Harbour City Poems Sydney in Verse 1788-2008 Edited by Martin Langford PUNCHER & WATTMANN
Contents Preface 13 Botany Bay 17 Darwin, Erasmus (1731-1802) The Visit of Hope to Sydney Cove, near Botany Bay 18 from Genuine Botany Bay Eclogues: The Currency Lads may fill their glasses 19 Colonial Hunt 21 Wentworth, William Charles (1790-1872) from Australasia 22 A Hot Day in Summer 23 New Song: From Towns Great and Small and from Country we Come... 27 Harpur, Charles (1813-1868) from A Coast View 29 'Australie' (Emily Manning) (1845-1890) from The Two Beaches: Manly 31 Richmond, Mary (not known) Sydney Harbour (New Year's Night, 1897) 32 Paterson, A.B. 'Banjo' (1864-1941) Clancy of the Overflow 33
Gilmore, Mary (1865-1962) Old Botany Bay 35 Lawson, Henry (1867-1922) Faces in the Street 36 Sydney-side 40 McKee Wright, David (1869-1928) Night Thoughts at Ryde 42 Brennan, Christopher (1870-1932) from Second Epilogue: 1908 43 Adams, Arthur (1872-1936) King Street 45 Mackellar, Dorothea (1885-1968) Dusk in the Domain 46 Cross, Zora (1890-1964) Helen in Hyde Park 48 Slessor, Kenneth (1901-1971) Metempsychosis 50 Five Bells 51 William Street 55 Fitzgerald, Robert D. (1902-1987) The Wind at your Door 56 Thompson, John (1907-1968) Sydney Scherzo 61 Riddell, Elizabeth (1910-1998) Suburban Song 64 Stewart, Douglas (1913-1985) Lady Feeding the Cats 65
Campbell, David (1915-1979) from Ku-Ring-Gai Rock Carvings 66 from Sydney Sandstone (Rock Carvings) 67 Causley, Charles (1917-2003) HMS Glory at Sydney 68 McAuley James (1917-1976) One Tuesday in Summer 72 Hewett, Dorothy (1923-2002) Window on Sydney 73 In Moncur Street 77 Keesing, Nancy (1925-1993) Reverie of a Mum 79 Buckley, Vincent (1925-1988) Sydney Visit: Northern Prospect 81 Webb, Francis (1925-1973) End of the Picnic 83 Cocktails after the Ceremony 84 Porter, Peter (b. 1929) Landscape with Orpheus 86 Smith, Vivian (b. 1933) Twenty Years of Sydney 89 Malouf, David (b. 1934) Reading Horace outside Sydney 90 Murray, Les (b. 1938) An Absolutely Ordinary Rainbow 91 The Sydney Highrise Variations 93 A Lego of Driving to Sydney 99
Harry, IS. (b. 1939) tunnel vision 101 Picking the Nits 104 James, Clive (b.1939) In Townfor the March 108 Lehmann, Geoffrey (b. 1940) Elegy for Jan 110 Page, Geoff (b. 1940) Bondi Afternoon 1915 114 Roberts, Nigel (b. 1941) A nigger and some poofters 115 Carey, John (b. 1942) Changing Patterns in the Avifauna of Sydney 117 Adamson, Robert (b.1943) Father's Day 118 Tranter, John (b. 1943) Australia Day 119 Elegy 120 The Beach 122 burns, Joanne (b.1945) ifyrlucky 124 sibylance 126 Clark, Alison (b. 1945) Living in the City 127 Gray, Robert (b. 1945) Late Ferry 128 Bondi 130
McDermott, Dennis (b.1946) The Up Train 133 Nixon, Jenni (b.1946) Urban Blight 134 Sharkey, Michael (b.1946) At Parramatta 136 Brown, Pamela (b.1948) Saxe blue sky 138 Dransfield, Michael (1948-1975) Pioneer Lane 140 Flying 141 Skovron, Alex (b. 1948) A Song at Last 142 Wearne, Alan (b. 1948) from Making the World Revolve: Carrie, Amanda 144 Emery, Brook (b. 1949) Thirty-six views of Bondi Beach 146 Hampton, Susan (b.1949) Ode to the Car Radio 151 Harrison, Martin (b.1949) The Red Gum 153 Forbes, John (b. 1950-1998) The Stunned Mullet 154 The Harbour Bride 155 autobiography 156 Wakeling, Louise (b.1950) Kim Lan in Cabramatta 157
Boyle, Peter (b.1951) On Sydney's South-WestLine 16\ Edgar, Stephen (b.1951) Pens hurst 167 Jones, Jill (b.1951) What's Coming Next 169 Langford, Martin (b. 1952) The Beach 171 Early Questions 173 Brooks, David (b. 1953) ArsPoetica 174 Porter, Dorothy (1954-2008) Paradise Beach 175 Kirkpatrick, Peter (b.1955) Late Summer Light 182 Beveridge, Judith (1956) The Streets of Chippendale 187 The Harbour 189 Ryan, Gig (b. 1956) The Cross /The Bay 190 Kissane, Andy (b. 1959) Yia sas/earlwood 191 Aitken, Adam (b. 1960) Pyrmont and the Docks 192 Lilley, Kate (b. 1960) Block 193
Farrell, Michael (b. 1965) Sydney 194 Hull, Coral (b. 1965) Liverpool 195 Musgrave, David (b.1965) To Thalia 199 Minter, Peter (b. 196 7) Turf Guide 204 Dawson, Paul (b. 1972) from Thanks for the Poems, Pauline Hanson 205 Index of Titles 209 Acknowledgements 213 Biographies 216