y separately published work icon Mister! Mister! Mister! selected work   poetry  
Issue Details: First known date: 1999... 1999 Mister! Mister! Mister!
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Notes

  • Poems written whilst inaugural Writer-in-Residence at the Australia Centre Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia.
  • Epigraph: Your mouth is your tiger. - Malay proverb

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* Contents derived from the Medan, Sumatera,
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Southeast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,:
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Southeast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,:Australia Centre Medan , 1999 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Glass Wordsi"Desire's flesh, like glass words", John Mateer , single work poetry (p. 1)
Three Poems, John Mateer , sequence poetry (p. 1-3)
Graphic Imagesi"Disarmed, the poet is speech", John Mateer , single work poetry (p. 2)
Ancient Noisei"He used to talk to God, praying", John Mateer , single work poetry (p. 3)
Conversation: A Truncated Faxi"Often I say so much that I don't understand what I wanted to", John Mateer , single work poetry (p. 4)
The Monster is the Nightmarei"of realising the meaning of everything you have said,", John Mateer , single work poetry (p. 5)
No Womani"A photon ricochets through the wilderness of her skull.", John Mateer , single work poetry (p. 6-7)
Translated Mani"To hear myself think in this noisy city I plug my ears.", John Mateer , single work poetry (p. 8)
Be Carefuli"be mindful if you wake someone here:", John Mateer , single work poetry (p. 9)
Four Images, John Mateer , sequence poetry (p. 10-11)
The Monkey-seller's Stalli"The monkeys in the tv-sized cage at the roadside", John Mateer , single work poetry (p. 12)
The Rocki"The volcanic rock on my desk performs solidly.", John Mateer , single work poetry (p. 13)
Azani"Voices from nearby minarets, in an asynchrony,", John Mateer , single work poetry (p. 14)
This Pathi"Anyone can walk this path where the eyes have no moon", John Mateer , single work poetry (p. 15-16)
Takbirani"There is a night when all radios transmit like minarets,", John Mateer , single work poetry (p. 17)
Looking at a Booki"The pembantu, being illiterate,", John Mateer , single work poetry (p. 18)
Raini"The rain, body temperature and linear, unlike a maternal phantasm,", John Mateer , single work poetry (p. 19)
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