y separately published work icon Maydays : Poems selected work   poetry  
  • Author:agent David Rowbotham http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/rowbotham-david
Issue Details: First known date: 1980... 1980 Maydays : Poems
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Notes

  • Dedication: To my daughters Beverley and Jill and in memory of my parents Harold and Phyllis
  • Epigraph: God help us! it is a world to see. Shakespeare

    mayday ... the international radiotelephonic distress signal for ships and aircraft. [Fr. m'aidez ... help me.] Chambers Twentieth Century Dictionary

Contents

* Contents derived from the St Lucia, Indooroopilly - St Lucia area, Brisbane - North West, Brisbane, Queensland,:University of Queensland Press , 1980 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Wet Throughi"What did you do in the war, daddy?", David Rowbotham , single work poetry (p. 1)
Los Alamos: Manhattani"Their intuition", David Rowbotham , single work poetry (p. 2-3)
A Point of View (in Tokyo)i"These are the saddest seven birds afloat,", David Rowbotham , single work poetry (p. 4-5)
Not Yet (Aimed at the Crows Because of Lt. Joseph Hopper, 1894-1917)i"At the centre of the world is Ypres and round", David Rowbotham , single work poetry (p. 6-7)
The Visible Anniversaryi"`I have a rendezvous with Death", David Rowbotham , single work poetry (p. 8-9)
Golden Guineai"When the dachshund killed the guinea-pig", David Rowbotham , single work poetry (p. 10)
Sailing (from Rome)i"A carpenter, of Galilee, walked on the water.", David Rowbotham , single work poetry (p. 11-12)
Au Chaud, Au Froidi"Cold, cold, from Calais to Paris, the carriage", David Rowbotham , single work poetry (p. 13)
Lebensraum : Death at Milford Sound (in Honour of Johann von Haast)i"Sinking - feeling - fated", David Rowbotham , single work poetry (p. 14-16)
Hymn to Mary Maria (in the Name of the Last Bootmaker)i"Mary Maria, mother", David Rowbotham , single work poetry (p. 17-18)
The Avant-Garde in Market Street, Brisbanei"I feel perverse.", David Rowbotham , single work poetry (p. 19)
By Your Leavei"Don't talk optical illusion", David Rowbotham , single work poetry (p. 20)
Humdrum Singular : Concerning Two, Some Dayi"My daughter, you are gone.", David Rowbotham , single work poetry (p. 21)
Still Life - Next Movei"Fruit with intrepid eyes", David Rowbotham , single work poetry (p. 22)
The Creation : The Sistine Chapel, Reviewedi"In a claustrophobic chapel petering saintly", David Rowbotham , single work poetry (p. 23)
Jacaranda Rubaiyati"Let me imagine Saadet cradling bells", David Rowbotham , single work poetry (p. 24)
Residence : Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Florencei"What residence do we have in the world", David Rowbotham , single work poetry (p. 25)
The Company Directori"The death notice for Tan Boon Cheong", David Rowbotham , single work poetry (p. 26)
Across the Causeway (to Ban Kah Choon)i"Ban - Across the causeway of them all,", David Rowbotham , single work poetry (p. 27)
Gooseberry Pickersi"Head cocked in caricature", David Rowbotham , single work poetry (p. 28)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Space and Flight - Three New Collections Elizabeth Perkins , 1981 single work review
— Appears in: LiNQ , vol. 9 no. 1 1981; (p. 173-178)

— Review of Mudcrab at Gambaro's Judith Rodriguez , 1980 selected work poetry ; First Things Last : Poems David Malouf , 1980 selected work poetry ; Maydays : Poems David Rowbotham , 1980 selected work poetry
Untitled Thomas Shapcott , 1980 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 23 1980; (p. 5-6)

— Review of Maydays : Poems David Rowbotham , 1980 selected work poetry
Untitled Gary Catalano , 1980 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 27 September 1980; (p. 26)

— Review of Maydays : Poems David Rowbotham , 1980 selected work poetry
Untitled Gary Catalano , 1980 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 27 September 1980; (p. 26)

— Review of Maydays : Poems David Rowbotham , 1980 selected work poetry
Untitled Thomas Shapcott , 1980 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 23 1980; (p. 5-6)

— Review of Maydays : Poems David Rowbotham , 1980 selected work poetry
Space and Flight - Three New Collections Elizabeth Perkins , 1981 single work review
— Appears in: LiNQ , vol. 9 no. 1 1981; (p. 173-178)

— Review of Mudcrab at Gambaro's Judith Rodriguez , 1980 selected work poetry ; First Things Last : Poems David Malouf , 1980 selected work poetry ; Maydays : Poems David Rowbotham , 1980 selected work poetry
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