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Issue Details: First known date: 1969... 1969 Beyond the Subdivisions : Poems
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Notes

  • Epigraph: 'Generation in and out we are put to use. People become instruments...Good men can be divided from their compassion by the institutional system that inherits us all.' Carl Oglesby.
  • Epigraph: 'raining down meaning from beyond the subdivisions, / proclaiming the everlasting evangel of vulnerability...' Bruce Dawe, 'The Rock-Thrower'.
  • Dedication: The poems written in this book were written in the time made possible by this [Ampol] Arts Award, and this book is therefore dedicated to Ampol in gratitude.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:Cheshire , 1969 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Easy Does Iti"I have to be careful with my boy.", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 1)
Homecomingi"All day, day after day, they're bringing them home,", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry war literature (p. 2)
The Placei"The day I happened upon that still place", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 3)
A Double Hauntingi"Man will always be haunted by his world", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 4)
The Raped Girl's Fatheri"The buzz-saw whine of righteous anger rose", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 5)
The Sky Countryi"Sometimes at evening the winter clouds", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 6)
Miss Maci"In order to be forgotten", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 7)
Cann Riveri"In a triangular corner of my mind", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 8)
Suburban Loversi"Every morning they hold hands", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 9)
On a Friend Thrown Overi"`Not to look back,' you said", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 10)
At Massi"Now, you're more one of us than we are, splashing", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 11)
Up the Walli"The kettles' plainsong rises to a shriek,", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 12)
Dream Girli"And if, my lords, I take you at your wish,", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 13)
Paternal Instincti"Stern Texan! In whose hand the olive branch", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry war literature (p. 14)
Whether the Ideal World Contains Surprisesi"Plato's ideal world contained, it seems,", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 15)
A Slight Indispositioni"Ah it is such", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 16-17)
Migrantsi"In the fourth week the sea dropped clear away", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 18)
Lesi"When Les came off-duty that night and sat down", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 19)
TAB Robberyi"I bet. You bet. He bets.", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 20)
Devaluationi"Smaller borrowings were easily repaid", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 21)

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Works about this Work

The Singer of Concerns : A Profile of Bruce Dawe Graeme Kinross-Smith , 1987 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: Overland , September no. 108 1987; (p. 38-48)
[Review] Beyond the Subdivisions : Poems Bruce Dawe R. A. Simpson , 1970 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 24 January 1970; (p. 11)

— Review of Beyond the Subdivisions : Poems Bruce Dawe , 1969 selected work poetry
[Review] Beyond the Subdivisions : Poems Bruce Dawe A. Riddell , 1970 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 7 November 1970; (p. 23)

— Review of Beyond the Subdivisions : Poems Bruce Dawe , 1969 selected work poetry
[Review] Beyond the Subdivisions : Poems Bruce Dawe Geoff Page , 1970 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 10 January 1970; (p. 17)

— Review of Beyond the Subdivisions : Poems Bruce Dawe , 1969 selected work poetry
Breakthrough Geoffrey Lehmann , 1970 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 2 May vol. 92 no. 4702 1970; (p. 56)

— Review of Beyond the Subdivisions : Poems Bruce Dawe , 1969 selected work poetry
New Australian Poetry Jim Tulip , 1970 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 30 no. 2 1970; (p. 148-160)

— Review of Bicycle and Other Poems David Malouf , 1970 selected work poetry ; Beyond the Subdivisions : Poems Bruce Dawe , 1969 selected work poetry ; The Stopped Landscape and Other Poems Alan Riddell , 1968 selected work poetry ; The Weatherboard Cathedral Les Murray , 1969 selected work poetry ; Letters to Live Poets Bruce Beaver , 1969 selected work poetry
[Review] Beyond the Subdivisions : Poems Bruce Dawe Peter Ward , 1970 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March vol. 9 no. 5 1970; (p. 128)

— Review of Inwards to the Sun : Poems Thomas Shapcott , 1969 selected work poetry ; Beyond the Subdivisions : Poems Bruce Dawe , 1969 selected work poetry
Poetry - The Present Scene Frank Kellaway , 1970 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Summer (1970-1971) no. 46 1970; (p. 38-40)

— Review of Inwards to the Sun : Poems Thomas Shapcott , 1969 selected work poetry ; The Law of Karma : A Progression of Poems Rodney Hall , 1968 selected work poetry ; Beyond the Subdivisions : Poems Bruce Dawe , 1969 selected work poetry ; Deep Blue and Green : Poems Charles Buckmaster , 1970 selected work poetry ; A Counterfeit Silence : Selected Poems Randolph Stow , 1969 selected work poetry ; The Weatherboard Cathedral Les Murray , 1969 selected work poetry ; New Poems 1965-1969 A. D. Hope , 1969 selected work poetry ; Tense Mood and Voice Tim Thorne , 1969 selected work poetry ; Segments of the Bowl Robert Clark , 1967 selected work poetry
Recent Australian Poetry Ronald T. Dunlop , 1970 single work review
— Appears in: Poetry Australia , February no. 32 1970; (p. 50-57) Journal of Poetics Research , September 2014 no. 1 2014;

— Review of The Weatherboard Cathedral Les Murray , 1969 selected work poetry ; A Counterfeit Silence : Selected Poems Randolph Stow , 1969 selected work poetry ; Beyond the Subdivisions : Poems Bruce Dawe , 1969 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems Nan McDonald , 1969 selected work poetry ; Two Houses Grace Perry , 1969 selected work poetry ; Surprises of the Sun James McAuley , 1969 selected work poetry ; New Poems 1965-1969 A. D. Hope , 1969 selected work poetry
[Review] Beyond the Subdivisions : Poems Bruce Dawe A. C. Lyons , 1969 single work review
— Appears in: Twentieth Century , (1969-1970) vol. 24 no. 1969; (p. 284-287)

— Review of Beyond the Subdivisions : Poems Bruce Dawe , 1969 selected work poetry
The Singer of Concerns : A Profile of Bruce Dawe Graeme Kinross-Smith , 1987 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: Overland , September no. 108 1987; (p. 38-48)
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