y separately published work icon The Birdsville Track and Other Poems selected work   poetry  
  • Author:agent Douglas Stewart http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/stewart-douglas
Issue Details: First known date: 1955... 1955 The Birdsville Track and Other Poems
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Notes

  • Dedication: For Tyrone Guthrie
  • Author's note: ... The poems about it [the Birdsville Track] were written after I had visited the area in connection with the script of the Shell film The Back of Beyond, on which I was working with John Heyer and Roland E. Robinson..... D. A. S.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson , 1955 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Wombati"Ha there! old pig, old bear, old bristly and gingery", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 1)
Mosquito Orchidi"Such infinitesimal things,", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 2)
Mignonette Orchidi"Beetle, beetle and beetle,", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 3)
Crow's Nesti"Never since the stringybarks stiffened to telegraph poles", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry satire (p. 4)
Firetail Finchesi"Flit flit flit they cry in their bright voices", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 5)
Christmas Bellsi"See them, the wild children", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 6)
Foxesi"I saw a fine fox, I saw a fine fox,", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 7)
Frogsi"Down in the bush beside the creek", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 8)
Flowering Bloodwoodsi"There is a wave you cannot see", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 9)
Crab and Cicadai"Some flying-fish then? Some green fantastic lobster?", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 10)
Brindabellai"Once on a silver and green day, rich to remember,", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 11)
Bird's-Eyei"Some careless happiness in things", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 12)
The Brown Snakei"I walked to the green gum-tree", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 13)
The Riversi"Somewhere in the middle of the ocean every lost river", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 14-15)
The Last of Snowi"It is the last of the snow", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 16)
Spider-Gumsi"Where winter's snow and crashing rains", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 17-18)
White Cockatooi"Now they have left the moon out over the paddock", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 19)
Murrumbidgeei"Water with a dark-green dorsal-fin", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 20)
The Night of the Mothsi"The giant moths like sparrows! So many drowned", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 21)
The Leaf-Hopperi"Even now while I speak", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 22)
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Works about this Work

Douglas Stewart: Poet, Playwright and Critic Owen W. Reid , 1963 single work criticism
— Appears in: Tasmanian Education , 15 November vol. 15 no. 1963; (p. 243-248)
Motif in the Work of Douglas Stewart Robert D. FitzGerald , 1963 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Elements of Poetry 1963; (p. 25-50) Considerations : New Essays on Kenneth Slessor, Judith Wright and Douglas Stewart 1977; (p. 143-168)
Poetry of the Inland Martin Haley , 1956 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 17 no. 2 1956; (p. 102-103)
— Review of The Birdsville Track and Other Poems Douglas Stewart , 1955 selected work poetry
[Review] The Birdsville Track [and] The Child with a Cockatoo Martin Haley , 1956 single work review
— Appears in: Advocate: A Weekly Catholic Journal , 16 February 1956; (p. 9)
— Review of The Birdsville Track and Other Poems Douglas Stewart , 1955 selected work poetry ; Child with a Cockatoo, and Other Poems Rosemary Dobson , 1955 selected work poetry
Coolness and Heat Nancy Cato , 1955 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 6 1955-1956; (p. 31)
— Review of The Birdsville Track and Other Poems Douglas Stewart , 1955 selected work poetry
[Review] By Reef and Palm [and] The Birdsville Track Douglas Stewart , 1955 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 17 August vol. 76 no. 3940 1955; (p. 2)
— Review of By Reef and Palm Louis Becke , 1894 selected work short story ; The Birdsville Track and Other Poems Douglas Stewart , 1955 selected work poetry
[Review] Icarius [et al] A. D. Hope , 1955 single work review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Summer vol. 14 no. 4 1955; (p. 573-575)
— Review of Icarius C. R. Jury , 1941 single work drama poetry ; Red and Green Alan McIntyre , 1954 selected work poetry ; The Moving Image : Poems Judith Wright , 1946 selected work poetry ; Child with a Cockatoo, and Other Poems Rosemary Dobson , 1955 selected work poetry ; The Birdsville Track and Other Poems Douglas Stewart , 1955 selected work poetry ; Lyric Images R. H. Morrison , 1954 selected work poetry ; A Place to Get Lost In : Poems Robert Crossland , 1955 selected work poetry
Coolness and Heat Nancy Cato , 1955 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 6 1955-1956; (p. 31)
— Review of The Birdsville Track and Other Poems Douglas Stewart , 1955 selected work poetry
[Review] The Birdsville Track [and] The Child with a Cockatoo Martin Haley , 1956 single work review
— Appears in: Advocate: A Weekly Catholic Journal , 16 February 1956; (p. 9)
— Review of The Birdsville Track and Other Poems Douglas Stewart , 1955 selected work poetry ; Child with a Cockatoo, and Other Poems Rosemary Dobson , 1955 selected work poetry
Poetry of the Inland Martin Haley , 1956 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 17 no. 2 1956; (p. 102-103)
— Review of The Birdsville Track and Other Poems Douglas Stewart , 1955 selected work poetry
Douglas Stewart: Poet, Playwright and Critic Owen W. Reid , 1963 single work criticism
— Appears in: Tasmanian Education , 15 November vol. 15 no. 1963; (p. 243-248)
Motif in the Work of Douglas Stewart Robert D. FitzGerald , 1963 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Elements of Poetry 1963; (p. 25-50) Considerations : New Essays on Kenneth Slessor, Judith Wright and Douglas Stewart 1977; (p. 143-168)
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