The Family Fig Trees single work   poetry   "Seeing them through the mist, on the downslope"
  • Author:agent Philip Salom http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/salom-philip
Issue Details: First known date: 2001... 2001 The Family Fig Trees
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All Publication Details

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon A Cretive Life Philip Salom , Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 2001 Z915194 2001 selected work poetry Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 2001 pg. 106-107
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Best Australian Poems 2004 Les Murray (editor), Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2004 Z1159779 2004 anthology poetry Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2004 pg. 161-162
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Family Fig Trees and Other Poems Philip Salom , Warners Bay : Picaro Press , 2007 Z1761268 2007 selected work poetry Warners Bay : Picaro Press , 2007 pg. 14-15
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Australian Poetry Since 1788 Geoffrey Lehmann (editor), Robert Gray (editor), Sydney : University of New South Wales Press , 2011 Z1803846 2011 anthology poetry (taught in 1 units) 'A good poem is one that the world can’t forget or is delighted to rediscover. This landmark anthology of Australian poetry, edited by two of Australia’s foremost poets, Geoffrey Lehmann and Robert Gray, contains such poems. It is the first of its kind for Australia and promises to become a classic. Included here are Australia’s major poets, and lesser-known but equally affecting ones, and all manifestations of Australian poetry since 1788, from concrete poems to prose poems, from the cerebral to the naïve, from the humorous to the confessional, and from formal to free verse. Translations of some striking Aboriginal song poems are one of the high points. Containing over 1000 poems from 170 Australian poets, as well as short critical biographies, this careful reevaluation of Australian poetry makes this a superb book that can be read and enjoyed over a lifetime.' (From the publisher's website.) Sydney : University of New South Wales Press , 2011 pg. 898-899
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    y separately published work icon Contemporary Australian Poetry Martin Langford (editor), Judith Beveridge (editor), Judy Johnson (editor), David Musgrave (editor), Glebe : Puncher and Wattmann , 2016 10524271 2016 anthology poetry

    'The quality of Australian poetry has never been higher, nor the number of distinctive voices greater. A landmark publication, this collection presents the astonishing achievements of Australian poetry during the last quarter of a century. Over ten years in preparation, gathering over 200 poets and 500 poems, it makes the case for this country's poetry as a broadening of the universal set for all English-speakers. 'Somewhat astonishingly,' the introduction notes, 'and while no-one was looking, Australian poetry has developed a momentum and a critical mass such that it has become one more luminous field in the English-speaking imagination. Increasingly, anyone who seeks to explore the perspectives or music available in English will also have to consider the perspectives and music which have originated here - Australia having turned itself, too, into a place in the mind.' Both survey and critical review, this anthology offers a rare opportunity to explore the major national achievement of contemporary Australian poetry. (Publication summary)'

    Glebe : Puncher and Wattmann , 2016
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