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Note: Cover painting by Luke Wagner: Luminous Bodies, After the Poem by James Charlton.
Issue Details: First known date: 2002... 2002 Luminous Bodies
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Dynnyrne, Hobart, Southeast Tasmania, Tasmania,:Montpelier Press , 2002 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Yellow-Tailed Black Cockatoosi"Random as rags whooshed off a truck", James Charlton , single work poetry (p. 2)
Absencei"Your absence", James Charlton , single work poetry (p. 3)
Tasman Peninsulai"Climbing a headland which faces a grey swathe", James Charlton , single work poetry (p. 4-6)
Lesser Long-eared Bati"Crinkly and frail", James Charlton , single work poetry (p. 7)
Tinderbox Hillsi"In the headache of an afternoon", James Charlton , single work poetry (p. 8)
Note: Author note: Tinderbox Hills: south of Hobart, a modest hilly ridge overlooking the River Derwent's mouth to the east and Bruny Island tothe south (p. 70).
This Rabbiti"You feel lie shooting this rabbit", James Charlton , single work poetry (p. 9)
On the Rimi"In the present dark,", James Charlton , single work poetry (p. 10-11)
Bird Studiesi"Curled lip of bird-bath", James Charlton , single work poetry (p. 12-13)
A Lagavulan Nighti"A friend of ours is dead,", James Charlton , single work poetry (p. 14)
Each Needle Fumingi"We walk into night drizzle; moonlight trellises ferns and", James Charlton , single work poetry (p. 15)
Koonya, a Black Girl : Cape Barren Island, 1828i"She wore a sheen of possum fat,", James Charlton , single work poetry (p. 16)
Note: Titled 'Koonya: Cape Barren Island, 1828'. In his note on the poem (p.70) the author states that no woman of this actual name is known to have lived on Bass Strait's Furneaux Group, of which Cape Barren Island forms a part.
High Country, Behind Hobarti"The brow of The Mountain has wrinkled", James Charlton , single work poetry (p. 17)
To Governor George Arthur in Heaveni"You didn't fornicate, ever,", James Charlton , single work poetry (p. 18)
Note: Author note: Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land from 1823 to 1837, Arthur was under New South Wales jurisdiction and answerable to the Home Office at Westminster. Lines 17 and 18 reflect the version of Matthew 5:37 with which Arthur was familiar (70).
Hobart 4pm, Mid-winteri"Where Lieutenant Hunter disembarked,", James Charlton , single work poetry (p. 19)
Convict Bricki"A pile of broken bricks", James Charlton , single work poetry (p. 20)
Truganini's Soliloquyi"I have know Earth's texture", James Charlton , single work poetry (p. 21-22)
Note: Author note: Truganini died in Hobart in 1876 (p.70).
Luminous Bodiesi"Her old VW", James Charlton , single work poetry (p. 24-25)
One Light, Many Lampsi"Caught short by nightfall in a forest;", James Charlton , single work poetry (p. 26-28)
To Your Fully Open Eyesi"You have emerged from water", James Charlton , single work poetry (p. 29-30)
Creaturesi"These perfect, inverse cones:", James Charlton , single work poetry (p. 31-32)
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Works about this Work

Indian Interest in Australian Poetry Anurag Sharma , 2003 extract criticism
— Appears in: Famous Reporter , December no. 28 2003; (p. 115-117)
Three Aussies and a Pom Kris Hemensley , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Island , Autumn no. 89 2002; (p. 120-124)
— Review of Equatorial Ian McBryde , 2001 selected work poetry ; Luminous Bodies James Charlton , 2002 selected work poetry
States of Equilibrium Philip Harvey , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Eureka Street , July-August vol. 12 no. 6 2002; (p. 50-51)
— Review of Darker and Lighter Geoff Page , 2001 selected work poetry ; Luminous Bodies James Charlton , 2002 selected work poetry
Luminous Bodies, by James Charlton Anne Kellas , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Famous Reporter , June no. 25 2002; (p. 190-191)
— Review of Luminous Bodies James Charlton , 2002 selected work poetry
Clouds of Utterance Geoff Page , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 241 2002; (p. 37-38)
— Review of Poems for a Dead Father Geoff Goodfellow , 2002 selected work poetry ; Luminous Bodies James Charlton , 2002 selected work poetry ; The Inland Sea Barry Hill , 2001 selected work poetry
Natural World the Preferred Theme Mark O'Connor , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 2 March 2002; (p. 17)
— Review of Luminous Bodies James Charlton , 2002 selected work poetry
Clouds of Utterance Geoff Page , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 241 2002; (p. 37-38)
— Review of Poems for a Dead Father Geoff Goodfellow , 2002 selected work poetry ; Luminous Bodies James Charlton , 2002 selected work poetry ; The Inland Sea Barry Hill , 2001 selected work poetry
Luminous Bodies, by James Charlton Anne Kellas , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Famous Reporter , June no. 25 2002; (p. 190-191)
— Review of Luminous Bodies James Charlton , 2002 selected work poetry
States of Equilibrium Philip Harvey , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Eureka Street , July-August vol. 12 no. 6 2002; (p. 50-51)
— Review of Darker and Lighter Geoff Page , 2001 selected work poetry ; Luminous Bodies James Charlton , 2002 selected work poetry
Three Aussies and a Pom Kris Hemensley , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Island , Autumn no. 89 2002; (p. 120-124)
— Review of Equatorial Ian McBryde , 2001 selected work poetry ; Luminous Bodies James Charlton , 2002 selected work poetry
Indian Interest in Australian Poetry Anurag Sharma , 2003 extract criticism
— Appears in: Famous Reporter , December no. 28 2003; (p. 115-117)
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