This series is comprised of drafts of published and unpublished poetry and prose by Anthony Lawrence between 1989 and 2021. Many drafts are sorted into folders titled by the author. Many drafts are unsorted and untitled. Published versions of poems are found in the author's anthologies, doctor of philosophy thesis and various periodicals published between 1989 and 2019.

Box 1

Folder 1
Typed drafts of poetry with annotations and handwritten drafts of poetry in a folder titled 'typed working drafts of poems for the book Bark'. Folder titled by author. Undated. Some titles in this folder are published in the author's anthologies (1989 to 2008) and other periodicals (2000 to 2004). Other titles unpublished.

Folder 2
The University of Queensland press proof of the author's anthology Bark (2008) with handwritten annotations. Folder titled by author. Dated 2008.

Folder 3
Typed drafts of poetry with annotations and handwritten drafts of poetry in folders titled 'the grave of the southpaw', 'companion birds' and 'guidance and knowledge. Folders titled by author. Undated. Titles in this folder are published in the author's anthology Bark (2008) and other periodicals (2007 to 2008).

Folder 4
Typed drafts of poetry with annotations and handwritten drafts of poetry in folders titled 'stingers', 'the shovel', 'the boat' and 'graphology'. Folders titled by author. Undated. Titles in this folder are published in the author's anthology Bark (2008) and another periodical (2006).

Folder 5
Typed drafts of poetry in a folder titled 'words and music'. Folder titled by author. Undated. Published in the author's anthology Words and music (2008) and other periodicals (2010).

Folder 6
Typed drafts of poetry with annotations, handwritten drafts of poetry and notes in a folder titled 'the welfare of my enemy'. Includes two notebooks. Folder titled by author. Undated. Titles in this folder are published in the author's doctor of philosophy thesis (2010) and verse novella The welfare of my enemy (2011).

Box 2

Folder 1
Handwritten drafts of poetry and notes in a notebook titled 'poems and notes towards the book the welfare of my enemy'. Notebook titled by author. Undated. Titles in this notebook are published in the author's doctor of philosophy thesis (2010) and verse novella The welfare of my enemy (2011).

Folder 2
Typed drafts of poetry with annotations and handwritten drafts of poetry in folders titled 'nocturn', 'the art of the eye', 'the pelican', 'eclipse' and 'domestic emergencies'. Folders titled by author. Undated except for the folder 'nocturn' dated 2012.Titles in this folder are published in the author's anthology Signal flare (2013) and other periodicals (2010 to 2013). 'Domestic emergencies' was the winner of the Peter Porter Poetry Prize in 2010.

Folder 3
Typed drafts of poetry with annotations and handwritten drafts of poetry in a folder titled 'bloodlines' (dated 2012). Folder titled by author. Title in this folder was published in the author's anthology Headwaters (2016) and another periodical (2012). Headwaters (2016) was the winner of the Prime Minister's Literary Awards in the poetry category in 2017.

Folder 4
Typed drafts of poetry with annotations and handwritten drafts of poetry in folders titled 'seeing goats', 'on waking' and 'arboreal'. Folders titled by author. Undated except for the folder 'seeing goats' dated 2008. Titles in this folder are published in periodicals (2010 to 2011).

Folder 5
Typed drafts of poetry with annotations and handwritten drafts of poetry in folders titled 'lepidoptera', 'visiting Keats' and 'time capsule'. Folders titled by author. Undated. Titles in this folder are published in periodicals (2014 to 2016).

Folder 6
Typed drafts of poetry with annotations and handwritten drafts of poetry in folders titled 'the plains', 'a tasting', 'the measurement institute' and 'theatre'. Folders titled by author. Undated. Titles in this folder are published in periodicals (2017 to 2018).

Folder 7
Typed drafts of poetry with annotations, handwritten drafts of poetry, notes and prose in a folder titled 'new book'. Folder titled by author. Undated. Titles include ‘Reading Ted Kooser in the medical centre waiting room’, ‘The coins they palmed’ and ‘Street theatre’ among others. Some titles in this folder are published in the author's anthology (2013) and other periodicals (2009 to 2013). Other titles unpublished.

Folder 8
Typed drafts of poetry with annotations in a folder titled 'poetry on planes'. Folder titled by author. Undated. Titles include 'Button', 'The octopus', 'I watched it pass over' and 'The brindle horses' among others. Some titles in this folder are published in periodicals (2017 to 2019). Other titles unpublished.

Folder 9
Handwritten drafts of poetry and notes in folders titled 'Antarctica'. Folder titled by author. Undated. Used in the long-term exhibition 'Islands to ice' at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery.

Box 3

Folder 1
Typed drafts of poetry with annotations in a folder titled 'the endangered sonnets'. Folder titled by author. Undated. Unpublished.

Folders 2-4
Typed drafts of poetry with annotations and handwritten drafts of unpublished poetry in titled folders. Folders titled by author. Undated.

Folders 5-6
Typed drafts of poetry with annotations, handwritten drafts of poetry and notes in folders titled 'poetry drafts' and 'poems in progress'. Folders titled by author. Undated except for two loose leaf pages dated 2006 and 2019. Titles include 'In exremis', 'The deep' and 'Margins of error' among others. Some pages untitled. Some titles in this folder are published in the author's anthologies (2011 to 2016) and other periodicals (2012 to 2015). Other titles unpublished.

Box 4

Folder 1
Continuation of Box 3, Folders 5-6.

Folder 2
Handwritten drafts of poetry and notes in three untitled notebooks. Undated except for one page of a notebook dated 2010. Titles include 'Lines in absentia' and 'The welfare of my enemy' among others. Some pages untitled. Some titles in this folder are published in the author's anthologies (2011 to 2013) and doctor of philosophy thesis (2010). Other titles unpublished.

Folders 3-6
Typed drafts of poetry with annotations, handwritten drafts of poetry and notes. Loose at the time of acquisition and put together in seven folders. Undated except for two loose leaf pages dated 2014 and 2015. Titles include 'Imagining the dark, 'My darling turns to poetry at night' and 'Elegy' among others. Some pages untitled. Some titles in this folder are published in the author's anthologies (2008 to 2016) and other periodicals (2007 to 2016). Other titles unpublished.

Box 5

Folders 1-3
Continuation of Box 4, Folders 3-6.

Folder 4
Typed drafts of prose, handwritten drafts of prose and notes in folders titled 'the night horse drafts'. Folders titled by author. Undated. Unpublished.

Folder 5
Typed drafts of prose with annotations, handwritten drafts of prose and notes in a folder titled 'novel'. Folder titled by author. Undated. Unpublished.

Folder 6
Four typed drafts of prose with annotations. Loose at the time of acquisition and put together in a folder. Undated except for one draft dated 1990. Unpublished.

Box 6

Folder 1
Handwritten drafts of prose and notes in a notebook titled 'the waggafish letters'. Notebook titled by author. Undated. Published in The waggafish letters blog (2010).

Parcel 1

Folder 1
Handwritten drafts of poetry and notes a notebook relating to 'The welfare of my enemy'. Undated. Titles in this folder are published in the author's doctor of philosophy thesis (2010) and verse novella The welfare of my enemy (2011).

Folder 2
Handwritten drafts of poetry originally in a folder titled 'eclipse'. Folder titled by author. Undated. Title in this folder was published in the author's anthology Signal Flare (2013).

Folder 3
Handwritten drafts of poetry and notes originally in a folder titled 'Antarctica'. Folder titled by author. Dated 2016. Used in the long-term exhibition 'Islands to ice' at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery.

Folder 4
Handwritten drafts of poetry and notes. Loose at the time of acquisition and put together in folder. Undated except one loose leaf page dated 2017. All pages untitled. Includes notes written on a brochure for the 2017 Prime Minister's Literary Awards shortlist listing the author's anthology Headwaters (2016).