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First known date: 1968 Issue Details: First known date: 1968... 1968 No Worries, No Illusions, No Mercy
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Notes

  • Dedication: to my north and south gurus: P. Lal and C. D. Narasimhaiah

Contents

* Contents derived from the Calcutta,
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India,
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South Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
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Writers Workshop , 1999 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Sharp Shooteri"If your life", S. C. Harrex , single work poetry (p. 11)
Back from the Deadi"A scrambled egg sky", S. C. Harrex , single work poetry (p. 12-14)
Continent of Circei"Clean and comfortable in New Delhi", S. C. Harrex , single work poetry (p. 15)
Family Photographi"Though men vanish in foliage", S. C. Harrex , single work poetry (p. 16-17)
The Casuarina Songi"Boonah Narroondarie the Sacred Man", S. C. Harrex , single work poetry (p. 18)
The Falli"He was snared, as sacred heroes are, by", S. C. Harrex , single work poetry (p. 18-19)
Narroondarie and his Wives, S. C. Harrex , sequence poetry (p. 18-20)
Flighti"Narroondarie's love for his wayward pair", S. C. Harrex , single work poetry (p. 19)
Rhunjullang :'Two Sisters'i"From Cape Willoughby you see two pillars", S. C. Harrex , single work poetry (p. 19-20)
Coda : Folio of Dreamsi"Maybe we remember the Sacred Mountain", S. C. Harrex , single work poetry (p. 20)
The Painting in Young and Jacksons' Front Bar that was a National Iconi"I saw a man", S. C. Harrex , single work poetry (p. 21)
Waiting Moodi"Out of the waiting", S. C. Harrex , single work poetry (p. 22)
Note: With title: Waiting
Winter Treesi"Though winter trees are black with birds", S. C. Harrex , single work poetry (p. 23)
La Fontaine De Vauclusei"Trees in the wind-churned orchards now", S. C. Harrex , single work poetry (p. 24-25)
St Maximini"Snow falls in St Maximin", S. C. Harrex , single work poetry (p. 26)
Late August Thursdayi"The smells of random rain in early spring", S. C. Harrex , single work poetry (p. 27)
Beggarsi"Out of the sun throughout the day", S. C. Harrex , single work poetry (p. 28-29)
Such is Pranai"Cupped hands leaking", S. C. Harrex , single work poetry (p. 30)
Donne's Deathi"A carver came to make a wooden urn", S. C. Harrex , single work poetry (p. 31)
American Literature's Debt to Indiai"Do you recognise Thoreau and Emerson", S. C. Harrex , single work poetry (p. 32)

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'Past Shapes of Things Present' in the Poetry of Syd Harrex (1935 – ) Ralph Spaulding , 2012 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Shadow of the Precursor 2012; (p. 48-61)
‘Syd Harrex was born in Smithton, Tasmania, in 1935 and completed his education in Hobart in the 1950s and 60s. He left Tasmania in 1966 to become a Foundation staff member at Flinders University from where he retired in 2001 as Reader in English and Director of the Centre for Research in the New Literatures in English. Harrex began writing and publishing poetry while a student at the University of Tasmania and his poetry retains something of the “silent croon” of his island home. This chapter considers Harrex’s kinship with the poetry of some of his contemporaries and predecessors. It shows how Harrex’s relationship with these writers is a creative dialogue that shapes and enhances his thematic concerns, rather than displaying any sense of Harold Bloom’s “anxiety of influence.” The chapter also charts Harex’s poetic journey through different Australian landscapes and from immediate and personal concerns to an exploration of some of the poetry’s universal themes.’ (48)
'Past Shapes of Things Present' in the Poetry of Syd Harrex (1935 – ) Ralph Spaulding , 2012 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Shadow of the Precursor 2012; (p. 48-61)
‘Syd Harrex was born in Smithton, Tasmania, in 1935 and completed his education in Hobart in the 1950s and 60s. He left Tasmania in 1966 to become a Foundation staff member at Flinders University from where he retired in 2001 as Reader in English and Director of the Centre for Research in the New Literatures in English. Harrex began writing and publishing poetry while a student at the University of Tasmania and his poetry retains something of the “silent croon” of his island home. This chapter considers Harrex’s kinship with the poetry of some of his contemporaries and predecessors. It shows how Harrex’s relationship with these writers is a creative dialogue that shapes and enhances his thematic concerns, rather than displaying any sense of Harold Bloom’s “anxiety of influence.” The chapter also charts Harex’s poetic journey through different Australian landscapes and from immediate and personal concerns to an exploration of some of the poetry’s universal themes.’ (48)
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