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Issue Details: First known date: 1970... 1970 Selected Verse
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Adelaide, South Australia,:Rigby , 1970 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Man at Large, Colin Thiele , sequence poetry (p. 3-27)
Boy Watches Girl Bury Babyi"Above the animal surge of the homeward crowds,", Colin Thiele , single work poetry (p. 3-4)
Massacre at Waterloo Bayi"Down, far down, where the rocks ring and cry", Colin Thiele , single work poetry (p. 5-7)
The Improversi"I see they are at it again with their bloody bulldozers,", Colin Thiele , single work poetry (p. 8)
Eclipsei"IN THE TIME of the black moon we wept and ran -", Colin Thiele , single work poetry (p. 9)
Radiation Victimi"Beneath your cooling coverlet you lie,", Colin Thiele , single work poetry (p. 10)
Mountain Funerali"Heads half in mist the pines, like candles", Colin Thiele , single work poetry (p. 11)
City Accidenti"Yesterday where two street-canyons met", Colin Thiele , single work poetry (p. 11)
Bird in the Classroomi"The students drowsed and drowned", Colin Thiele , single work poetry (p. 12)
City Noisei"All day long man pummels and punches his head", Colin Thiele , single work poetry (p. 13)
Pacific Crossingi"Somewhere here Magellan must have crossed--", Colin Thiele , single work poetry (p. 14)
The Trilobitei"I turn a stone, and the light like a metal fist", Colin Thiele , single work poetry (p. 15)
Dark Roomi"At the whip of the switch the huge and plunging dark", Colin Thiele , single work poetry (p. 16)
To Roosti"Past sundown, the west hung with heaven,", Colin Thiele , single work poetry (p. 17)
Why Did They Knock Down the Trees, Daddy?i"It's a question of standards, boy; standards of living.", Colin Thiele , single work poetry (p. 17)
Evening Silhouettei"The skyline, etched with man's endeavour,", Colin Thiele , single work poetry (p. 18)
Babeli"An unseen speaker gives us facts", Colin Thiele , single work poetry (p. 19)
Love on the Lawnsi"The warm light leaps across the lawns,", Colin Thiele , single work poetry (p. 20)
In the Libraryi"What answer was I searching for in you", Colin Thiele , single work poetry (p. 21)
Shall Such a Love?i"Shall such a love burn but for this -", Colin Thiele , single work poetry (p. 21)
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