy stands beneath a mulberry", Gary Catalano , single work poetry (p. 11)
Worldi"Once seen, there are some faces you will remember right to the", Gary Catalano , single work poetry (p. 12)
"Ma Jolie" (after Pablo Picasso)i"Perhaps it is for the best that her lover wholly failed to record", Gary Catalano , single work poetry (p. 13)
Train, Wimmera (Sidney Nolan, 1943)i"For reasons best known to itself, the eye begins its", Gary Catalano , single work poetry (p. 14)
Three Objectsi"Is it not staggering to realise the number of times you have used", Gary Catalano , single work poetry (p. 15)
Illuminationi"It was late at night. I stood at the top of our back steps and gazed", Gary Catalano , single work poetry (p. 16)
Quotidiani"Yes. That the day was an ordinary one can be proven by this", Gary Catalano , single work poetry (p. 17)
The Walls of a Roomi"If only we could step through these lines of ordered black print", Gary Catalano , single work poetry (p. 18)
Galateai"It was then that the charcoal crumbled ... and you made", Gary Catalano , single work poetry (p. 19)
A Bowl of Fruiti"If we were to search for an image of absolute serenity,", Gary Catalano , single work poetry (p. 20)
Signsi"As you stood at the rain-washed window you saw that the lights", Gary Catalano , single work poetry (p. 21)
Don Quixote and Cervantesi"In one of the early chapters of Don Quixote Cervantes tells us", Gary Catalano , single work poetry (p. 22)
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