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'Tom Petsinis uses footy to write about life, and life to write about footy. His poems ring true. Like Jim Pavlidis' powerfully melancholic artwork, they capture the triumph of everyday hope in the face of everyday loss; that those who seek community - family, street, suburb, footy club - can never be defeated.' John Harms. (Back cover)
Notes
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Dedication: For the boys from old Fitzroy who shared the dream...
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Reflecting the structure of an AFL game the poems are divided into four quarters. The first ends at "Black Armband", the second at "Indigenous", the third with "Old Fitzroy" and the fourth with "Comeback".
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Content indexing in process.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
North Melbourne,
Flemington - North Melbourne area,
Melbourne - North,
Melbourne,
Victoria,:Thompson Walker
, 2006 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Supporter's Prayeri"Lord, keep your shadow from the grass,", single work poetry (p. 3)
- '89 Grand Finali"He didn't steal fire from the gods", single work poetry (p. 4)
- Before Floodlightsi"We had no floodlights in our park:", single work poetry (p. 5)
- Postsi"The posts in our park were hollow steel,", single work poetry (p. 6-7)
- Drop Kicki"It probably arose from the place kick", single work poetry (p. 8-10)
- Club Coloursi"Light's intense on Grand Final day:", single work poetry (p. 11)
- Balli"Like leggings cut back to shorts", single work poetry (p. 12-13)
- Before the Gamei"Remember those Sunday afternoons", single work poetry (p. 14-16)
- Numbersi"Numbers assume a life of their own", single work poetry (p. 17)
- Opening Bouncei"Thirty minutes before the match", single work poetry (p. 18-19)
- Screameri"Autumn light loosens thighs rubbed with oil.", single work poetry (p. 20)
- Oval: Edinburgh Gardensi"The factories in Fitzroy and Collingwood", single work poetry (p. 21)
- Coachi"Boxed in glass, he's straining for the ball:", single work poetry (p. 25-26)
- Black Armbandi"Limbs rubbed warm glow with ageless light,", single work poetry (p. 27)
- Macedonian Magpiei"No magpie ever sang your ancestors awake,", single work poetry (p. 31-34)
- Goal Umpirei"On a low-scoring afternoon heavy with mud", single work poetry (p. 35)
- Bootsi"Eleven, I'm grounded in Fitzroy,", single work poetry (p. 36-37)
- Saddler's Shopi"Ash Wednesday, and still forty days", single work poetry (p. 38)
- Belli"It's been silenced from our lives,", single work poetry (p. 39-40)
- Talent Scouti"The kid's kinda skinny, wants beefin' up,", single work poetry (p. 41)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Caught in the Melee We Look for Signals : New Poetry
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 194 2009; (p. 89-92)
— Review of The Hungry Mile and Other Poems 1930 selected work poetry ; The Kurri Kurri Book of the Dead 2007 selected work poetry ; So Much Light 2007 selected work poetry ; Four Quarters : A Collection of Poems 2006 selected work poetry ; Notebook of Signs and 3 Other Small Books 2007 selected work poetry ; A Raiders Guide 2008 selected work poetry ; Big Numbers : New and Selected Poems 2008 selected work poetry -
Citius, Altius, Fortius, as the Eggheads Say
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , July vol. 2 no. 6 2007; (p. 20-21)
— Review of Necessary Evil : Poems 2006 selected work poetry ; Four Quarters : A Collection of Poems 2006 selected work poetry
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Citius, Altius, Fortius, as the Eggheads Say
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , July vol. 2 no. 6 2007; (p. 20-21)
— Review of Necessary Evil : Poems 2006 selected work poetry ; Four Quarters : A Collection of Poems 2006 selected work poetry -
Caught in the Melee We Look for Signals : New Poetry
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 194 2009; (p. 89-92)
— Review of The Hungry Mile and Other Poems 1930 selected work poetry ; The Kurri Kurri Book of the Dead 2007 selected work poetry ; So Much Light 2007 selected work poetry ; Four Quarters : A Collection of Poems 2006 selected work poetry ; Notebook of Signs and 3 Other Small Books 2007 selected work poetry ; A Raiders Guide 2008 selected work poetry ; Big Numbers : New and Selected Poems 2008 selected work poetry
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