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A collection of poems focussed on memories of the poet's upbringing in a dairying community in Victoria and his transition from country to city life.

Notes

Dedication: To the women of the house

* Contents derived from the Carlton, Parkville - Carlton area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,:Five Islands Press , 2007 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.

I Know, I Know"the horizon by the back roads which lead to it", Brendan Ryan , single work poetry (p. 11)

Catholic Daydreams"Lost in language", Brendan Ryan , single work poetry (p. 12)

Woman Leaving a Farm"It's not the beaten path that led", Brendan Ryan , single work poetry (p. 13-14)

In the Company of Farmers"Talking of cows", Brendan Ryan , single work poetry (p. 15)

The Outer Limits"The land rises from water-logged flats", Brendan Ryan , single work poetry (p. 16)

What it Feels Like"It is two fathers punching each other in the footy sheds", Brendan Ryan , single work poetry (p. 17)

A Beautiful Ruin"School Holidays", Brendan Ryan , single work poetry (p. 18)

The Big Hole"Bottomless, dark, so cold", Brendan Ryan , single work poetry (p. 19)

Farm Boys"You can see their utes pulling dust toward the highway", Brendan Ryan , single work poetry (p. 20)

Gravel Stories"He was turning into his gateway", Brendan Ryan , single work poetry (p. 21)

A Job to Do"hitting a crippled calf on the head", Brendan Ryan , single work poetry (p. 22)

Penitent"He was a small man who holidayed in Manila.", Brendan Ryan , single work poetry (p. 23)

Permanent As Can Be"Foggy morning, in the darkness", Brendan Ryan , single work poetry (p. 24-25)

She Lets Go"Her hand in mine", Brendan Ryan , single work poetry (p. 26-27)

Cow with Paralysis"Her back leg is folded up beneath her", Brendan Ryan , single work poetry (p. 28)

The View"The view through the kitchen window", Brendan Ryan , single work poetry (p. 29-31)

Catching a Train to Intimacy"The Literary world stops at Spencer Street", Brendan Ryan , single work poetry (p. 32-33)

The Paddock with the Big Tree in It"Like an anchor rattling overboard", Brendan Ryan , single work poetry (p. 37)

Maternity Paddock"Chopped up by staggery cows", Brendan Ryan , single work poetry (p. 38-39)

The Paddock Beside the Dairy"A bloodied sheep bag hangs over our back yard.", Brendan Ryan , single work poetry (p. 40)

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Leaning Into the Horizon Angela Gardner , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Foam:e , March no. 5 2008;
— Review of A Paddock in His Head Brendan Ryan , 2007 selected work poetry

Poetry Survey Rebecca Edwards , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Island , Summer no. 115 2008; (p. 42-47)
— Review of A Paddock in His Head Brendan Ryan , 2007 selected work poetry ; Not Finding Wittgenstein J. S. Harry , 2007 selected work poetry ; The Incoming Tide Petra White , 2007 selected work poetry ; Permitted to Fall Kevin Gillam , 2007 selected work poetry ; Vertigo (a Cantata) Jordie Albiston , 2007 selected work poetry

Paddocks, Poems and Panmure's Pull Prevails Michael Winkler , 2008 single work biography
— Appears in: The Age , 26 January 2008; (p. 27)

'So You Make a Shadow' : Australian Poetry in Review 2006-2007 Lyn McCredden , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 52 no. 2007; (p. 81-98)
— Review of Vertigo (a Cantata) Jordie Albiston , 2007 selected work poetry ; All the Time in the World Dennis Haskell , 2006 selected work poetry ; The Escape Sonnets and Other Poetry Brian Edwards , 2006 selected work poetry ; Sometimes Gladness : Collected Poems, 1954 to 2005 Bruce Dawe , 2006 selected work poetry ; Ocean Island Julian Croft , 2006 selected work poetry ; I'm Not Racist, But... : A Collection of Social Observations Anita Heiss , 2007 selected work poetry ; Excess Baggage and Claim Terry Jaensch , Cyril Wong , 2007 selected work poetry ; The Passion Paintings : Poems 1983-2006 Aileen Kelly , 2006 selected work poetry ; Typewriter Music David Malouf , 2007 selected work poetry ; Fredy Neptune Les Murray , 1998 single work novel ; Lawrie and Shirley, The Final Cadenza : A Movie in Verse Geoff Page , 2006 single work novel ; A Difficult Faith : Poems Mark Reid , 2006 selected work poetry ; A Paddock in His Head Brendan Ryan , 2007 selected work poetry ; The City of Empty Rooms Thomas Shapcott , 2006 selected work poetry ; Helen of Troy and Other Poems Dimitris Tsaloumas , 2007 selected work poetry ; The Incoming Tide Petra White , 2007 selected work poetry

Pastoral Doubleness Geoff Page , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 295 2007; (p. 50)
— Review of A Paddock in His Head Brendan Ryan , 2007 selected work poetry

Leaning Into the Horizon Angela Gardner , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Foam:e , March no. 5 2008;
— Review of A Paddock in His Head Brendan Ryan , 2007 selected work poetry