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  • Author:agent Thomas Shapcott http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/shapcott-thomas-w
Issue Details: First known date: 1995... 1995 The City of Home
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Contents

* Contents derived from the St Lucia, Indooroopilly - St Lucia area, Brisbane - North West, Brisbane, Queensland,:University of Queensland Press , 1995 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The City of Homei"The City of Home is reached only in dreams.", Thomas Shapcott , single work poetry (p. xi)
Meditation 1 : Hugging the Centre : 1 : Making a Towni"Your claim on the town is a lien that is as firm", Thomas Shapcott , single work poetry (p. 1-2)
Meditation 1 : Hugging the Centre, Thomas Shapcott , single work poetry (p. 1-9)
Meditation 1 : Hugging the Centre : 2 : Waiti"We are in the metropolis mode, confident in that", Thomas Shapcott , single work poetry (p. 3)
Meditation 1 : Hugging the Centre : 3 : It is the Nighti"It is not the night for recitals.", Thomas Shapcott , single work poetry (p. 4-5)
Meditation 1 : Hugging the Centre : 4 : Making Iti"Ending it, is the theory.", Thomas Shapcott , single work poetry (p. 6-7)
Meditation 1 : Hugging the Centre : 5 : Exploiti"Look how far we've gone without being specific.", Thomas Shapcott , single work poetry (p. 8-9)
Four Parks : 1 : Itchy Parki"It was a triangle of sloping ground with a dozen starved trees;", Thomas Shapcott , single work poetry (p. 10)
Bush Lemon, 1945 Bush Lemon (1945)i"Too big for a golf ball", Thomas Shapcott , single work poetry (p. 11)
Victory Celebrationsi"I was ten. They say that in big Brisbane", Thomas Shapcott , single work poetry (p. 12)
Four Parks : 4 : Adelaidei"You saw us from your car, hand-in-hand", Thomas Shapcott , single work poetry (p. 13)
An Ordinary Partyi"What was the year of Jacqui Finimore's party?", Thomas Shapcott , single work poetry (p. 14-15)
After Thomas Traherne (for Gwen Harwood)i"Only the first time can be repeated.", Thomas Shapcott , single work poetry (p. 16-17)
Itchy Park (2)i"The von Losberg house off Itchy Park", Thomas Shapcott , single work poetry (p. 18)
Itchy Park Songi"Where did she go, Cathy in Itchy Park?", Thomas Shapcott , single work poetry (p. 19)
Near Itchy Parki"The Big House down the street had walls, not a fence.", Thomas Shapcott , single work poetry (p. 20)
Folklorei"The Daylight family were the most beautiful", Thomas Shapcott , single work poetry (p. 21)
Hostelsi"The men's hostel burned, there were no precautions", Thomas Shapcott , single work poetry (p. 22-23)
Postcard from Naxosi"Naxos is an island of mind here in the South Pacific: it is", Thomas Shapcott , single work poetry (p. 24)
Maremmai"I remember olive trees on someone's farm outside Adelaide,", Thomas Shapcott , single work poetry (p. 25)
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