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  • Author:agent Les Murray http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/murray-les
Issue Details: First known date: 2007... 2007 Selected Poems
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'Selected Poems ... comprises what Murray himself considers his most successfully realised poems, drawn from all his collections up to and including The Biplane Houses but not including his two verse novels.' (Publisher's blurb)

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Notes

  • Dedication: To the glory of God
  • Content indexing in process.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:Black Inc. , 2007 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Burning Trucki"It began at dawn with fighter planes:", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 1)
Driving Through Sawmill Townsi"In the high cool country,", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 2-3)
An Absolutely Ordinary Rainbowi"The word goes round Repins, the murmur goes round Lorenzinis,", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 4-5)
Working Meni"Seeing the telegram go limp", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 5)
Vindaloo in Merthyr Tydfili"The first night of my second voyage to Wales,", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 6-7)
Incorrigible Gracei"Saint Vincent de Paul, old friend,", Les Murray , single work poetry humour (p. 7)
The Pure Food Acti"Night, as I go into the place of cattle.", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 7-8)
Jozef, Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 8)
Kiss of the Whipi"In Cardiff, off Saint Mary's Street", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 11)
The Broad Bean Sermoni"Beanstalks, in any breeze, are a slack church parade", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 12)
The Mitchells, Les Murray , single work prose (p. 14)
The Powerline Incarnationi"When I ran to snatch the wires off our roof", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 14)
Creeper Habiti"On Bennelong Point", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 16)
Employment for the Castes in Abeyancei"I was a translator at the Institute:", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 17)
Driving to the Adelaide Festival 1976 Via the Murray Valley Highwayi"A long narrow woodland with channels, reentrants, ponds:", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 18)
The Buladelah-Taree Holiday Song Cyclei"The people are eating dinner in that country north of Legge's Lake;", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 20)
The Gum Foresti"After the last gapped wire on a post,", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 31)
Rainwater Tanki"Empty rings when tapped give tongue", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 32)
The Futurei"There is nothing about it. Much science fiction is set there", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 33)
Immigrant Voyagei"My wife came out on the Goya", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 34)
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Black Inc. , 2007 .
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      Extent: xv, 297p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published: 3rd September 2007
      ISBN: 9781863954044 (pbk.)
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Works about this Work

Selected Poems, Les Murray Martin Duwell , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Stylus Poetry Journal , April no. 29 2008;
— Review of Selected Poems Les Murray , 2007 selected work poetry
[Review] Selected Poems Stephen Lawrence , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Wet Ink , Autumn no. 10 2008; (p. 61)
— Review of Selected Poems Les Murray , 2007 selected work poetry
[Review] Selected Poems Stephen Lawrence , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Wet Ink , Autumn no. 10 2008; (p. 61)
— Review of Selected Poems Les Murray , 2007 selected work poetry
Selected Poems, Les Murray Martin Duwell , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Stylus Poetry Journal , April no. 29 2008;
— Review of Selected Poems Les Murray , 2007 selected work poetry
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