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  • Author:agent Joanne Burns http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/burns-joanne
Issue Details: First known date: 2011... 2011 Amphora
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'This new collection by Joanne Burns - her thirteenth - investigates and appraises spiritual and religious experiences, the traces they leave, and their impact on language. Amphora opens with an extended sequence on the lives of saints, narrated by the veteran of a Catholic upbringing, and a single-sex, convent school. These poems are populated by nuns and martyrs, pilgrims, priests and deities from both Eastern and Western religions.' [Publisher's blurb]

Notes

  • Dedication: for The Shards

Contents

* Contents derived from the Artarmon, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,:Giramondo Publishing , 2011 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Pitchi"I want an angel, maybe even two.", Joanne Burns , single work poetry (p. 15-18)
Spherei"inside the hermetic bulb", Joanne Burns , single work poetry (p. 19)
Yellow Rosei"they want eternal life yes salvation not damnation,", Joanne Burns , single work poetry (p. 20)
Ladooi"could this be a poem", Joanne Burns , single work poetry (p. 21-22)
Lefti"there was no time left", Joanne Burns , single work poetry (p. 23)
Rafti"i don't know if this poem will turn out", Joanne Burns , single work poetry (p. 24-26)
Notei"curious for proof of some danger", Joanne Burns , single work poetry (p. 27)
Pilgrimali"pray shall we let us", Joanne Burns , single work poetry (p. 28)
Rungi"behind the bathroom door", Joanne Burns , single work poetry (p. 29-33)
Contributory Notes:-i"poems in the little mags & journals", Joanne Burns , single work poetry (p. 34-36)
Spoilti"there were no words to explain why", Joanne Burns , single work poetry (p. 37-38)
Nogi"namaste to the nameless", Joanne Burns , single work poetry (p. 39)
Wolfi"a small magazine its bright yellow cover. shiny. cute as a", Joanne Burns , single work poetry (p. 41)
Make Upi"forty years as a maid", Joanne Burns , single work poetry (p. 42-43)
Liquidityi"the five foot nun, named after a benedictine mink,", Joanne Burns , single work poetry (p. 44)
Invitationi"some saints' lives make good stories", Joanne Burns , single work poetry (p. 45-46)
Wooli"to weave three baskets daily", Joanne Burns , single work poetry (p. 47)
Shinyi"lovely rita of cascia from the fifteenth century, saint", Joanne Burns , single work poetry (p. 48-49)
Hagglei"beautiful stains of saints on the ground. the", Joanne Burns , single work poetry (p. 50-53)
Streamersi"weigh the rice before you boil it", Joanne Burns , single work poetry (p. 57-65)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

And so Say All of Us : Joanne Burns and You Ali Smith , 2016 single work essay
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , November 2016;
Pushing Boundaries : Mark Roberts Reviews Amphora by Joanne Burns Mark Roberts , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , March no. 7 2013;

— Review of Amphora Joanne Burns , 2011 selected work poetry
Island and Archipelago Nicolette Stasko , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 72 no. 1 2012; (p. 232-237)

— Review of Southern Barbarians John Mateer , 2009 selected work poetry ; Amphora Joanne Burns , 2011 selected work poetry
Australian Poetry 2011-2012 Judith Beveridge , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Westerly , July vol. 57 no. 1 2012; (p. 30-46)

— Review of Amphora Joanne Burns , 2011 selected work poetry ; Edge Music Stuart Cooke , 2011 selected work poetry ; Linen Tough as History Julie Chevalier , 2012 selected work poetry ; Error Elizabeth Campbell , 2011 selected work poetry ; Night Birds Michelle Cahill , 2010 single work poetry ; Vishvarūpa Michelle Cahill , 2011 selected work poetry ; The Brokenness Sonnets I-III and Other Poems Mal McKimmie , 2011 selected work poetry ; Outside David McCooey , 2011 selected work poetry ; The Welfare of My Enemy Anthony Lawrence , 2011 single work poetry ; This Woman Adrienne Eberhard , 2011 selected work poetry ; Electricity For Beginners Michelle Dicinoski , 2011 selected work poetry ; Interferon Psalms : 33 Psalms on the 99 Names of God Luke Davies , 2011 selected work poetry ; Keeping Carter M. A. Carter , 2012 selected work poetry ; The Keeper of Fish Alan Fish , 2011 selected work poetry ; A Sudden Sentence in the Air : Jazz Poems Geoff Page , 2011 selected work poetry ; Concrete Tuesday David Musgrave , 2011 selected work poetry ; The Bearded Chameleon Chris Mooney-Singh , 2011 selected work poetry ; Southern Barbarians John Mateer , 2009 selected work poetry ; The Yellow Gum's Conversion Simon West , 2011 selected work poetry ; Four Refrains John Watson , 2011 selected work poetry ; Surface to Air Jaya Savige , 2011 selected work poetry ; Knuckled Fiona Wright , 2011 selected work poetry
Brieflings Les Wicks , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Famous Reporter , no. 43 2012; (p. 200-203)

— Review of The Blue Dressing Gown and Other Poems Ross Donlon , 2011 selected work poetry ; Concrete Tuesday David Musgrave , 2011 selected work poetry ; Amphora Joanne Burns , 2011 selected work poetry
Joanne Burns : Amphora Martin Duwell , 2011 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Review , vol. 6 no. 2011;

— Review of Amphora Joanne Burns , 2011 selected work poetry
Scatter Rose Lucas , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 334 2011; (p. 65)

— Review of Amphora Joanne Burns , 2011 selected work poetry
Playful Satire and Celebration Geoff Page , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 15 October 2011; (p. 32)

— Review of Amphora Joanne Burns , 2011 selected work poetry
Quadrillions of Singing Atoms : Joanne Burns’ Amphora Ivy Ireland , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Mascara Literary Review , October no. 10 2011;

— Review of Amphora Joanne Burns , 2011 selected work poetry
Review : You Can't Be Serious David McCooey , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Journal , vol. 1 no. 1 2011; (p. 94-99)

— Review of Sly Mongoose Ken Bolton , 2011 selected work poetry ; Amphora Joanne Burns , 2011 selected work poetry
And so Say All of Us : Joanne Burns and You Ali Smith , 2016 single work essay
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , November 2016;
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