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Issue Details: First known date: 1972... 1972 Head-Waters
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Notes

  • Dedication: for my mother and father
  • The collection is split into two parts, titled "I" (pages 8-38) and "II" (pages 40-61).

Contents

* Contents derived from the Normanhurst, Turramurra - Pymble - St Ives area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,:Lyre Bird Writers , 1972 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Weeping Rocki"Only after reaching the bottom did we stop", Peter Skrzynecki , single work poetry (p. 9)
Wollomombi Fallsi"More than a thousand feet of rock face", Peter Skrzynecki , single work poetry (p. 10)
Moonbi Hillsi"Over the northern rise", Peter Skrzynecki , single work poetry (p. 11)
The Grandmotheri"When I first arrived she was", Peter Skrzynecki , single work poetry (p. 12)
Jeoglai"Rabbits scatter in fright behind tussocks", Peter Skrzynecki , single work poetry (p. 13)
The Kookaburrai"I was speeding by Cooney when it rose heavily", Peter Skrzynecki , single work poetry (p. 14)
The Burning Tractori"Looking each other into the eyes", Peter Skrzynecki , single work poetry (p. 15)
Wyatts Creeki"Relics overgrown with moss and briars –", Peter Skrzynecki , single work poetry (p. 16)
Wallamumbii"Seasons of inheritance and shadows of voices", Peter Skrzynecki , single work poetry (p. 17)
Styx Riveri"If time and frost have spared these hills", Peter Skrzynecki , single work poetry (p. 18)
Small School at Kunghuri"It was the children each morning", Peter Skrzynecki , single work poetry (p. 19-20)
Lorikeets (for Noel and Norma Howard)i"North from the rain-forests", Peter Skrzynecki , single work poetry (p. 21)
Mount Warningi"It was the mountain", Peter Skrzynecki , single work poetry (p. 22-23)
Flying Foxesi"With the hot summer rains they came", Peter Skrzynecki , single work poetry (p. 24)
Bushfires at Kunghuri"The fires burned for weeks on end.", Peter Skrzynecki , single work poetry (p. 25)
Winter: Tweed River Valleyi"Walk out, any winter night,", Peter Skrzynecki , single work poetry (p. 26)
A Last Mile at Ukii"Ghosts would always have been welcome", Peter Skrzynecki , single work poetry (p. 27-28)
Bell-birdi"Textures of leaf and patterns of colour", Peter Skrzynecki , single work poetry (p. 29)
The finchesi"Rain fell and thunder boomed over the gorges", Peter Skrzynecki , single work poetry (p. 30)
Snake Countryi"I passed through a dozen times", Peter Skrzynecki , single work poetry (p. 31-32)
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Works about this Work

On Starting Peter Skrzynecki's "Head-Waters" i "There it is,, laid out clearly, but the consonants throw me", Graeme Keir , 1981 single work poetry
— Appears in: Patterns , Spring vol. 8 no. 1 1981; (p. 14)
Untitled Judith Rodriguez , 1974 single work review
— Appears in: Poetry Australia , no. 51 1974; (p. 78-80)
— Review of Head-Waters Peter Skrzynecki , 1972 selected work poetry
Individual Poetic Voice R. F. Brissenden , 1973 single work review
— Appears in: Hemisphere , October vol. 17 no. 10 1973; (p. 39)
— Review of Head-Waters Peter Skrzynecki , 1972 selected work poetry
New Poetry Jim Tulip , 1973 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , June vol. 33 no. 2 1973; (p. 231-240)
— Review of Red Movie and Other Poems John Tranter , 1972 selected work poetry ; Head-Waters Peter Skrzynecki , 1972 selected work poetry ; Slade's Anatomy of the Horse Leon Slade , 1972 selected work poetry ; Condolences of the Season : Selected Poems Bruce Dawe , 1971 selected work poetry ; Conversation with a Rider Geoffrey Lehmann , 1972 selected work poetry ; Poems against Economics Les Murray , 1972 selected work poetry ; Soft Riots Richard Tipping , 1972 selected work poetry ; Black Swans at Berrima Grace Perry , 1972 selected work poetry
Untitled Derek Whitelock , 1972 single work review
— Appears in: Issue , December vol. 2 no. 7 1972; (p. 31)
— Review of Head-Waters Peter Skrzynecki , 1972 selected work poetry
New Poetry Jim Tulip , 1973 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , June vol. 33 no. 2 1973; (p. 231-240)
— Review of Red Movie and Other Poems John Tranter , 1972 selected work poetry ; Head-Waters Peter Skrzynecki , 1972 selected work poetry ; Slade's Anatomy of the Horse Leon Slade , 1972 selected work poetry ; Condolences of the Season : Selected Poems Bruce Dawe , 1971 selected work poetry ; Conversation with a Rider Geoffrey Lehmann , 1972 selected work poetry ; Poems against Economics Les Murray , 1972 selected work poetry ; Soft Riots Richard Tipping , 1972 selected work poetry ; Black Swans at Berrima Grace Perry , 1972 selected work poetry
Untitled R. Diver , 1972 single work review
— Appears in: New Poetry , vol. 20 no. 5-6 1972; (p. 75-76)
— Review of Head-Waters Peter Skrzynecki , 1972 selected work poetry
Untitled Derek Whitelock , 1972 single work review
— Appears in: Issue , December vol. 2 no. 7 1972; (p. 31)
— Review of Head-Waters Peter Skrzynecki , 1972 selected work poetry
Individual Poetic Voice R. F. Brissenden , 1973 single work review
— Appears in: Hemisphere , October vol. 17 no. 10 1973; (p. 39)
— Review of Head-Waters Peter Skrzynecki , 1972 selected work poetry
Untitled Judith Rodriguez , 1974 single work review
— Appears in: Poetry Australia , no. 51 1974; (p. 78-80)
— Review of Head-Waters Peter Skrzynecki , 1972 selected work poetry
On Starting Peter Skrzynecki's "Head-Waters" i "There it is,, laid out clearly, but the consonants throw me", Graeme Keir , 1981 single work poetry
— Appears in: Patterns , Spring vol. 8 no. 1 1981; (p. 14)
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