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'The poems are a selection of entries for the second ACU Literature Prize in 2014, judged by Professor Kevin Hart. The theme of the competition was The Language of Compassion.' (Source: NLA catalogue)
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* Contents derived from the
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- Parting Glassi"the act is simple enough", single work poetry (p. 1-2)
- Pristella Maxillarisi"There's a man, dead, not far from the concrete ankles", single work poetry (p. 3-4)
- Bad House Guestsi"They don't make the bed, but then, that's fair", single work poetry (p. 5)
- Haikus for Hiroshima, selected work poetry (p. 6-8)
- Laika and Olegi"Metal walls, the only smell is chemical,", single work poetry (p. 9-11)
- The Economy of Lips : Revolutioni"They criticised the girls", single work poetry (p. 12-13)
- Fronti"Caring for the wounded?", single work poetry (p. 14-15)
- Late Spring Snow, Renoi"There is nothing so unbearable, so maddening, as the mystery", single work poetry (p. 16-17)
- Panici"Rain has painted out the top of Snake Hill", single work poetry (p. 18-19)
- Weedingi"She works the garden", single work poetry (p. 20-21)
- A Conversation with Prisoner 8274 at Torah Prison Farmi"I walk across green paddocks. Wind whips at my skin", single work poetry (p. 22-23)
- Are You Going to Leave Me Like This?i"Tomorrow it will be winter and I will make myself a fire", single work poetry (p. 24-27)
- Meditation on the Last Moments of Mrs Khaligyi"Now that I am drowning,", single work poetry (p. 28-30)
- The Conscious Seeing of the Wakefuli"The day, still approaching,", single work poetry (p. 31-33)
- Dictionaryi"Fourteen hundred years ago, King Ethelbert of Kent", single work poetry (p. 34-35)
- Keepers of the Dead I Knowi"Every year on the anniversary of her death", single work poetry (p. 36-38)
- Burning Traini"In the night's flat distance a burning train", single work poetry (p. 39-43)
- Surgeon Motheri"It's almost simple to arrange", single work poetry (p. 44-45)
- The Airport Busi"She sobs with an appalling discretion, uses her long black hair,", single work poetry (p. 46-48)
- Tears on the Traini"She sits alone, late,", single work poetry (p. 49-50)
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