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Poets Union
Representing Australian poets

Five Bells: Winter 2006

Between! The Fifth Australian Poetry Festival Special Issue.

Critical and poetic responses to Australian poems.

Contents

Acknowledgements
2
Letters to the Editors David Tribe, Kirsty Karkow 5
Editorial
6
The Poets Union Inc Brook Emery 7
Reponses to Australian Poems
Judith Beveridge, The Bone Artisan Meredith Wattison 9
Christopher Brennan, Fire in the Heavens Vivian Smith 10
Christopher Brennan, The Forest of Night Tim Metcalf 11
Vincent Buckley, Places Chris Wallace-Crabbe 12
Joanne Brns, Footnotes of a hammock Louise Wakeling 13
David Campbell, Webs Aileen Kelly 16
Michael Dransfield, like this for years Jutta Sieverding 17
Brook Emery, and dug my fingers in the sand John Blackhawk 18
Mary Gilmore, Nationality Jennifer Strauss 20
Lesbia Harford, Poem LXIX Katherine Gallagher 21
A.D. Hope, Australia Connie Barber 22
Dorothea Mackellar, Bazar Noel Rowe 24
John Manifold, Fife Tune Alan Gould 26
Frederic Manning, The Trenches John L. Sheppard 27
Les Murray, The Cows on Killing Day Margaret Bradstock 29
Les Murray, The Mitchells Geoff Page 30
Mark O'Flynn, Barn Owl Glen Hooper 32
Geoff Page, Smalltown Memorials Ross Clark 33
Grace Perry, Too Many Mirrors Dorothy Keyworth 34
Margaret Scott, Land Owner Martin Langford 36
John Shaw Neilson, To a Blue Flower Mary Bradley 38
John Shaw Neilson, The Orange Tree Neville Andersen 39
Kenneth Slessor, Beach Burial Rodney Williams 40
John Tranter, Australia Day Michael Sharkey 42
Francis Webb, For My Grandfather Rosemary Dobson 44
Francis Webb, Nessun Dorma Michael Buhagiar 45
Francis Webb, Five Days Old David Brooks 46



Poem to Poem Responses
Christopher Brennan, Peter Kirkpatrick, Because She Would Ask
Me Why I Love Her Because She Would Ask Me Why Not 		48
J. R. Rowland, Chris Wallace-Crabbe, Cairo Hotel Furniture
Dreaming 		48
Kenneth MacKenzie, John Carey, The Fool On Reading
MacKenzie at Age Fifteen 		49
J. S Harry This Poem 50
A Festival Event - Women of the World Jenni Nixon 51
AustralianYoung Poets Fellows 2006 Clare Potter 52
Esther Ottaway 53

In Memoriam
Vera Newsom 29/9/1912-10/4/2006 Judith Beveridge 54

Regulars
How Poets Work Cecilia White 56
Youth Report Jessica Cook 58
Regional Reports -Newcastle/Hunter Brian Joyce 59

Subscribers' Books
Julie Beveridge Rock'n'Roll Tuxedo 60
Shana Michele & Laura Jan Shore (Eds.) To the Edge: Poetry from
Byron Bay and Beyond 		60

Reviews
Jutta Sieverding, A dangerous place Reviewed by Brenda Saunders 62
David Musgrave, On Reflection Reviewed by Margaret Bradstock 63
Yve Louis, The Yellow Dress Reviewed by John L. Sheppard 65
Colleen Z. Burke, The Odd Pagan or Two Reviewed by Glen Hooper 67
Graeme Miles, Phosphorescence Reviewed by Kevin Gillam 68

Copyright Agency LtdThis special issue was funded by the Copyright Agency Limited