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Issue Details: First known date: 1987... 1987 The Tiger in the Head
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Notes

  • Dedication: To M.J.M.
  • Epigraph: 'Tyger! Tyger! burning bright, In the forests of the night....' – William Blake

Contents

* Contents derived from the Milton, Milton - Toowong area, Brisbane - North West, Brisbane, Queensland,:Jacaranda Press , 1987 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Enchantedi"High the scaling sky", Robin Gurr , single work poetry (p. 1)
Shellsi"The sea mouths me the morning", Robin Gurr , single work poetry (p. 2)
Now the Darki"Now the dark is crouched in me", Robin Gurr , single work poetry (p. 3)
The Visionary at Dawn (after Henri Rousseau's Painting, The Sleeping Gypsy)i"Inside the cherished", Robin Gurr , single work poetry (p. 4-5)
Aubadei"Day slides whistling", Robin Gurr , single work poetry (p. 6)
Fostering Timei"Most approach importantly", Robin Gurr , single work poetry (p. 7)
Before Birthi"My bitch is built", Robin Gurr , single work poetry (p. 8)
Child in Nature : 1 : The Childi"All adrift", Robin Gurr , single work poetry (p. 9)
Child in Nature : 2 : The Birdi"Sun-ascending in a silvered spiral", Robin Gurr , single work poetry (p. 9)
Child in Nature : 4 : The Cricketi"I have heard you", Robin Gurr , single work poetry (p. 10)
Child in Nature : 3 : Brown Jacki"Green-slashed", Robin Gurr , single work poetry (p. 10)
Child in Nature : 5 : Spider's Webi"Teased in the wind,", Robin Gurr , single work poetry (p. 11)
Child in Nature : 6 : The Wind and the Songi"Wind sings soft", Robin Gurr , single work poetry (p. 11)
Child in Nature : 7 : A Dark Glow about Mei"A dark glow about me...", Robin Gurr , single work poetry (p. 12)
The Cracki"A foxglove labours", Robin Gurr , single work poetry (p. 13)
The Christmas Arrival of the Animalsi"O this clear miraculous day", Robin Gurr , single work poetry (p. 14-15)
Glass Cagesi"Across their lunar inscapes", Robin Gurr , single work poetry (p. 16)
Three Meetings : Dark, Fear, Deathi"I clasped hard hard night's hole", Robin Gurr , single work poetry (p. 17-18)
Mastersi"My Friend - the music-harvester of Brahms", Robin Gurr , single work poetry (p. 19-20)
A Calf at an Art Exhibitioni"He saunters into the arena", Robin Gurr , single work poetry (p. 21)
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Works about this Work

In Brief Lyn McCredden , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , March vol. 3 no. 1 1991; (p. 32)
— Review of The Tiger in the Head Robin Gurr , 1987 selected work poetry
Superb, Seemlingly Effortless Poetry Jeff Doyle , 1988 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 6 August 1988; (p. B5)
— Review of The Tiger in the Head Robin Gurr , 1987 selected work poetry
The Tension of Not Being Killed and Buried : Jennifer Maiden's The Trust and Robin Gurr's The Tiger in the Head Elizabeth Perkins , 1988 single work criticism
— Appears in: LiNQ , vol. 16 no. 3 1988; (p. 128-136)
Superb, Seemlingly Effortless Poetry Jeff Doyle , 1988 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 6 August 1988; (p. B5)
— Review of The Tiger in the Head Robin Gurr , 1987 selected work poetry
In Brief Lyn McCredden , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , March vol. 3 no. 1 1991; (p. 32)
— Review of The Tiger in the Head Robin Gurr , 1987 selected work poetry
The Tension of Not Being Killed and Buried : Jennifer Maiden's The Trust and Robin Gurr's The Tiger in the Head Elizabeth Perkins , 1988 single work criticism
— Appears in: LiNQ , vol. 16 no. 3 1988; (p. 128-136)
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