Washing the Money : Poems with Photographs

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Washing the Money : Poems with Photographs
AuthorRhyll McMaster
LanguageEnglish
GenrePoetry collection
PublisherAngus and Robertson
Publication date
1986
Publication placeAustralia
Media typePrint
Pages41 pp.
Awards1986 Grace Leven Prize for Poetry, winner; 1986 Victorian Premier's Prize for Poetry, joint winner
ISBN0207152810

Washing the Money : Poems with Photographs is a collection of poems by Australian poet Rhyll McMaster, published by Angus and Robertson in 1986.[1]

The collection contains 30 poems from a variety of sources.[2]

Contents

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  • "Holmleigh"
  • "Tile Table"
  • "A Dream of Washed Hair"
  • "A Pouch, a Fish, a Hoax"
  • "Washing the Money"
  • "Profiles of My Father"
  • "Holiday House"
  • "Beach Photograph"
  • "Seven in the Morning"
  • "Mutton Bird Man"
  • "Picnics"
  • "Eeling"
  • "Lake Burley Griffin, Midwinter"
  • "Hard Frost (for James Morgan)"
  • "Sturt's Desert Pea"
  • "Parrot in the Room"
  • "The Starer"
  • "Photograph - Interior of Truck (for Sally McInerney)"
  • "Woman Crossing the Road"
  • "Tropical"
  • "Windows"
  • "Back Steps Lookout"
  • "Here's Death"
  • "One for the Album"
  • "Shoulder"
  • "Approaching Sleep"
  • "Vertebrae"
  • "Clockface"
  • "Life Begins"
  • "Light"

Critical reception

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Writing in The Canberra Times, Peter Lugg noted that "McMaster exells as a portraitist" before going on to state that with this collection the poet "records the social history of any Brisbanite who grew up in the late '50s and after." However he concluded that "While the family portraits in the first part of the book are nostalgic and evocative, they only rarely contain that hint of mystery and complexity which is at the heart of the best poetry."[3]

Awards

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Washing the Money : Poems with Photographs by Rhyll McMaster". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  2. ^ "Washing the Money : Poems with Photographs by Rhyll McMaster". Austlit. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  3. ^ ""Satirical sketches and portraits in verse"". The Canberra Times, 10 May 1986, p15. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  4. ^ "Austlit — Grace Leven Prize for Poetry". Austlit. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  5. ^ ""Tall tales"". The Age, 1 October 1986, p84. ProQuest 2521218973. Retrieved 12 September 2025.