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Issue Details: First known date: 1999... 1999 A Poet's People
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Contents

* Contents derived from the South Melbourne, South Melbourne - Port Melbourne area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,:Addison Wesley Longman Australia , 1999 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Still Lifei"On every train that shakes the night in two", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 23)
Memo: For a Memorial Day Servicei"Beyond the adjectival hills,", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 24)
Crab-Wisei"The wise man notes the signs and does not wait", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 25)
The Unforeseeni"To both the surgeons bowed solicitous over", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 26)
TAB Robberyi"I bet. You bet. He bets.", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 27)
Paternal Instincti"Stern Texan! In whose hand the olive branch", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry war literature (p. 28)
Whether the Ideal World Contains Surprisesi"Plato's ideal world contained, it seems,", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 29)
A Slight Indispositioni"Ah it is such", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 30-31)
Horses Gallopingi"Leave me for a moment. I want to be still,", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 32)
Battery Road, Singaporei"Like sharks who find some mortally-stricken whale", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 33)
Eternal Studenti"Say what you like -- I never left that place,", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 34)
My Brotheri"The other day you were driving through town", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 35)
Outside the General Hospitali"The six-foot lank-faced schoolboy", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 36)
Otherwise (for Gloria)i"You have done what not too many do", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 37)
Letter from a Fox-Hole, 1977i"By our toxins you will know us. I, Lt. Waldemar Gulbransen,", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 38-39)
Prisoners (for B.P.H.)i"Inverted Atlas, he believes", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 40-41)
Breakthroughi"Full volume up on the celestial choir!", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry satire (p. 42)
The Darnedest Things...i"Again the dandelion days", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 43)
A Burnt-Out Casei"I swear (he said) by every diadem", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 44)
A New Interpretation of Chinese Historyi"I looked into the future, far as human eye can see;", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 45)
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