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  • Author:agent Philip Salom http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/salom-philip
Issue Details: First known date: 1996... 1996 The Rome Air Naked
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Notes

  • This work is divided into several sections: The Rome Air Naked, Which-Way Portraits, Concurrent Poems, Poems of Dissociation, Stone Sequence, and Transformation: Six in a Row of Made Things.
  • Dedication: For Meredith.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,:Penguin , 1996 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The So and Not So Odd Comparisonsi"The air tastes less of the tropic vapour", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 3)
Report from Romei"It could be done, jauntily, from odd things:", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 4-5)
Transformationsi"Or metamorphosis. This is the right country for it:", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 6-7)
Stillnessi"If you take off what you know", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 8-9)
The Madman Dancer at Piazza Barberinii"Under this month-long monopoly of sun", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 10-11)
After the Highway Assassination of Falconei"Just so: the Romans hammered down", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 12-13)
Note: With first line: So: the Romans hammered down
Seeing So Often the Statue of the Poet Bellii"Rome. Balanced on Belli's outstretched gaze:", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 14-15)
Note: Dedication: To Desmond O'Grady.
Erotic Ghazalsi"the thunder of waterfalls always echoes", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 16-20)
Never Just Our Bodiesi"You send me a photo of orang-utangs,", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 21-22)
Etruscan Sarcophagus: Husband and Wifei"No guru worries her: pre-Christ, these", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 25-26)
Sybili"From the book: Eritrean Sybil and Delphic Sybil", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 26)
Authori"There isn't a film crew. the room's held up by", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 26-27)
The Popesi"By now having seen every crypt of every Pope", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 27-28)
Twin Horses, 4th C Tarquiniai"Their tails held so high they might just", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 28)
The Tourist Hungersi"Wars have powdered much that tourists", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 29-30)
Hera Barberinii"Though she's classical in robe and rhetoric", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 31)
Losing Speechi"To speak worse than the simplest,", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 32-33)
Beggars in Romei"Some wind an old organ, enamelled hearse", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 34-35)
Miragei"The apartment's so hot the mirror", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 39)
Concurrent Poemsi"Rome, the Colosseum beside me... an emptiness. Visited the Catacombe di S. Calisto on", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 39-50)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 1996 .
      Extent: [xii], 134 p.; [6]leavesp.
      Description: illus., port.
      Note/s:
      • Includes publisher's advertisements at the end of the book.
      • Author's note (p. xi-xii] explains the layout of his 'concurrent poems'.
      ISBN: 014058773X
      Series: y separately published work icon Australian Poetry Penguin (publisher), Ringwood : Penguin , 1990-1998 8245251 1990 series - publisher A selection from the best in Australian poetry from new and established writers who represent the depth, diversity and richness of our culture. y separately published work icon Australian Poetry Penguin (publisher), Ringwood : Penguin , 1990-1998 8245251 1990 series - publisher A selection from the best in Australian poetry from new and established writers who represent the depth, diversity and richness of our culture.

Works about this Work

Beyond the 'Textual Suburbs' : Poetry and Travel Lyn Jacobs , 1998 single work criticism
— Appears in: Soundings : Poetry and Poetics : Proceedings of the Third Biennial National Conference on Poetry, Adelaide, 7-9 November, 1997 1998; (p. 71-81)
"Examines the ways in which crosscultural experience transforms transported ideas about language and poetry" (Introduction, Lyn Jacobs and Jeri Kroll) and discusses the position of the poet (as traveller or migrant) in an alien environment.
Keynote Address : Pinning Tails on Uncertainty Philip Salom , 1998 single work criticism
— Appears in: Soundings : Poetry and Poetics : Proceedings of the Third Biennial National Conference on Poetry, Adelaide, 7-9 November, 1997 1998; (p. 1-9)
Quarted for Writers and Readers Angela Rockel , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Island , Autumn no. 70 1997; (p. 58-62)

— Review of The Rome Air Naked Philip Salom , 1996 selected work poetry
Untitled Martin Langford , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Heat , no. 4 1997; (p. 182-184)

— Review of The Rome Air Naked Philip Salom , 1996 selected work poetry ; Antarctica : Poems Caroline Caddy , 1996 selected work poetry
One Body, or Many? Peter Minter (interviewer), 1997 single work interview
— Appears in: Cordite : Poetry and Poetics Review , no. 2 1997; (p. 2,3,14,15,22)
In the Human Way: Persona and Context in Five New Poetry Collections Jennifer Maiden , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: HOBO Poetry Magazine , September no. 10 1996; (p. 40-43)

— Review of Bullion Craig Sherborne , 1995 selected work poetry ; Fire Changes Everything Angela Rockel , 1995 selected work poetry ; After the Axe-Men : Poems from Mount Crawford Forest Martin R. Johnson , 1995 selected work poetry ; Outskirts Kathielyn Job , Martin R. Johnson , Angela Rockel , Craig Sherborne , 1995 anthology selected work poetry ; The Rome Air Naked Philip Salom , 1996 selected work poetry ; Now, the Melaleuca Kathielyn Job , 1995 selected work poetry
Untitled Dennis Haskell , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Westerly , Spring vol. 41 no. 3 1996; (p. 124-127)

— Review of Listening to the Train Passing Rod Moran , 1994 selected work poetry ; The Rome Air Naked Philip Salom , 1996 selected work poetry
Australian Voices Thomas Shapcott , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 16 March 1996; (p. 9)

— Review of The Rome Air Naked Philip Salom , 1996 selected work poetry
Salom's Rome Ian Templeman , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 179 1996; (p. 42-43)

— Review of The Rome Air Naked Philip Salom , 1996 selected work poetry
Daimons and Demons Martin Duwell , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 31 August-1 September 1996; (p. rev 9)

— Review of The Rome Air Naked Philip Salom , 1996 selected work poetry ; Crete Dorothy Porter , 1996 selected work poetry
Rolling Column : Risking/Writing the Emotions Philip Salom , 1997 single work biography
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July no. 192 1997; (p. 56)
Poet Pushes Boundaries Mark Naglazas , 1996 single work column biography
— Appears in: The West Australian , 11 March 1996; (p. 4)
One Body, or Many? Peter Minter (interviewer), 1997 single work interview
— Appears in: Cordite : Poetry and Poetics Review , no. 2 1997; (p. 2,3,14,15,22)
Keynote Address : Pinning Tails on Uncertainty Philip Salom , 1998 single work criticism
— Appears in: Soundings : Poetry and Poetics : Proceedings of the Third Biennial National Conference on Poetry, Adelaide, 7-9 November, 1997 1998; (p. 1-9)
Beyond the 'Textual Suburbs' : Poetry and Travel Lyn Jacobs , 1998 single work criticism
— Appears in: Soundings : Poetry and Poetics : Proceedings of the Third Biennial National Conference on Poetry, Adelaide, 7-9 November, 1997 1998; (p. 71-81)
"Examines the ways in which crosscultural experience transforms transported ideas about language and poetry" (Introduction, Lyn Jacobs and Jeri Kroll) and discusses the position of the poet (as traveller or migrant) in an alien environment.
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