y separately published work icon The Typewriter Considered as a Bee-Trap selected work   poetry  
  • Author:agent Martin Johnston http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/johnston-martin
Issue Details: First known date: 1984... 1984 The Typewriter Considered as a Bee-Trap
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Hale and Iremonger , 1984 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Typewriter, Considered as a Bee-Trap, (for Roseanne)i"is no doubt less than perfectly adapted", Martin Johnston , single work poetry (p. 7)
Cyclops Song : 1 : Esprit de L'Escalieri"Good manners, sir, are an infernal machine,", Martin Johnston , single work poetry (p. 8)
Cyclops Song : 2 : the Afterimagei"Always the ship's echo drifts over", Martin Johnston , single work poetry (p. 9)
Cyclops Song : 3 : Goya's `Colossus'i"If my verses seem conventional", Martin Johnston , single work poetry (p. 10)
Cyclops Song : 4 : the Homecomingi"Well, what was Odysseus good at? (1) making things (2) lying -", Martin Johnston , single work poetry (p. 11)
Cyclops Song : 5 : Some Versions of Pastorali"He ate my cheese; he tried to steal my sheep.", Martin Johnston , single work poetry (p. 12)
Cyclops Song : 6 : the Recidivisti"But just consider his subsequent career.", Martin Johnston , single work poetry (p. 13)
Aristarchus and the Whalei"Let us, to pass the time as we cycle", Martin Johnston , single work poetry (p. 14)
The Scattering Layeri"Rain walks all night across the greenhouse roof", Martin Johnston , single work poetry (p. 15)
The Secret Wari"No one makes slide rules any more.", Martin Johnston , single work poetry (p. 16)
Bonsaii"All day at the flower show, `valuing ideas less for their truth", Martin Johnston , single work poetry (p. 17)
Windowsi"It won't do, referring this spring day", Martin Johnston , single work poetry (p. 18)
Reading Moby-Dick Backwardsi"Balke's guinea's forged: the sun's Quito doubloon", Martin Johnston , single work poetry (p. 19)
Annulai"Here everyone lives around holes:", Martin Johnston , single work poetry (p. 20-21)
Bolas (Killarney, Clapham)i"Again lies inside the statue the rough lump", Martin Johnston , single work poetry (p. 22)
The Brazen Headi"I made a jar past the ten thousand things", Martin Johnston , single work poetry (p. 23-24)
Duende in Darlinghursti"If out of our quarrels with ourselves we make poetry, what", Martin Johnston , single work poetry (p. 25)
In Transit : A Sonnet Square, Martin Johnston , sequence poetry (p. 25-38)
Biographyi"About love and hate and boredom they were equally", Martin Johnston , single work poetry (p. 26)
Hecate Countyi"`This faux pas may be on the nose' (SMH crossword)", Martin Johnston , single work poetry (p. 27)
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