The Goldfinches of Baghdad single work   poetry   "These finches are kept in gold-plated cages"
  • Author:agent Robert Adamson http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/adamson-robert
Issue Details: First known date: 2003... 2003 The Goldfinches of Baghdad
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

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    y separately published work icon Salt-Lick Quarterly Spring 2003 Z1078386 2003 periodical issue 2003 pg. 60
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    y separately published work icon The Best Australian Poems 2003 Peter Craven (editor), Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2003 Z1084575 2003 anthology poetry Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2003 pg. 67
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    y separately published work icon The Goldfinches of Baghdad Robert Adamson , Chicago : Flood Editions , 2006 Z1305059 2006 selected work poetry (taught in 2 units) Chicago : Flood Editions , 2006 pg. 59
    Note: With first line: These finches are kept in gold cages
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    y separately published work icon The Golden Bird : New and Selected Poems Robert Adamson , Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2008 Z1535162 2008 selected work poetry 'The Golden Bird brings together the best of Robert Adamson's work from the last four decades, as well as many superb new poems. Selected and arranged by the author, it provides an accessible introduction to Australia's foremost lyric poet and an insight into the recurring themes that have shaped his remarkable body of work.' (Publisher's blurb) Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2008 pg. 114
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    y separately published work icon The Kingfisher's Soul Robert Adamson , Northumberland : Bloodaxe Books , 2009 Z1607365 2009 selected work poetry Northumberland : Bloodaxe Books , 2009 pg. 61
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    y separately published work icon The Puncher & Wattmann Anthology of Australian Poetry John Leonard (editor), Glebe : Puncher and Wattmann , 2009 Z1674214 2009 anthology poetry (taught in 16 units) Glebe : Puncher and Wattmann , 2009 pg. 129-130
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    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. 728-729
    Note: With first line: These finches are kept in gold cages

Works about this Work

Animal Poetics : Singing the Scorched Tongue Meera Anne Atkinson , 2013 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 73 no. 2 2013; (p. 114-121)
Animal Poetics : Singing the Scorched Tongue Meera Anne Atkinson , 2013 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 73 no. 2 2013; (p. 114-121)
Last amended 16 Dec 2013 10:35:27
Subjects:
  • Baghdad,
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    Iraq,
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    Middle East, Asia,
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