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y separately published work icon Love Poems and Death Threats selected work   poetry  
Alternative title: Love Poems and Death Threats : A Collection of Poetry by Samuel Wagan Watson
Issue Details: First known date: 2014... 2014 Love Poems and Death Threats
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Contents

* Contents derived from the St Lucia, Indooroopilly - St Lucia area, Brisbane - North West, Brisbane, Queensland,:University of Queensland Press , 2014 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Headwatersi"I Am A River...", Samuel Wagan Watson , single work poetry (p. 3-4)
Blood and Ink, Samuel Wagan Watson , sequence poetry (p. 3-5)
Ebb Tidei"There is no recession in your departure. The river replenishes", Samuel Wagan Watson , single work poetry (p. 4)
Backwatersi"As a pupil I must ask: How is it you charted the backwaters", Samuel Wagan Watson , single work poetry (p. 4-5)
Postscripti"Postscript in a Bottle", Samuel Wagan Watson , single work poetry (p. 5)
In The Light of Two Firesi"My eyes trawl depressions created by ink.", Samuel Wagan Watson , poetry (p. 6-7)
Apocalyptic Quatrains : The Australian Wheat Board/Iraq Bribery Scandali"We learn, yet forget, in the cataclysm of our birth", Samuel Wagan Watson , single work poetry (p. 8-9)
The Grounding Sentencei"It has been an eternity of dispersal, Knowledge, secret and", Samuel Wagan Watson , single work poetry (p. 10)
Sentineli"The midden remains; a material witness on a promontory", Samuel Wagan Watson , single work poetry (p. 12-13)
Hallowed Groundi"Saturday morning on Logan Road and my lady is pelting", Samuel Wagan Watson , single work poetry (p. 14-15)
Bird-Song of Imminent Deathi"Death songs off the Logan Road night;", Samuel Wagan Watson , single work poetry (p. 16-17)
Terrori"All the signs read, Smile...You're on camera", Samuel Wagan Watson , single work poetry (p. 18)
Kissing Ghostsi"When dreaming", Samuel Wagan Watson , single work poetry (p. 19)
Throw Salti"My elders are well acquainted with the unlucky,", Samuel Wagan Watson , single work poetry (p. 20)
Scratchedi"When I was a kid the weekend started with cartoons...", Samuel Wagan Watson , single work poetry (p. 21)
In My Mother's '80s Kitcheni"The golden light at 5am was that of a Renaissance painting", Samuel Wagan Watson , single work poetry (p. 22)
Alfabet Ikan "My brothers once showed me the bounty that can be had in bait-nets=Saudara-saudaraku pernah menunjukkan padaku harta karun yang bisa ditemu di jala umpan" The Alphabet of Fishi"My brothers once showed me the bounty that can be had in bait-nets.", Samuel Wagan Watson , Kadek Krishna Adidharma (translator) single work poetry (p. 23)
Golden Fishi"Sideshow alley explodes! Free-people are paying to be pulverised", Samuel Wagan Watson , single work poetry (p. 24)
Boomerangs in a Thunderstormi"The clouds are so low that I imagine a puffy hand, reaching", Samuel Wagan Watson , single work poetry (p. 25)
Trash and Treasurei"I was up early on Sunday morning, but I felf cleansed: cleaner", Samuel Wagan Watson , single work poetry (p. 26)
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