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Issue Details: First known date: 2002... 2002 Itinerant Blues
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'leaving behind neon nights and misspent passions, these poems take to the highway with the muse riding shotgun' (Source: UQP website: www.uqp.uq.edu.au)

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Notes

  • Dedication: for Brett, Melissa, Jayne, Liz and Kim my beloved itinerant wordsmiths and thank you, my team at UQP for your love, nurturing and support.
  • Epigraph: 'We shall not cease from exploration, And the end of all our exploring, Will be to arrive where we started, And know the place for the first time.' From Four Quartets by T. S. Eliot.

Contents

* Contents derived from the St Lucia, Indooroopilly - St Lucia area, Brisbane - North West, Brisbane, Queensland,:University of Queensland Press , 2002 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Cold Storagei"bussed it into Mitchell from out of nowhere and found it on ice", Samuel Wagan Watson , single work poetry (p. 1)
The Dusk Sessionsi"the pyromaniacs of the gods were kicking it", Samuel Wagan Watson , single work poetry (p. 2)
Kangaroo Crossingi"I know this stretch in my blood", Samuel Wagan Watson , single work poetry (p. 3)
What Morei"what more can one say", Samuel Wagan Watson , single work poetry (p. 4)
We're Not Truckin' Aroundi"upon the dining table of the Invader", Samuel Wagan Watson , single work poetry (p. 5)
Nil by Mouthi"the salt creeps in", Samuel Wagan Watson , single work poetry (p. 6)
The Golden Skin of Cowgirlsi"at the end of a brief Warreggo sojourn", Samuel Wagan Watson , single work poetry (p. 7)
Floodlight Sonatasi"white spark backdrop", Samuel Wagan Watson , single work poetry (p. 8)
Abandoned Factoriesi"the dark sentinels passed on the road", Samuel Wagan Watson , single work poetry (p. 9)
Scenes from a Getaway Cari"another late Thursday night ... and I'm wondering", Samuel Wagan Watson , single work poetry (p. 10-11)
Night Racingi"night racing through the suburbs", Samuel Wagan Watson , single work poetry (p. 12)
3a.m. Escapei"Got up off the couch", Samuel Wagan Watson , single work poetry (p. 13)
Pre-Flighti"It's 5a.m. in August", Samuel Wagan Watson , single work poetry (p. 14)
95 Cents a Litrei"He nurses this big ol'sedan into the service station", Samuel Wagan Watson , single work poetry (p. 15)
Deo Optimo Maximoi"Lurching onto the highway", Samuel Wagan Watson , single work poetry (p. 16-17)
Gasolinei"You just know where it will lead to", Samuel Wagan Watson , single work poetry (p. 18)
Literary Festival Bump-Outi"Pictures of bloated lions fill these halls", Samuel Wagan Watson , single work poetry (p. 19)
Itinerant Bluei"It comes to that morning", Samuel Wagan Watson , single work poetry (p. 20)
Products of Mexicoi"Been trying to write for days", Samuel Wagan Watson , single work poetry (p. 21-22)
Gas Tank Sonnetsi"1 Hour out of Byron Bay", Samuel Wagan Watson , single work poetry (p. 23)
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

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Works about this Work

Indicators : New Poetry Kerry Leves , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 170 2003; (p. 135-138)
— Review of Otherland no. 8 2002 periodical issue ; Girl With Green Hair Liz Hall-Downs , 2000 selected work poetry ; The Pomelo Tree Margaret Bradstock , 1999 selected work poetry ; Max is Missing Peter Porter , 2001 selected work poetry ; Itinerant Blues Samuel Wagan Watson , 2002 selected work poetry ; Flying Blind Debbie Westbury , 2002 selected work poetry ; The Clothes-Prop Man : Poems from the South Para Reservoir Martin R. Johnson , 2002 selected work poetry ; The Ventriloquist's Child Clayton Hansen , 2001 selected work poetry short story
[Review] Itinerant Blues Deborah Hunn , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: JAS Review of Books , January no. 12 2003;
— Review of Itinerant Blues Samuel Wagan Watson , 2002 selected work poetry
Brevity and Precision Terry Whitebeach , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 62 no. 2 2002; (p. 164-167)
— Review of Itinerant Blues Samuel Wagan Watson , 2002 selected work poetry
Talking Trilaterally Carolyn Van Langenberg , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: LiNQ , October vol. 29 no. 2 2002; (p. 91-95)
— Review of The Pomelo Tree Margaret Bradstock , 1999 selected work poetry ; Itinerant Blues Samuel Wagan Watson , 2002 selected work poetry
Modernist Embraces Gig Ryan , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 243 2002; (p. 56-57)
— Review of Cut Lunch Chris Andrews , 2002 selected work poetry ; Collage Peter Lloyd , 2002 selected work poetry ; Itinerant Blues Samuel Wagan Watson , 2002 selected work poetry
Talking Trilaterally Carolyn Van Langenberg , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: LiNQ , October vol. 29 no. 2 2002; (p. 91-95)
— Review of The Pomelo Tree Margaret Bradstock , 1999 selected work poetry ; Itinerant Blues Samuel Wagan Watson , 2002 selected work poetry
Brevity and Precision Terry Whitebeach , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 62 no. 2 2002; (p. 164-167)
— Review of Itinerant Blues Samuel Wagan Watson , 2002 selected work poetry
[Review] Itinerant Blues Deborah Hunn , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: JAS Review of Books , January no. 12 2003;
— Review of Itinerant Blues Samuel Wagan Watson , 2002 selected work poetry
Indicators : New Poetry Kerry Leves , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 170 2003; (p. 135-138)
— Review of Otherland no. 8 2002 periodical issue ; Girl With Green Hair Liz Hall-Downs , 2000 selected work poetry ; The Pomelo Tree Margaret Bradstock , 1999 selected work poetry ; Max is Missing Peter Porter , 2001 selected work poetry ; Itinerant Blues Samuel Wagan Watson , 2002 selected work poetry ; Flying Blind Debbie Westbury , 2002 selected work poetry ; The Clothes-Prop Man : Poems from the South Para Reservoir Martin R. Johnson , 2002 selected work poetry ; The Ventriloquist's Child Clayton Hansen , 2001 selected work poetry short story
The Sources of Poetic Power David McCooey , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 22 June 2002; (p. 9)
— Review of Poems for a Dead Father Geoff Goodfellow , 2002 selected work poetry ; My Lover's Back : 79 Love Poems M. T. C. Cronin , 2002 selected work poetry ; Itinerant Blues Samuel Wagan Watson , 2002 selected work poetry
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