The Gathering Light single work   poetry   "Morning shines on the cowling of the Yamaha"
  • Author:agent Robert Adamson http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/adamson-robert
Issue Details: First known date: 1999... 1999 The Gathering Light
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  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Black Water : Approaching Zukofsky Robert Adamson , Rose Bay : Brandl and Schlesinger , 1999 Z267729 1999 selected work poetry Rose Bay : Brandl and Schlesinger , 1999 pg. 33
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    y separately published work icon Heat no. 11 1999 Z592049 1999 periodical issue 1999 pg. 38
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    y separately published work icon Mulberry Leaves : New and Selected Poems 1970-2001 Robert Adamson , Chris Edwards (editor), St Leonards : Paper Bark Press , 2001 Z874442 2001 selected work poetry St Leonards : Paper Bark Press , 2001 pg. 269
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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. 51
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    y separately published work icon Black Water : The Poetry of Robert Adamson Robert Adamson , Australia : Australian Broadcasting Corporation , 2009 Z1567033 2009 selected work poetry

    'Since childhood, Robert Adamson has had a strong connection with the Hawkesbury River, north of Sydney. Producer Libby Douglas and sound engineer Phillip Ulman travelled to the Hawkesbury and spent two days with Robert and his wife, the photographer Juno Gemes.

    'They recorded Robert in his home and on his boat reading his poetry and talking about his life. This feature mixes soundscapes of the Hawkesbury River, oyster farming and fishing, with Robert talking about the influences on his work, his family, his desire to become an ornithologist and the first time he heard Bob Dylan.'

    Source: A Pod of Poets website, http://www.abc.net.au/rn/poetica/features/pod/poets/adamson.htm
    Sighted: 11/03/2009

    Australia : Australian Broadcasting Corporation , 2009
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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. 725-726

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Orpheus on the Hawkesbury : Placing Robert Adamson Andrew Johnson , 2004 single work criticism
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Studies , no. 80 2004; (p. 29-42, notes 234-235)
With reference to the work of Robert Adamson, Johnson looks at the 'distinctive ways in which individual poets have tried to orient themselves in this country with respect to "the environment" ... and at the ways in which each poet establishes a sense of being at 'home' in a place.' (p.29)
Orpheus on the Hawkesbury : Placing Robert Adamson Andrew Johnson , 2004 single work criticism
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Studies , no. 80 2004; (p. 29-42, notes 234-235)
With reference to the work of Robert Adamson, Johnson looks at the 'distinctive ways in which individual poets have tried to orient themselves in this country with respect to "the environment" ... and at the ways in which each poet establishes a sense of being at 'home' in a place.' (p.29)
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