Beautiful Waste
Poems by David Mccomb
Published on 1. September 2009
113 pages
978-1-76099-162-3 (ISBN)
Description
Published for the first time, this collection gathers the poetry of David McComb, the gifted and enigmatic songwriter and lead singer of the Triffids. Written during his 20s and 30s, when the band's output peaked, these perceptive pieces explore and confront topics such as addiction, pop culture, and the colloquial and metaphysical. Illuminating a hitherto neglected aspect of the artist's creative brilliance, this collection will strike a chord with anyone with an interest in contemporary poetry or the music of David McComb.
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Content
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Half Title
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction: In Between Words
- I
- Prayer for One
- You're My Double
- You My Second Skin
- Nature's Warning
- Christmas Tree (after Dorothy Parker)
- Romantic Lunch in Karrakatta Cemetery
- Ode to January 1989
- The Joy of Loving (after Dorothy Parker)
- The Jealous Stomach
- I'm Hoping to Be Back by Autumn
- Lovers Against the City
- Lancelin
- Sunken Garden
- Bender
- The Township is Sleeping Now
- Beautiful Era
- II
- Death of a Grandmother
- His Father's Voice
- In Praise of Hotels
- The Mistake of Returning
- Death of an Elder Statesman
- Grace Descends
- Soulful Brown Fact
- III
- An Ugly Rip
- Nocturne vs the Girl with the Faulty Pleasure Instinct
- The Clean Slate
- I Don't Handle Poisons
- Fall Ever Onward
- The Wrong Side of the Bed
- Maidenhead
- Drink on Drunk
- Sides of a Pit (Woman Sleeping)
- Eyewitnesses Disagree
- Bad Back Bad Heart
- to MY DARLING PIG, impaled on love
- My List of Amputations
- Withdrawal
- Loves Sires a Killer
- Field as a Home
- The Beesting Boy
- IV
- Behind the Garages of this Country
- Pavement on the First Day of Summer
- Return to the Sea
- Evening Clenches
- Blessed Be
- Australian Snowfall ( Jindabyne, 13/8/89)
- Gifted Children
- South by Southwest
- Squirm Free
- Christmas Paddocks
- I Love You Red Dust
- The Transient
- V
- Paper Sheets
- Life Needs No Prompting
- Ocean Beach Hotel
- How to Wake Up?
- The Driest Tastes, the Smallest Details
- Dénouement
- I Can See Through the Soles of My Feet
- Good Evening Dear Miss Alach
- Postface
