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Issue Details: First known date: 1978... 1978 Life Death and Some Words About Them
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Notes

  • Dedication: for Andrew Burke / 'and the gray Sunflower poised against the sunset'.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Brisbane, Queensland,:Makar Press , 1978 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Poet with Tongue in Cheek, Discusses His Present Positioni"I sit in the top storey of my rented house", Viv Kitson , single work poetry (p. 5)
Poems Against Responsibilityi"What are these quiet voices,", Viv Kitson , single work poetry (p. 6-7)
Life Death and Some Words About Themi"The owl disintegrated, mashed", Viv Kitson , single work poetry (p. 8-9)
Realism, Idealism and Poetic Theoryi"By the furnace blast we're forced to work,", Viv Kitson , single work poetry (p. 9)
Groovingi"'Grooving along' alone with Buddy Guy as he pulses", Viv Kitson , single work poetry (p. 10)
Chant in 5/8i"Watcha mean? Blazing around the countryside", Viv Kitson , single work poetry (p. 11)
Seven Mile Beachi"White beach sand simmers in the sun.", Viv Kitson , single work poetry (p. 12)
At Wentworth Falls Lookout (for Paul McGillick)i"Nobody now offers answers, only questions.", Viv Kitson , single work poetry (p. 13)
Protein and Deathi"Even maggots are life.", Viv Kitson , single work poetry (p. 14)
Nervesi"Exploding across the synapse,", Viv Kitson , single work poetry (p. 15)
Transubstantiationi"Wincing, I shoulder the heavy waterfall.", Viv Kitson , single work poetry (p. 16)
Celebrating Another Springi"I scrape flaking paint from the boat;", Viv Kitson , single work poetry (p. 17)
There'll Always Bei"Thick clouds web the low hills,", Viv Kitson , single work poetry (p. 18)
In Imitation of Catullusi"Okay, Gaius Valerius Catullus,", Viv Kitson , single work poetry (p. 19-22)
Coming Homei"The roads cleave straight lines", Viv Kitson , single work poetry (p. 23)
Chopping Woodi"and the axe cleaves in a sharp splitting popping tearing", Viv Kitson , single work poetry (p. 24)
Proletarian Poemi"I awake from dreams of death", Viv Kitson , single work poetry (p. 25)
1865-1975 : Some History in Retrospecti"Flying banners of bourgeois comfort,", Viv Kitson , single work poetry (p. 25)
A Poem Which Must Be About Something, Viv Kitson , sequence poetry (p. 25-28)
The Philosophic Aspecti"Elijah! I eat the bitter herbs,", Viv Kitson , single work poetry (p. 26)
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Works about this Work

Understatement, Overstatment and Full Statement Graham Rowlands , 1979 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , August no. 75 1979; (p. 59-62)
— Review of Life Death and Some Words About Them Viv Kitson , 1978 selected work poetry
The Visionary Editor Christopher Pollnitz , 1979 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , December vol. 39 no. 4 1979; (p. 462-478)
— Review of Death's Directives Bruce Beaver , 1978 single work sequence poetry ; Remembering the Rural Life Gary Catalano , 1978 selected work poetry ; Idols of the Market Place and Other Poems Donald Moore , 1978 selected work poetry ; Friendly Street Poetry Reader No.2 1978 anthology poetry ; Under Cover Agent Ian Reid , 1978 selected work poetry ; Invitation to a Marxist Lesbian Party Lee Cataldi , 1978 selected work poetry ; Knabel Vicki Viidikas , 1978 selected work poetry ; Under the Weather Laurie Duggan , 1978 selected work poetry ; The Gods Ash Their Cigarettes S. K. Kelen , 1978 selected work poetry ; Cup Full of River Billy Jones , 1978 selected work poetry ; Blindspot John Jenkins , 1977 selected work poetry ; Collecting the Weather Geoff Page , 1978 selected work poetry ; Life Death and Some Words About Them Viv Kitson , 1978 selected work poetry ; Parabolas : Prose Poems Andrew Taylor , 1976 selected work poetry ; The Aviary : Poems (1975-1977) Peter Skrzynecki , 1978 selected work poetry ; Replacing Mirrors Graham Rowlands , 1975 selected work poetry ; Foot Falls and Notes Philip Hammial , 1976 selected work poetry ; HongKong Suicide and Other Poems Cornelis Vleeskens , 1976 selected work poetry
Untitled Andrew Burke , 1978 single work review
— Appears in: Artlook , July vol. 4 no. 6 1978; (p. 41)
— Review of Life Death and Some Words About Them Viv Kitson , 1978 selected work poetry
Untitled Gay Draper , 1978 single work review
— Appears in: LiNQ , vol. 6 no. 3 1978; (p. 124-125)
— Review of Life Death and Some Words About Them Viv Kitson , 1978 selected work poetry ; On Sparse Brush Janice M. Bostok , 1978 selected work poetry ; The Gods Ash Their Cigarettes S. K. Kelen , 1978 selected work poetry
Untitled Gay Draper , 1978 single work review
— Appears in: LiNQ , vol. 6 no. 3 1978; (p. 124-125)
— Review of Life Death and Some Words About Them Viv Kitson , 1978 selected work poetry ; On Sparse Brush Janice M. Bostok , 1978 selected work poetry ; The Gods Ash Their Cigarettes S. K. Kelen , 1978 selected work poetry
Untitled Andrew Burke , 1978 single work review
— Appears in: Artlook , July vol. 4 no. 6 1978; (p. 41)
— Review of Life Death and Some Words About Them Viv Kitson , 1978 selected work poetry
The Visionary Editor Christopher Pollnitz , 1979 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , December vol. 39 no. 4 1979; (p. 462-478)
— Review of Death's Directives Bruce Beaver , 1978 single work sequence poetry ; Remembering the Rural Life Gary Catalano , 1978 selected work poetry ; Idols of the Market Place and Other Poems Donald Moore , 1978 selected work poetry ; Friendly Street Poetry Reader No.2 1978 anthology poetry ; Under Cover Agent Ian Reid , 1978 selected work poetry ; Invitation to a Marxist Lesbian Party Lee Cataldi , 1978 selected work poetry ; Knabel Vicki Viidikas , 1978 selected work poetry ; Under the Weather Laurie Duggan , 1978 selected work poetry ; The Gods Ash Their Cigarettes S. K. Kelen , 1978 selected work poetry ; Cup Full of River Billy Jones , 1978 selected work poetry ; Blindspot John Jenkins , 1977 selected work poetry ; Collecting the Weather Geoff Page , 1978 selected work poetry ; Life Death and Some Words About Them Viv Kitson , 1978 selected work poetry ; Parabolas : Prose Poems Andrew Taylor , 1976 selected work poetry ; The Aviary : Poems (1975-1977) Peter Skrzynecki , 1978 selected work poetry ; Replacing Mirrors Graham Rowlands , 1975 selected work poetry ; Foot Falls and Notes Philip Hammial , 1976 selected work poetry ; HongKong Suicide and Other Poems Cornelis Vleeskens , 1976 selected work poetry
Understatement, Overstatment and Full Statement Graham Rowlands , 1979 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , August no. 75 1979; (p. 59-62)
— Review of Life Death and Some Words About Them Viv Kitson , 1978 selected work poetry
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Awards

1979 highly commended Anne Elder Award
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