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Issue Details: First known date: 1972... 1972 The Inspector of Tides
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Contents

* Contents derived from the St Lucia, Indooroopilly - St Lucia area, Brisbane - North West, Brisbane, Queensland,:University of Queensland Press , 1972 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Geography : Ii"wakes. bluejean morning, sound of", Michael Dransfield , single work poetry (p. 3)
Geography : IIi"it is a windy place to be in autumn, and", Michael Dransfield , single work poetry (p. 4)
Geography : IIIi"in the forest, in unexplored", Michael Dransfield , single work poetry (p. 5)
Geography : IVi"it is the next day", Michael Dransfield , single work poetry (p. 6-7)
Geography : Vi"colo", Michael Dransfield , single work poetry (p. 8)
Geography : VIi"sky ceases. there is only", Michael Dransfield , single work poetry (p. 9)
Geography : VIIi"for ease of reference the time has been divided into calibrations, years,", Michael Dransfield , single work poetry (p. 10-11)
After a Birthdayi"i drew a line", Michael Dransfield , single work poetry (p. 12)
Loft (for Hilary)i"sometime in the night i stir, rain", Michael Dransfield , single work poetry (p. 13)
Societyi"1. The citizens group in categories/officials, wives, children,", Michael Dransfield , single work poetry (p. 14)
Streetpoemsi"we sit in it", Michael Dransfield , single work poetry (p. 15-17)
Day at a Time (for the Artist of Environments, Time Too Must be Flexible)i"The great city has a hundred million rooms so any combination is possible", Michael Dransfield , single work poetry (p. 18-19)
Intelligences, Despatches, Most Secret, from a Strange Countryi"when they think", Michael Dransfield , single work poetry (p. 20)
Letter to People About Pelicansi"i'd woken early", Michael Dransfield , single work poetry (p. 21-22)
Endsighti"midnights of consciousness. still, and even", Michael Dransfield , single work poetry satire (p. 23)
Jazzi"floats from a window & a flagon, night, moon half", Michael Dransfield , single work poetry (p. 24)
Concierto del Suri"in white clean radiance", Michael Dransfield , single work poetry (p. 25)
Prosperity Prosperityi"monday to friday at the plant", Michael Dransfield , single work poetry (p. 26)
Omar Khayyam's Numbers Gamei"at home thursday thinking of megara an unsteady", Michael Dransfield , single work poetry (p. 27)
Study after Winterhalteri"The crystal Duke of Courland", Michael Dransfield , single work poetry (p. 31)

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Works about this Work

Generation of ’68 and a Culture of Revolution Corey Wakeling , 2024 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Cambridge Companion to Australian Poetry 2024; (p. 134-150)

'This chapter outlines how the 1970s brought radical expression, new explorations of poetic persona, and increasing belief in the poet’s role to advocate for rights and freedoms. It argues that anthologies seeking to capture the zeitgeist failed to do so, sometimes due to using frameworks borrowed from North America that elided local diversity. The chapter asserts that small press culture constituted a provisional, heterogeneous commons that undid traditional definitions of authorship and form, and offered a space to air the previously taboo. It traces the turn to America as well as to popular culture, other media, and documentary. Through an examination of Michael Dransfield’s reception, it demonstrates how umbrella terms delimit complex individual poetics while demonstrating affiliations in Dransfield’s self-examination with contemporaries like Pam Brown, Nigel Roberts, and Vicki Viidkikas. The chapter also considers the impact of the first anthology of women’s poetry, Mother, I’m Rooted. It redresses the elision of its editor, Kate Jennings, from other anthologies and critical framings of the period, as well as the marginalisation of Kevin Gilbert.'

Source: Abstract.

Identity as Radical Alterity : Critiques of Eurocentrism, Coloniality, and Subjectivity in Contemporary Australian and Latin American Poetry Bridie McCarthy , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 24 no. 2 2010; (p. 189-197)

'How to 'abandon Europe'? The oxymoronic quest to semantically or ideologically discard the signs of that which signifies modern thought and historical rationality in Europe's colonies is dismissed by Rama as futile. However, when the postcolonial relations of 'peripheries' to the European 'center' are examined the engagements between t he colonies and Europe are not characterized by straightforwardness either. While complete abandonment may not be possible, neither is complete affiliation. As such, postcoloniality can still be seen as a luminal state in its ambivalent positioning between what might be seen as originary Europe and a derivative periphery.

This article takes the periphery as a transnational, multilingual space, and it takes postcoloniality beyond the Anglosphere. It tests the hypothesis that there are postcolonial legacies shared across the Global South. Of central importance here is how postcoloniality is understood in Australia and Latin America, and how this is communicated in contemporary poetry pensamiento latinoamericano ['Latin American thought'].' (p. 189)

Appendix II : Fryer Library UQP Archive 1998 single work bibliography
— Appears in: UQP : The Writer's Press 1948-1998 1998; (p. 303-307)
[Review] The Inspector of Tides Martin Johnston , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Martin Johnston : Selected Poems and Prose 1993; (p. 236-237)

— Review of The Inspector of Tides Michael Dransfield , 1972 selected work poetry
[Review] Selected Poems [et al] Dorothy Hewett , 1979 single work review
— Appears in: New Poetry , vol. 27 no. 1 1979;

— Review of Selected Poems Robert Adamson , 1977 selected work poetry ; Streets of the Long Voyage Michael Dransfield , 1970 selected work poetry ; The Inspector of Tides Michael Dransfield , 1972 selected work poetry ; Cross the Border Robert Adamson , 1977 selected work poetry ; Where I Come From Robert Adamson , 1979 selected work poetry
A Service to Our Poetry Frank Kellaway , 1972 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Spring no. 53 1972; (p. 61-63)

— Review of The Brineshrimp Rhyll McMaster , 1972 selected work poetry ; Rodney Hall Reads 'Romulus and Remus' Rodney Hall , 1970 selected work poetry ; Heaven, in a Way Rodney Hall , 1970 selected work poetry ; Bruce Dawe Reads From His Own Work Bruce Dawe , 1971 selected work poetry ; Rosemary Dobson Reads from Her Own Work Rosemary Dobson , 1970 selected work poetry ; Streets of the Long Voyage Michael Dransfield , 1970 selected work poetry ; The Inspector of Tides Michael Dransfield , 1972 selected work poetry ; R.D. FitzGerald Reads From His Own Work Robert D. FitzGerald , 1971 selected work poetry ; James McAuley Reads from His Own Work James McAuley , 1970 selected work poetry ; Diver R. A. Simpson , 1972 selected work poetry
Charm, Poise, Power Jim Tulip , 1972 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 1 July vol. 94 no. 4810 1972; (p. 47-49)

— Review of The Brineshrimp Rhyll McMaster , 1972 selected work poetry ; The Inspector of Tides Michael Dransfield , 1972 selected work poetry ; Diver R. A. Simpson , 1972 selected work poetry
[Review] Diver [et al] P. Roberts , 1972 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 20 May 1972; (p. 12)

— Review of Diver R. A. Simpson , 1972 selected work poetry ; Condolences of the Season : Selected Poems Bruce Dawe , 1971 selected work poetry ; The Inspector of Tides Michael Dransfield , 1972 selected work poetry ; Drug Poems Michael Dransfield , 1972 selected work poetry
Didactism and Romanticism : A Review of Some Recent Australian Verse S. E. Lee , 1972 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , December vol. 32 no. 4 1972; (p. 302-317)

— Review of The Brineshrimp Rhyll McMaster , 1972 selected work poetry ; The Captain and the Birds and Other Poems I. V. Hansen , 1971 selected work poetry ; Poems 1961-1971 John Bray , 1972 selected work poetry ; The Inspector of Tides Michael Dransfield , 1972 selected work poetry ; Winter Matins, and Other Poems R. F. Brissenden , 1971 selected work poetry ; Opus 4 R. H. Morrison , 1971 selected work poetry ; A Shadow and a Wish Anne Holman , 1971 selected work poetry
Present Poetry Thomas Shapcott , 1972 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , Autumn [June] vol. 11 no. 1972; (p. 249)

— Review of The Brineshrimp Rhyll McMaster , 1972 selected work poetry ; The Inspector of Tides Michael Dransfield , 1972 selected work poetry
Identity as Radical Alterity : Critiques of Eurocentrism, Coloniality, and Subjectivity in Contemporary Australian and Latin American Poetry Bridie McCarthy , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 24 no. 2 2010; (p. 189-197)

'How to 'abandon Europe'? The oxymoronic quest to semantically or ideologically discard the signs of that which signifies modern thought and historical rationality in Europe's colonies is dismissed by Rama as futile. However, when the postcolonial relations of 'peripheries' to the European 'center' are examined the engagements between t he colonies and Europe are not characterized by straightforwardness either. While complete abandonment may not be possible, neither is complete affiliation. As such, postcoloniality can still be seen as a luminal state in its ambivalent positioning between what might be seen as originary Europe and a derivative periphery.

This article takes the periphery as a transnational, multilingual space, and it takes postcoloniality beyond the Anglosphere. It tests the hypothesis that there are postcolonial legacies shared across the Global South. Of central importance here is how postcoloniality is understood in Australia and Latin America, and how this is communicated in contemporary poetry pensamiento latinoamericano ['Latin American thought'].' (p. 189)

Beginning the New Day : Poem Written Late at Night with Dransfield's "The Inspector of Tides" and Ashbery's "Some Trees" i "just write great first lines.", Ken Bolton , 1978-1983 single work poetry
— Appears in: Poet's Choice 1978 1978; (p. 80-81) Talking to You : Poems 1978-1981 1983; (p. 55-56) Selected Poems 1975-90 1992; (p. 59-60) The Oxford Book of Modern Australian Verse 1996; (p. 209)
Appendix II : Fryer Library UQP Archive 1998 single work bibliography
— Appears in: UQP : The Writer's Press 1948-1998 1998; (p. 303-307)
Michael Dransfield : The Poetry Not the Myth Geoff Page , 1977 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: Quadrant , April vol. 21 no. 4 1977; (p. 66-69)
Poet Who Lives in the Underground Maurice Dunlevy , 1972 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 30 September 1972; (p. 12)
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