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'In a voice youthful, passionate and questioning, these poems reflect on growing up and on letting go; on urban dwellers in love and lust; and on the artist and his Murri community. The politics are unguarded and often amusing, and the language is playful, rhythmic and evocative. Ghosted by ancestors and muses, Watson's cityscape interweaves past and present.' (Source: Publisher's blurb)

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Notes

  • Author's note: Some of the poems in this book were written in respectful memory and recollection of actual characters, places and incidents in the past ... the other works are pieces of fiction, not meant to represent what is gone or what lies ahead, people living or deceased.
  • This book is divided into three sections reflecting the title.

Contents

* Contents derived from the St Lucia, Indooroopilly - St Lucia area, Brisbane - North West, Brisbane, Queensland,:University of Queensland Press , 2000 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
A Preludei"dropping a knife", Samuel Wagan Watson , single work poetry (p. 3)
Magnesium Girli"I was kissing the girl", Samuel Wagan Watson , single work poetry (p. 4)
After 2 a.m.i"I wept along with the night", Samuel Wagan Watson , single work poetry (p. 5)
Back Seat Driveri"love me", Samuel Wagan Watson , single work poetry (p. 6)
On the Riveri"it was a drive through the sleeping industrial giants", Samuel Wagan Watson , single work poetry (p. 7)
Waiting for the Good Mani"we kissed goodbye at the terminal", Samuel Wagan Watson , single work poetry (p. 8)
Raindrops Fall in Vaini"raindrops fall in vain", Samuel Wagan Watson , single work poetry (p. 9)
Chloe in the Window Boxi"in the darkness", Samuel Wagan Watson , single work poetry (p. 10)
The Postman's Privilegei"most typewriters spit out", Samuel Wagan Watson , single work poetry (p. 11)
Musing : The Graveyard Shifti"as I enter a writer' graveyard shift", Samuel Wagan Watson , single work poetry (p. 12-13)
New Farm is Closedi"the ex-muse is on her way home for good", Samuel Wagan Watson , single work poetry (p. 14)
White Stucco Dreamingi"sprinkled in the happy dark of my mind", Samuel Wagan Watson , single work poetry (p. 17)
The Crooked Meni"my Dad straightened out the crooked men", Samuel Wagan Watson , single work poetry (p. 18)
Falling Mother Skyi"on the returning of the rain", Samuel Wagan Watson , single work poetry (p. 19)
Brown Water Lootingi"hardly stopping to think", Samuel Wagan Watson , single work poetry (p. 20)
Jetty Nightsi"it was an arm that stretched over the mud and sharks", Samuel Wagan Watson , single work poetry (p. 21)
Carefreei"you'd never forget the pelicans", Samuel Wagan Watson , single work poetry (p. 22)
The Mosquito Roomi"a melody on the edge", Samuel Wagan Watson , single work poetry (p. 23)
Mudflati"dried up and cracked", Samuel Wagan Watson , single work poetry (p. 24)
Deadman's Mouth Harpi"walking along a bitumen shoulder", Samuel Wagan Watson , single work poetry (p. 25)
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Works about this Work

[Review] Of Muse, Meandering and Midnight Sarah Gory , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Writing Queensland , July no. 220 2012; (p. 17)
— Review of Of Muse, Meandering and Midnight Samuel Wagan Watson , 2000 selected work poetry
[Review] Of Muse, Meandering and Midnight Carmen Leigh Keates , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Dotlit : The Online Journal of Creative Writing , August vol. 4 no. 1 2003;
— Review of Of Muse, Meandering and Midnight Samuel Wagan Watson , 2000 selected work poetry
Midnight Poets Gig Ryan , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Meanjin : Fine Writing & Provocative Ideas , vol. 60 no. 2 2001; (p. 196-202)
— Review of Calyx : 30 Contemporary Australian Poets 2000 anthology poetry ; Of Muse, Meandering and Midnight Samuel Wagan Watson , 2000 selected work poetry
'I Still Believe in Jeffrey Hunter' : New Poetry Kerry Leves , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Spring no. 164 2001; (p. 113-115)
— Review of Scar Country Rebecca Edwards , 2000 selected work poetry ; Of Muse, Meandering and Midnight Samuel Wagan Watson , 2000 selected work poetry ; TV Poems Chris Mikul , 2000 selected work poetry ; Backyard Cosmos : New and Selected Poems Robin Loftus , 2000 selected work poetry ; Keys Round Her Tongue : Short Prose, Poems and Performance Texts Hazel Smith , 2000 selected work poetry short story drama ; Why I Am Not A Farmer Brendan Ryan , 2000 selected work poetry ; High Tide Vera Newsom , 2000 selected work poetry ; Collected Poems Margaret Scott , 2000 selected work poetry ; Refugee Refugees See the East Timorese? Dương Xuân , 2000 selected work poetry
[Review] Of Muse, Meandering and Midnight Helen Horton , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Imago : New Writing , vol. 13 no. 1 2001; (p. 107-109)
— Review of Of Muse, Meandering and Midnight Samuel Wagan Watson , 2000 selected work poetry
[Review] Of Muse, Meandering and Midnight Carmen Leigh Keates , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Dotlit : The Online Journal of Creative Writing , August vol. 4 no. 1 2003;
— Review of Of Muse, Meandering and Midnight Samuel Wagan Watson , 2000 selected work poetry
[Review] Of Muse, Meandering and Midnight Sarah Gory , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Writing Queensland , July no. 220 2012; (p. 17)
— Review of Of Muse, Meandering and Midnight Samuel Wagan Watson , 2000 selected work poetry
Four Poets Judith Beveridge , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Island , Spring/Summer no. 84 2000-2001; (p. 46-53)
— Review of Convertible John Foulcher , 2000 selected work poetry ; Of Muse, Meandering and Midnight Samuel Wagan Watson , 2000 selected work poetry ; Invisible Tattoos Lauren Williams , 2000 selected work poetry ; Scar Country Rebecca Edwards , 2000 selected work poetry
[Review] Of Muse, Meandering and Midnight Helen Horton , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Imago : New Writing , vol. 13 no. 1 2001; (p. 107-109)
— Review of Of Muse, Meandering and Midnight Samuel Wagan Watson , 2000 selected work poetry
'I Still Believe in Jeffrey Hunter' : New Poetry Kerry Leves , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Spring no. 164 2001; (p. 113-115)
— Review of Scar Country Rebecca Edwards , 2000 selected work poetry ; Of Muse, Meandering and Midnight Samuel Wagan Watson , 2000 selected work poetry ; TV Poems Chris Mikul , 2000 selected work poetry ; Backyard Cosmos : New and Selected Poems Robin Loftus , 2000 selected work poetry ; Keys Round Her Tongue : Short Prose, Poems and Performance Texts Hazel Smith , 2000 selected work poetry short story drama ; Why I Am Not A Farmer Brendan Ryan , 2000 selected work poetry ; High Tide Vera Newsom , 2000 selected work poetry ; Collected Poems Margaret Scott , 2000 selected work poetry ; Refugee Refugees See the East Timorese? Dương Xuân , 2000 selected work poetry
Passively Poetic Rosemary Sorensen , 1999 single work biography
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 16 October 1999; (p. 7)
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