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Issue Details: First known date: 1977... 1977 In Casablanca for the Waters
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Notes

  • Short author biography follows author's note dated 1 August 1977, explaining the use of graphics, on unnumbered pages after last page.
  • Author's note: 'The graphics employed in this collection are in part to entice the print weary but also because they push the poem forward... are part of the matrix of the poem... to share with you that from which I drew perception.'
    Nigel Roberts
    Balmain
    1 August 1977
  • Note on unnumbered page after last page of poetry state that poems in the collection have appeared in The Ear in a Wheatfield, Mok, Free Poetry, New Poetry, Bush Telegraph, The Digger, We Took Their Orders and Are Dead: an anti war anthology [1971], Australian Poetry Now (1970), Applestealers (1974), and Shades of Happiness (1974).
  • Half-title pages have black and white stills from the movie Casablanca with text.
  • Page following title page has 'A Prepucal Face for Nigel Roberts' by Robert Duncan date September 1976.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Wild and Woolley , 1977 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Poem for Davnet / Concluding with a Line from Bogarti"She/ has left the party", Nigel Roberts , single work poetry (p. 9-10)
Untitled / Onei"that something", Nigel Roberts , single work poetry (p. 11)
As Brian Bell Saidi"Naked as-", Nigel Roberts , single work poetry (p. 12-13)
As Bruce Beaver Does Jesus/Robert Gravesi"jesus/robert graves", Nigel Roberts , single work poetry (p. 14-15)
Spunkyi"Spunky", Nigel Roberts , single work poetry (p. 16)
Outside / Jimmy Sharman'si"outside / jimmy sharman's", Nigel Roberts , single work poetry (p. 17)
Note / to a Friend / on a Communei"well i guess / that", Nigel Roberts , single work poetry satire (p. 18)
Untitledi"this poem is", Nigel Roberts , single work poetry (p. 19)
Untitledi"vincent-", Nigel Roberts , single work poetry (p. 20-21)
Be a Man // Sell Outi"thanks / but", Nigel Roberts , single work poetry (p. 22)
The Anthem / Sami"if / you would shoot", Nigel Roberts , single work poetry (p. 23)
Max Factor Pinki"in yr absence/i", Nigel Roberts , single work poetry (p. 24)
Dialogue with John Forbesi"Nige -", Nigel Roberts , single work poetry (p. 25)
Roxy / Reservationi"During this matinee", Nigel Roberts , single work poetry (p. 26-27)
Untitled After / the Moratorium Readingi"the marie antoinette / slice", Nigel Roberts , single work poetry (p. 28)
Radio Priest / Apple Musici"when-", Nigel Roberts , single work poetry (p. 29)
Burn / All Wooden Horsesi"perhaps", Nigel Roberts , single work poetry (p. 30-31)
Flavour of the Monthi"Penelope / this poem", Nigel Roberts , single work poetry (p. 32-33)
Disorder at the Borderi"Bill has left", Nigel Roberts , single work poetry (p. 34-35)
A Tongue / in your Ear / Madami"& again / to love", Nigel Roberts , single work poetry (p. 36)
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Works about this Work

Separating the Myths : The Poetry of Nigel Roberts Michael Sharkey , 1984 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , September vol. 44 no. 3 1984; (p. 337-349)
Growing Old Gracefully : The Generation of '68 John Tranter , 1978 single work review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Autumn vol. 37 no. 1 1978; (p. 76-86) The Temperament of Generations : Fifty Years of Writing in Meanjin 1990; (p. 268-278)
— Review of New Devil, New Parish Alan Wearne , 1976 selected work poetry ; Shakti Rae Desmond Jones , 1977 selected work poetry ; East : Poems 1970-74 Laurie Duggan , 1976 selected work poetry ; Chemical Cart Philip Hammial , 1977 selected work poetry ; In Casablanca for the Waters Nigel Roberts , 1977 selected work poetry ; Hear Me Eating Philip Hammial , 1977 selected work poetry ; Cross the Border Robert Adamson , 1977 selected work poetry ; Tropical Skiing John Forbes , 1976 selected work poetry ; On The Beach John Forbes , 1977 selected work poetry ; Mastication Poems Philip Hammial , 1977 selected work poetry
Books Received and Brief Reviews Elizabeth Perkins , 1978 single work review
— Appears in: LiNQ , vol. 6 no. 2 1978; (p. 85-92)
— Review of Martin Boyd 1977 single work bibliography ; In Casablanca for the Waters Nigel Roberts , 1977 selected work poetry ; The Sea-Cucumber Martin Johnston , 1978 selected work poetry ; The Departure Kevin Hart , 1978 selected work poetry ; Icelandic Solitaries Alan Gould , 1978 selected work poetry ; The Water Lily and Other Poems Rudi Krausmann , 1977 selected work poetry ; Collected Verse J. S. Manifold , 1978 selected work poetry ; Image vol. 2 no. 1 January 1978 periodical issue ; The Harold Kesteven Prize Poems : the Prize-Winning Poems from the Harold Kesteven Poetry Prize Competitions, 1970 to 1976 1977 anthology poetry ; Image vol. 2 no. 2 April 1978 periodical issue
Form and Content Judith Wardle , 1978 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , no. 72 1978; (p. 57-59)
— Review of The Tenth Lady Stefanie Bennett , 1977 selected work poetry ; In Casablanca for the Waters Nigel Roberts , 1977 selected work poetry ; Crying in Early Infancy : 100 sonnets John Tranter , 1977 sequence poetry
Growing Old Gracefully : The Generation of '68 John Tranter , 1978 single work review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Autumn vol. 37 no. 1 1978; (p. 76-86) The Temperament of Generations : Fifty Years of Writing in Meanjin 1990; (p. 268-278)
— Review of New Devil, New Parish Alan Wearne , 1976 selected work poetry ; Shakti Rae Desmond Jones , 1977 selected work poetry ; East : Poems 1970-74 Laurie Duggan , 1976 selected work poetry ; Chemical Cart Philip Hammial , 1977 selected work poetry ; In Casablanca for the Waters Nigel Roberts , 1977 selected work poetry ; Hear Me Eating Philip Hammial , 1977 selected work poetry ; Cross the Border Robert Adamson , 1977 selected work poetry ; Tropical Skiing John Forbes , 1976 selected work poetry ; On The Beach John Forbes , 1977 selected work poetry ; Mastication Poems Philip Hammial , 1977 selected work poetry
Form and Content Judith Wardle , 1978 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , no. 72 1978; (p. 57-59)
— Review of The Tenth Lady Stefanie Bennett , 1977 selected work poetry ; In Casablanca for the Waters Nigel Roberts , 1977 selected work poetry ; Crying in Early Infancy : 100 sonnets John Tranter , 1977 sequence poetry
Books Received and Brief Reviews Elizabeth Perkins , 1978 single work review
— Appears in: LiNQ , vol. 6 no. 2 1978; (p. 85-92)
— Review of Martin Boyd 1977 single work bibliography ; In Casablanca for the Waters Nigel Roberts , 1977 selected work poetry ; The Sea-Cucumber Martin Johnston , 1978 selected work poetry ; The Departure Kevin Hart , 1978 selected work poetry ; Icelandic Solitaries Alan Gould , 1978 selected work poetry ; The Water Lily and Other Poems Rudi Krausmann , 1977 selected work poetry ; Collected Verse J. S. Manifold , 1978 selected work poetry ; Image vol. 2 no. 1 January 1978 periodical issue ; The Harold Kesteven Prize Poems : the Prize-Winning Poems from the Harold Kesteven Poetry Prize Competitions, 1970 to 1976 1977 anthology poetry ; Image vol. 2 no. 2 April 1978 periodical issue
Separating the Myths : The Poetry of Nigel Roberts Michael Sharkey , 1984 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , September vol. 44 no. 3 1984; (p. 337-349)
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