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Issue Details: First known date: 1949... 1949 Language of the Sand : Poems
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Notes

  • This verse has previously appeared in Poetry, Jindyworobak Anthologies, Australian Poetry 1947-48, Southerly The Sydney Morning Herald -T.p. verso and Deep Well.
  • Dedication: To Rex Ingamells
  • Divided into four sections called The Roper River, The Gulf Country, Elouera (Illawarra), and Beyond the Grass-tree Spears.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Lyre Bird Writers , 1949 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Black Cockatoosi"Rise then, you screaming mob of black cockatoos,", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 1)
Note: First line reads: Rise then, you screaming flight of black cockatoos,
Ghost-Gumi"I waken to morning in mazes of white limb-boughs,", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 1)
Drifting Dug-Outi"Now that the fig lets fall her single stars", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 1)
Note: Title: Billabong
Tree of the Plaini"Tree, you are a dark cloud against the night", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 2)
White Egreti"So, as the first of widening ripples has made", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 2)
As the Leaves Drifti"As the leaves drift fromt the paper-bark tree", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 2)
The Paper-bark Treei"And, when I reached that place, the crimson fire", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 2)
And Each Man's Leavei"And each man's leave must come as I shall take", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 3)
Billabong Mooni"She dims the fair haired stars and, through her veils", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 3)
The Droversi"Over the plains of the whitening grass", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 5)
The Bee-Keeperi"He spoke about the evening and then of bees,", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 5)
To a Matei"He was a man who, with his hand,", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 6)
The Water-Lubrai"Nalul came out of the desert,", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 6 - 7)
Nerida and Birwaini"And the unapproachable hills rise out of the dawn,", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 7)
Would I Might Find My Countryi"Would I might find my country as the blacks", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 8)
Desert Quaili"I lay among boulders and stones", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 8)
Because I Wakenedi"Because I wakened when the throng", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 9)
Incredible Dawn Incredulous Dawni"Out of the deeps of trees a bird was singing", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 9)
Note: With title: Incredible Dawn
Native Orchidi"Where, through the thin-limbed bush,", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 10)
The Tea-Tree and the Lyre-Birdi"Hushed to inaudible sound the deepening rain", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 10)
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Correspondence Thelma Herring , 1951 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 12 no. 2 1951; (p. 113)
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Correspondence Roland Robinson , 1951 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 12 no. 2 1951; (p. 112-113)
Wanderer's Songs 1950 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 15 February vol. 71 no. 3653 1950; (p. 35)
— Review of Language of the Sand : Poems Roland Robinson , 1949 selected work poetry
Untitled Robert D. FitzGerald , 1950 single work review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Autumn vol. 9 no. 1 1950; (p. 73-74)
— Review of Language of the Sand : Poems Roland Robinson , 1949 selected work poetry
Poets of Three Countries Thelma Herring , 1950 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 11 no. 3 1950; (p. 157-160)
— Review of The Darkened Window : Poems Nancy Cato , 1950 selected work poetry ; Cyclone : Selected Poems of Victor Kennedy Victor Kennedy , 1949 selected work poetry ; Language of the Sand : Poems Roland Robinson , 1949 selected work poetry ; The Secret Listener Ernest Briggs , 1949 selected work poetry ; Face to the Sun Arthur Murphy , 1949 selected work poetry
Poets of Three Countries Thelma Herring , 1950 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 11 no. 3 1950; (p. 157-160)
— Review of The Darkened Window : Poems Nancy Cato , 1950 selected work poetry ; Cyclone : Selected Poems of Victor Kennedy Victor Kennedy , 1949 selected work poetry ; Language of the Sand : Poems Roland Robinson , 1949 selected work poetry ; The Secret Listener Ernest Briggs , 1949 selected work poetry ; Face to the Sun Arthur Murphy , 1949 selected work poetry
Untitled Robert D. FitzGerald , 1950 single work review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Autumn vol. 9 no. 1 1950; (p. 73-74)
— Review of Language of the Sand : Poems Roland Robinson , 1949 selected work poetry
Wanderer's Songs 1950 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 15 February vol. 71 no. 3653 1950; (p. 35)
— Review of Language of the Sand : Poems Roland Robinson , 1949 selected work poetry
Correspondence Roland Robinson , 1951 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 12 no. 2 1951; (p. 112-113)
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