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Issue Details: First known date: 1998... 1998 Surface Tension
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Wollongong, Wollongong area, Illawarra, South Coast, New South Wales,:Five Islands Press , 1998 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Beach Suite : I : On the First Warm Dayi"There's a woman asleep", Debbie Westbury , single work poetry (p. 10)
Beach Suite, Debbie Westbury , single work poetry (p. 10-15)
Beach Suite : II : Fishingi"The worker carefully rolls up his trouser legs", Debbie Westbury , single work poetry (p. 11)
Beach Suite : III : Real Enoughi"As if some giant hand", Debbie Westbury , single work poetry (p. 12)
Beach Suite : IV : Cuttlefishi"A man follows the tideline of jetsam", Debbie Westbury , single work poetry (p. 13)
Beach Suite : V : Bivalvesi"When the latest tide retreats", Debbie Westbury , single work poetry (p. 14)
Beach Suite : VI : Pelicansi"Last night the sea, by stealth,", Debbie Westbury , single work poetry (p. 15)
Wrapti"In winter the sea is warmer", Debbie Westbury , single work poetry (p. 16)
Blinded By the Lighti"I am drowning", Debbie Westbury , single work poetry (p. 17)
Surface Tensioni"I woke in the shallows", Debbie Westbury , single work poetry (p. 18)
Spirit Markersi"to the house on the hill", Debbie Westbury , single work poetry (p. 18)
Meditation With Cloud and Waterbirdi"the sky's blank blue", Debbie Westbury , single work poetry (p. 19)
One Bodyi"Picture a slow-motion loop", Debbie Westbury , single work poetry (p. 20-21)
Note: Dedication: (for Merlinda Bobis)
The Night Beforei"It was a mistake", Debbie Westbury , single work poetry (p. 22-3)
Whalespotting at Wombarrai"Last night I rushed to the headland in my gown", Debbie Westbury , single work poetry (p. 25)
Note: Epigraph: 'For as Jonah was ... the earth' Matthew 12.40
Family Pictures - The Writing's on the Wall a Scatologyi"What had the boy made of it,", Debbie Westbury , single work poetry (p. 26-7)
Two-Part Inventioni"for a girl her hands were big", Debbie Westbury , single work poetry (p. 28)
No Name, the Dolli"She was the kind of woman", Debbie Westbury , single work poetry (p. 29-30)
Borderlines IIi"her arms and legs", Debbie Westbury , single work poetry (p. 31)
A Virgin's Christmasi"It's quiet.", Debbie Westbury , single work poetry (p. 32-3)
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