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Issue Details: First known date: 1996... 1996 The Oxford Book of Modern Australian Verse
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* Contents derived from the South Melbourne, South Melbourne - Port Melbourne area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,:Oxford University Press , 1996 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Roadside : Eleven Compositions : [Untitled]i"Having said that all the gums have not been cut", Robert D. FitzGerald , single work poetry (p. 13)
The Wind at Your Doori"My ancestor was called on to go out-", Robert D. FitzGerald , single work poetry (p. 13-16)
The Lingam and the Yonii"The Lingam and the Yoni", A. D. Hope , single work poetry (p. 16-17)
Moschus Moschiferus : A Song for St Cecilia's Dayi"In the high jungle where Assam meets Tibet", A. D. Hope , single work poetry (p. 17-18)
Hay Feveri"Time, with his scythe honed fine,", A. D. Hope , single work poetry (p. 18-19)
Spatlesei"A late picking - the old man sips his wine", A. D. Hope , single work poetry (p. 19-20)
Inscription for a Wari"Linger not, stranger; shed no tear;", A. D. Hope , single work poetry (p. 20)
The Mayan Booksi"Diego de Landa, archbishop of Yucatan", A. D. Hope , single work poetry (p. 20)
Tomi"Tom Tom whoever's son", Elizabeth Riddell , single work poetry (p. 21)
The End of the Affairi"I do not forgive your old age.", Elizabeth Riddell , single work poetry (p. 21-22)
Wakeful in the Townshipi"Barks the melancholy dog,", Elizabeth Riddell , single work poetry (p. 22)
Suburban Songi"Now all the dogs with folded paws", Elizabeth Riddell , single work poetry (p. 23)
Drifting Dug-Outi"Now that the fig lets fall her single stars", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 23)
The Whip-Bird Curracarangi"A whip's crack wakes him. He feels the bed", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 23-24)
Captain Cooki"Tungeei, that was her native name.", Percy Mumbulla , Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 24)
Garfishi"Creatures that live in a wave, glass-housed,", John Blight , single work poetry (p. 25)
Cormorantsi"The sea has it this way : if you see", John Blight , single work poetry (p. 25)
Blacki"Soon, I said to my atoms, you must go back", John Blight , single work poetry (p. 25-26)
The Limousinei"The willows that fled past us", John Blight , single work poetry (p. 26)
Sick Men Waking : [Untitled]i"Half light, half light... the dissolution of dreams", Kenneth Mackenzie , single work poetry (p. 26-27)
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* Contents derived from the South Melbourne, South Melbourne - Port Melbourne area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,:Oxford University Press , 1998 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
8 (From Poems of Dissociation)i"Is there a brothel in the opposite apartment?", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 227-228)
Note: With title: 7 (From Poems of Dissociation)
Farewell Reverberated Vault of Detentionsi"Today up home my people are indeedly beautifully smiling", Lionel Fogarty , single work poetry (p. 266)
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Paperbacks Anne Susskind , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 11 April 1998; (p. 10)
— Review of The Oxford Book of Modern Australian Verse 1996 anthology poetry extract
Air and Undersong Robert Potts , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 3 October no. 4931 1997; (p. 26)
— Review of The Oxford Book of Modern Australian Verse 1996 anthology poetry extract

'It was Arthur Phillip (ironically the namesake of an early colonist) who, in the 1950 summer issue of the Australian magazine Meanjin, coined the phrase “cultural cringe”. He took as his exemplum a radio programme in which the work of a foreign composer was played along with an Australian composition; listeners were supposed to try to guess which was which, and were supposed to fail, demonstrating, in Phillip’s sardonic words, that “the local lad proves to be no worse than the foreigner. This unexpected discovery is intended to inspire a nice show of patriotic satisfaction . . . .” Phillip’s essay has been, deservedly, influential; it picks out an attitude which, in its different forms, once underwrote many of the schools of Australian poetry in the mid- to…'  (Introduction)
Patterns of Poetry Ian Templeman , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Voices , Autumn vol. 7 no. 1 1997; (p. 115-117)
— Review of The Oxford Book of Modern Australian Verse 1996 anthology poetry extract
The Reflection in the Reservoir Alan Gould , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , April vol. 41 no. 4 1997; (p. 76-78)
— Review of The Oxford Book of Modern Australian Verse 1996 anthology poetry extract
Poems with Rhyme and Reason John Hay , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 25 January 1997; (p. wkd 7)
— Review of The Oxford Book of Modern Australian Verse 1996 anthology poetry extract
Anthologies Galore Vivian Smith , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , Autumn vol. 57 no. 1 1997; (p. 190-193)
— Review of Poetry vol. 169 no. 1 October-November 1996 periodical issue poetry ; The Oxford Book of Modern Australian Verse 1996 anthology poetry extract ; The New World Tattoo : The 1996 Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 1996 anthology poetry
Voices of a Nation's Soul Fay Zwicky , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian's Review of Books , December-January (1996-1997) vol. 1 no. 4 1996; (p. 18-20,31)
— Review of The New Oxford Book of Australian Verse 1986 anthology poetry ; The Oxford Book of Modern Australian Verse 1996 anthology poetry extract
Peter Porter Picks a Pack of Poets (and So Does Les Murray) Elizabeth Webby , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 25 January 1997; (p. 10s)
— Review of The New Oxford Book of Australian Verse 1986 anthology poetry ; The Oxford Book of Modern Australian Verse 1996 anthology poetry extract
All a Matter of Rhyme and Reason Peter Craven , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 20 October 1996; (p. 7)
— Review of The Oxford Book of Modern Australian Verse 1996 anthology poetry extract
What I Have Chosen I Have Chosen David McCooey , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Eureka Street , October vol. 6 no. 8 1996; (p. 41-43)
— Review of The Oxford Book of Modern Australian Verse 1996 anthology poetry extract
Poet Gatekeeper Expects a Few Blasts Over His Canon Luke Slattery , 1996 single work column biography
— Appears in: The Australian , 16 October 1996; (p. 3)
Clive's Postcard from the Festival Peter Craven , 1996 single work column biography
— Appears in: The Australian , 16 October 1996; (p. 45)
Poet Versus Poet as New Books Separate the Bards from the Barred Susan Wyndham , 1996 single work column biography
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 19 October 1996; (p. 7)
Peter Porter Picked a Poet Larry Schwartz , 1996 single work column biography
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 10 November 1996; (p. 7)
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