Emus (poem)

"Emus"
by Mary E. Fullerton
First published inThe Bulletin
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
Publication date9 August 1944
Lines28

"Emus" (1944) is a poem by Australian poet Mary E. Fullerton.[1]

It was originally published in The Bulletin on 9 August 1944 as by "E.",[2] and was subsequently reprinted in a number of Australian poetry anthologies.[1]

Critical reception

Reviewing the anthology From the Ballads to Brennan in The New York Times M. I. Rosenthal noted the "visionary realism" of the poem.[3]

Publication history

After the poem's initial publication in The Bulletin in 1944 it was reprinted as follows:

  • The Wonder and the Apple by "E.", Angus and Robertson, 1946[4]
  • Australian Poetry 1946 edited by T. Inglis Moore, Angus and Robertson, 1947[5]
  • From the Ballads to Brennan edited by T. Inglis Moore, Angus & Robertson, 1964[6]
  • Australian Verse from 1805 : A Continuum edited by Geoffrey Dutton, Rigby, 1976[7]
  • Anthology of Australian Religious Poetry edited by Les Murray, Collins Dove, 1986[8]
  • Classic Australian Verse edited by Maggie Pinkney, Five Mile Press, 2001[9]
  • The Turning Wave : Poems and Songs of Irish Australia edited by Colleen Burke and Vincent Woods, Kardoorair Press, 2001[10]
  • Our Country : Classic Australian Poetry : From Colonial Ballads to Paterson & Lawson edited by Michael Cook, Little Hills Press, 2004[11]
  • An Anthology of Australian Poetry to 1920 edited by John Kinsella, University of Western Australia Library, 2007[12]
  • 100 Australian Poems You Need to Know edited by Jamie Grant, Hardie Grant, 2008[13]
  • The Puncher & Wattmann Anthology of Australian Poetry edited by John Leonard, Puncher & Wattmann, 2009[14]
  • Australian Poetry Since 1788 edited by Geoffrey Lehmann and Robert Gray, University of NSW Press, 2011[15]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Austlit — "Emus" by Mary E. Fullerton". Austlit. Retrieved 21 April 2026.
  2. ↑ ""Emus" by "E."". The Bulletin, 9 August 1944, p4. Retrieved 21 April 2026.
  3. ↑ ""Lines From Down Under"". The New York Times, 23 May 1965. Retrieved 21 April 2026.
  4. ↑ "The Wonder and the Apple by Mary E. Fullerton". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 7 July 2026.
  5. ↑ "Australian Poetry 1946 edited by T. Inglis Moore". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 7 July 2026.
  6. ↑ "From the Ballads to Brennan edited by T. Inglis Moore". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 21 April 2026.
  7. ↑ "Australian Verse from 1805 : A Continuum edited by Geoffrey Dutton". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 21 April 2026.
  8. ↑ "Anthology of Australian Religious Poetry edited by Les Murray". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 21 April 2026.
  9. ↑ "Classic Australian Verse edited by Maggie Pinkney". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 21 April 2026.
  10. ↑ "The Turning Wave : Poems and Songs of Irish Australia edited by Colleen Burke and Vincent Woods". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 21 April 2026.
  11. ↑ "Our Country : Classic Australian Poetry edited by Michael Cook". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 21 April 2026.
  12. ↑ "An Anthology of Australian Poetry to 1920 edited by John Kinsella". Austlit. Retrieved 21 April 2026.
  13. ↑ "100 Australian Poems You Need to Know edited by Jamie Grant". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 21 April 2026.
  14. ↑ "The Puncher & Wattmann Anthology of Australian Poetry edited by John Leonard". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 21 April 2026.
  15. ↑ "Australian Poetry Since 1788 edited by Geoffrey Lehmann and Robert Gray". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 21 April 2026.
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