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  • Author:agent Alan Gould http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/gould-alan
Issue Details: First known date: 1992... 1992 Formerlight : Selected Poems
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Contents

* Contents derived from the North Ryde, Ryde - Gladesville - Hunters Hill area, Northwest Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson , 1992 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Homage to Joseph Conradi"Beyond all an eye, eloquent as the wrecking sea,", Alan Gould , single work poetry (p. 2)
1 : Snake Foresti"Snake forest. Your uncanny arrival. Beware sleek", Alan Gould , single work poetry (p. 3)
2 : Floodi"For weeks the hills were milk-smoke, the locomotive fields", Alan Gould , single work poetry (p. 3-4)
Four Emotions, Alan Gould , sequence poetry (p. 3-5)
3 : Wagram 1809 (the Most Pyrrhic of Napoleon's Victories.)i"Boots, hooves, their resonance is with you, on roads", Alan Gould , single work poetry (p. 4)
4 : News of the Surrender (Saigon, 1975)i"A north skyline eloquent, where two banners stream", Alan Gould , single work poetry (p. 4-5)
Windi"Restive brother - will not abide", Alan Gould , single work poetry (p. 5-6)
A Change of Season : After a Newsreel of a Himalayan Spring Rituali"Sleepless on Capricorn:", Alan Gould , single work poetry (p. 6-8)
Kosciusko Essay : 1 : Lake Albina Huti"Summits that will not forgive", Alan Gould , single work poetry (p. 8-9)
Kosciusko Essay : 2 : Toward Mount Townsendi"From the plazas to this valley", Alan Gould , single work poetry (p. 9-10)
Kosciusko Essay : 3 : Suburbi"An inch under the heel", Alan Gould , single work poetry (p. 10)
A Set of Six : Bangkoki"They lead us from our comfortable jets", Alan Gould , single work poetry (p. 11)
Belfast A Set of Six : Belfasti"The day the store in King William Street burst", Alan Gould , single work poetry (p. 11)
Reykjaviki"No doubt impatient with the bravura", Alan Gould , single work poetry (p. 12)
Letter from Abroadi"Singapore; a note to say I'm in the pink,", Alan Gould , single work poetry (p. 12-13)
Listening to Irish [Gaelic] Musici"Concussions in Belfast, weeping in Derry", Alan Gould , single work poetry (p. 13-14)
Self Possession : 1 : the Danceri"My feet, which are the keenest pencils,", Alan Gould , single work poetry (p. 15)
Self Possession : Heir Apparenti"My cherryboot's in the stirrup,", Alan Gould , single work poetry (p. 15-16)
Trawlermeni"Eyes that watch from windows where", Alan Gould , single work poetry (p. 16)
Energies Energiesi"First that flurry of rags,", Alan Gould , single work poetry (p. 18-19)
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