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The mystical in the mundane.(The Light River)(Book review)
The Light River, by Hal Colebatch; Connor Court Publishing, 2007, $22.95.
HAL COLEBATCH'S seventh collection of poetry, The Light River, is his most impressive yet, and confirms his position as one of Australia's strongest and most versatile poets. A striking feature of the collection is its largely positive and celebratory notes.
The longest piece, the twelve-page poem "The San Demetrio" tells the true story of how in the Second World War a burning petrol tanker was salvaged against impossible odds. (A considerably shorter version was published in Colebatch's The Earthquake Lands.) It makes an interesting contrast and complement to the major and ...
- US actor George Clooney (R) shows a tee-shirt reading "San Demetrio...
- Picture from: Getty Images MARIO LAPORTA July 9, 2009 700+ words
...R) shows a tee-shirt reading "San Demetrio... Full Size JPG (2699 KB) US actor...R) shows a tee-shirt reading "San Demetrio in my heart" during the opening ceremony...earthquake on July 9, 2009 in the village of San Demetrio, just outside L'Aquila. The event...
- San Demetrio.
- Picture from: NYPL Digital Gallery unknown January 1, 1934 700+ words
- Titanic or San Demetrio?
- Magazine article from: Quadrant Colebatch, Hal April 1, 1998 700+ words
SOME FILM BUFF must know exactly how many films about the Titanic have been made. I count seven, including a Nazi version intended to discredit British seamanship (its footage is said to have been recycled later). There have also been an improbable musical and my own modest radio play. There have
- Slaves shipping cotton by torch-light - River Alabama.
- Picture from: NYPL Digital Gallery Floyd, W.--Engraver January 1, 1934 700+ words
- History up for sale.(News)
- Newspaper article from: Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England) May 2, 2006 700+ words
...George Waite, skipper of the SS San Demetrio. The oil tanker and her crew inspired the wartime film San Demetrio London which recounted the ship...came closer they realised it was the San Demetrio. Somehow it had not exploded and...
- TERRESTRIAL PICK OF THE DAY.(Features)
- Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) July 13, 2005 700+ words
...revolutionary gun turret. But will bad weather and ripping ocean currents prevent them from claiming their prize DAYTIME MOVIES San Demetrio, London Channel 4, 1.10pm DRAMA telling the true story of the crew of a British merchant oil tanker as they make a desperate...
- US actor George Clooney (L) and 1976 Nobel Peace Prize, Irish...
- Picture from: Getty Images MARIO LAPORTA July 9, 2009 700+ words
...Nobel for Peace" cinema at a campsite for people displaced after the April 6 earthquake on July 9, 2009 in the village of San Demetrio, just outside L'Aquila. The event take place while some 30 heads of states take part in a G8 summit in the devastated...
- US actor Bill Murray (L) shows a tee-shirt "I love L'Aquila"...
- Picture from: Getty Images MARIO LAPORTA July 9, 2009 700+ words
...Nobel for Peace" cinema at a campsite for people displaced after the April 6 earthquake on July 9, 2009 in the village of San Demetrio, just outside L'Aquila. The event take place while some 30 heads of states take part in a G8 summit in the devastated...