y separately published work icon Tricks of Memory : Poems selected work   poetry  
  • Author:agent Margaret Scott http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/scott-margaret
Issue Details: First known date: 1980... 1980 Tricks of Memory : Poems
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

Notes

  • One of a series of six small books which were published as a single set. The pagination throughout the set is continuous.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson , 1980 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Tricks of Memoryi"What we were before soaks up through the present's page.", Margaret Scott , single work poetry (p. 163)
Child of the Timei"I was born in nineteen thirty-four", Margaret Scott , single work poetry (p. 164)
Air Raidi"All night half-sleep and waking dream", Margaret Scott , single work poetry (p. 164-165)
Stories of My Mother's Childhood, Told in Wartimei"From the album of my mother's mind,", Margaret Scott , single work poetry (p. 166-167)
Love Alli"At seventeen I knew from books", Margaret Scott , single work poetry (p. 167)
The Suicidei"She ambled about the lanes,", Margaret Scott , single work poetry (p. 168-169)
Etchingsi"Thirty years ago in Gloucestershire,", Margaret Scott , single work poetry (p. 170)
Migrants in Van Diemen's Landi"How I hated this strange island", Margaret Scott , single work poetry (p. 171)
In Tasmaniai"'It's so like England,' said our shipboard friend.", Margaret Scott , single work poetry (p. 172)
Ned Kellyi"Alone in a visionaries' desert of umber and red", Margaret Scott , single work poetry (p. 173)
On Firei"Sartre's night is darker than smoke.", Margaret Scott , single work poetry (p. 174)
The Awakeningi"One cold grey day, looking from the window,", Margaret Scott , single work poetry (p. 175)
Night Musici"Rest after the long day blesses each sense,", Margaret Scott , single work poetry (p. 176)
To the Unborni"My spirit has spun for us a warm cocoon", Margaret Scott , single work poetry (p. 177)
The House of a Self-Made Mani"Searching the listed years and names one finds", Margaret Scott , single work poetry (p. 178-179)
Housewifei"The floor was scrubbed. The windows shone.", Margaret Scott , single work poetry (p. 180)
Tea Partyi"Among the scones and silver plate", Margaret Scott , single work poetry (p. 181)
Harvesti"I have sailed through many oceans.", Margaret Scott , single work poetry (p. 182)
Marlowei"Late in the summer night when the casement flapped,", Margaret Scott , single work poetry (p. 183-185)
To a Scholar's Ghosti"Quite suddenly, repeating what's been said,", Margaret Scott , single work poetry (p. 186)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Development of the Well-Crafted Image Nina Jeffries (interviewer), 1983 single work biography interview
— Appears in: Mercury , 6 August 1983, 17 1983;
Pocket Size and Attractive Judith Rodriguez , 1981 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 29 1981; (p. 29-30)

— Review of Wild Lemons : Poems David Malouf , 1980 selected work poetry ; Armistice : Poems Peter Kocan , 1980 selected work poetry ; Tricks of Memory : Poems Margaret Scott , 1980 selected work poetry ; Signs and Seas : Poems Peter Scharen , 1980 selected work poetry ; Lives : Poems Andrew Sant , 1980 selected work poetry ; Be Faithful Go : Poems Philip Mead , 1980 selected work poetry
Pocket Size and Attractive Judith Rodriguez , 1981 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 29 1981; (p. 29-30)

— Review of Wild Lemons : Poems David Malouf , 1980 selected work poetry ; Armistice : Poems Peter Kocan , 1980 selected work poetry ; Tricks of Memory : Poems Margaret Scott , 1980 selected work poetry ; Signs and Seas : Poems Peter Scharen , 1980 selected work poetry ; Lives : Poems Andrew Sant , 1980 selected work poetry ; Be Faithful Go : Poems Philip Mead , 1980 selected work poetry
Development of the Well-Crafted Image Nina Jeffries (interviewer), 1983 single work biography interview
— Appears in: Mercury , 6 August 1983, 17 1983;
Last amended 15 Nov 2011 15:55:16
Newspapers:
    Powered by Trove
    X