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Translations from the Natural World
Paddington
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Isabella Press
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1992
Z208589
1992
selected work
poetry
Translations from the Natural World, Les Murray's new collection of poems, is, like all his work, rich in inventiveness, perception, and a rare delight in the mimetic powers of language. Its centerpiece is 'Presence', a sequence of forty 'translations from the natural world' about a variety of natural settings and their amazing denizens. Lyre birds, honeycombs, sea lions, cuttlefish, and possums all act as spurs to Murray's protean talents for description and imitation. As Lachlan MacKinnon wrote in The Times Literary Supplement, 'These poems, a grand tour of the given, are a great hymn to the particularities in which God's creative generosity is expressed, and they will be widely enjoyed and admired. Their technical and linguistic largesse confirms . . . that Les Murray is one of the very finest poets in whom the English language is now at work.' (Libraries Australia)
Paddington
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Isabella Press
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1992
pg.
13-54
Note: Here the sequence appears without "Bats' Ultrasound".
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Collected Poems
Port Melbourne
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Heinemann Australia
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1994
Z422024
1994
selected work
poetry
Port Melbourne
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Heinemann Australia
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1994
pg.
371-406
Note: Here the sequence appears without "Insect Mating Flight" and "Mother Sea Lion" but with the addition of "Bats' Ultrasound".
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