Australia Day single work   poetry   "'Lovely, isn't it? There's something"
  • Author:agent John Tranter http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/tranter-john
Issue Details: First known date: 1988... 1988 Australia Day
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    y separately published work icon The Weekend Australian Magazine 23-24 January 1988 Z613700 1988 newspaper issue 1988 pg. 13
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    y separately published work icon Nimrod : International Journal of Prose and Poetry vol. 36 no. 2 Spring/Summer Francine Ringold (editor), Manly Johnson (editor), Tulsa : Arts and Humanities Council of Tulsa , 1993 Z600325 1993 periodical issue Australia Tulsa : Arts and Humanities Council of Tulsa , 1993 pg. 36
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    y separately published work icon At the Florida John Tranter , St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1993 Z546889 1993 selected work poetry St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1993 pg. 18
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    y separately published work icon The Sting in the Wattle : Australian Satirical Verse Philip Neilsen (editor), St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1993 Z375066 1993 anthology poetry correspondence extract satire humour war literature St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1993 pg. 195
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    y separately published work icon A Salt Reader John Kinsella (editor), Applecross : Folio , 1995 Z114250 1995 anthology poetry obituary biography interview Salt [1995]; no.5-7 Applecross : Folio , 1995 pg. 283
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    y separately published work icon Sunlines : An Anthology of Poetry to Celebrate Australia's Harmony in Diversity Anne Fairbairn (editor), Canberra : Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs , 2002 Z948024 2002 anthology poetry Canberra : Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs , 2002 pg. 108
    Note: First line in this publication: 'Lovely, isn't it? The water views?
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    y separately published work icon Harbour City Poems : Sydney in Verse, 1788-2008 Martin Langford (editor), Glebe : Puncher and Wattmann , 2009 Z1590539 2009 anthology poetry (taught in 1 units) 'From colonial origins to vibrant metropolis, Sydney has been portrayed with great liveliness and precision by its poets. This anthology's range extends from the foot of the Blue Mountains through the suburban heartlands to the harbour and the beach, incorporating numerous - and often conflicting - interpretations and images of the city. This is the first collection of Sydney-specific poems for twenty years. It includes such classics as Slessor's "Five Bells" and favourites like "Clancy of the Overflow" as well as a generous selection of very contemporary work and older verse tracing back to the town's verse.' (Publisher's blurb) Glebe : Puncher and Wattmann , 2009 pg. 119
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    y separately published work icon Contemporary Australian Poetry Martin Langford (editor), Judith Beveridge (editor), Judy Johnson (editor), David Musgrave (editor), Glebe : Puncher and Wattmann , 2016 10524271 2016 anthology poetry

    'The quality of Australian poetry has never been higher, nor the number of distinctive voices greater. A landmark publication, this collection presents the astonishing achievements of Australian poetry during the last quarter of a century. Over ten years in preparation, gathering over 200 poets and 500 poems, it makes the case for this country's poetry as a broadening of the universal set for all English-speakers. 'Somewhat astonishingly,' the introduction notes, 'and while no-one was looking, Australian poetry has developed a momentum and a critical mass such that it has become one more luminous field in the English-speaking imagination. Increasingly, anyone who seeks to explore the perspectives or music available in English will also have to consider the perspectives and music which have originated here - Australia having turned itself, too, into a place in the mind.' Both survey and critical review, this anthology offers a rare opportunity to explore the major national achievement of contemporary Australian poetry. (Publication summary)'

         Glebe : Puncher and Wattmann , 2016
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Works about this Work

John Tranter: Australia Day Michael Sharkey , 2006 single work column
— Appears in: Five Bells , Winter vol. 13 no. 3 2006; (p. 42-43) The Poetic Eye : Occasional Writings 1982-2012 2016; (p. 491-493) 'On any day, my favourite poem is the one I happen to be lost in, reading or writing. To be honest, the idea of a favourite Australian poem is absurd: it suggests that the favourite poem will sustain the spirit through every exigency — dutiful committee meetings, lingering ailment, cancer diagnosis, car crash, funeral. I don't have a favourite song, symphony or opera, or favourite tipple. No favourite outdoor scene. In any locality, my favourite drink will be whatever's local, my favourite music whatever the buskers are playing. It all depends, as the American feller said. I've read some knockout European, English, American, and other poems, but the damnedest poems come to mind at times for no immediately obvious reason: a compelling arrangement of words, rhythm, melody or other mental or physiological trigger.' (Introduction)
 
Yoo-Hoo, Fugaces! John Tranter , 1995 single work criticism
— Appears in: A Salt Reader 1995; (p. 266-285)
John Tranter: Australia Day Michael Sharkey , 2006 single work column
— Appears in: Five Bells , Winter vol. 13 no. 3 2006; (p. 42-43) The Poetic Eye : Occasional Writings 1982-2012 2016; (p. 491-493) 'On any day, my favourite poem is the one I happen to be lost in, reading or writing. To be honest, the idea of a favourite Australian poem is absurd: it suggests that the favourite poem will sustain the spirit through every exigency — dutiful committee meetings, lingering ailment, cancer diagnosis, car crash, funeral. I don't have a favourite song, symphony or opera, or favourite tipple. No favourite outdoor scene. In any locality, my favourite drink will be whatever's local, my favourite music whatever the buskers are playing. It all depends, as the American feller said. I've read some knockout European, English, American, and other poems, but the damnedest poems come to mind at times for no immediately obvious reason: a compelling arrangement of words, rhythm, melody or other mental or physiological trigger.' (Introduction)
 
Yoo-Hoo, Fugaces! John Tranter , 1995 single work criticism
— Appears in: A Salt Reader 1995; (p. 266-285)
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  • Urban,
  • Sydney, New South Wales,
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