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Issue Details: First known date: 1999... 1999 The Argument from Desire : The 1999 Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Wollongong, Wollongong area, Illawarra, South Coast, New South Wales,:Five Islands Press , 1999 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Anniversaryi"It is summer again. The city has taken", Doris Brett , single work poetry (p. 27)
Autumn Againi"Autumn again. The city of leaving", Doris Brett , single work poetry (p. 28)
Mowing the Lawn with Michael Dransfieldi"I hate this like you do:", John West , single work poetry (p. 29-30)
The Triumph of the Takeaway: A Threnody for John Forbesi"Whatever you think of,", Michael Sharkey , single work poetry (p. 31-34)
"Sheryll, I saved you from a slasher's knife, but that is all." Sheryll, Adam Aitken , single work poetry (p. 35-39)
Note: Dedication: for Roberta Sykes.
Spikei"Cool rain fall softly rapture night", S. K. Kelen , single work poetry (p. 40-41)
from Letter to North Queenslandi"I hear an old drunk colliding with the", David Farnsworth , extract poetry (p. 42-43)
Melbourne Weather Forecastsi"resurrected an old poem of mine it was trying to bid farewell to grief as if you could", Gina Mercer , single work poetry (p. 44-46)
A Good Wheat Paddock Spoiledi"The weather was", Geoff Page , single work poetry (p. 47-52)
Dragonfruiti"67 concrete steps to green tea home", Sandra Hill , single work poetry (p. 53)
Web-Sitei"In the Fifties, a scientist employed by Naval Intelligence", John Carey , single work poetry (p. 54)
Tenebraei"Wasn't it Dusty Springfield sang - I just don't know what to", Carolyn Gerrish , single work poetry (p. 55-58)
A Dying Woman's History of Wateri"Somewhere in a landrover", Roland Leach , single work poetry (p. 59-63)
Serenissima: Family of Giudecca Islandi"In his sailor suit and shoes,", Lee Knowles , single work poetry (p. 64)
Quarraluna poemsi"when the silos belch out their grain", Mike Williams , single work poetry (p. 65-69)
Adami"Adam descends from the sky, fi", Jayne Fenton-Keane , single work poetry (p. 70)
Catching Up With Kurt Breretoni"Hi Kurt.", Ken Bolton , single work poetry (p. 71-75)
from Fear of the Darki"The Khazars enumerated thirty-seven varieties", Greg McLaren , extract poetry (p. 76-77)
Island at the End of the Worldi"Lost between longitudes for days, the stars are useless, may as well throw", Roland Leach , single work poetry (p. 78-80)
Peacocki"When she goes out into the morning", Susan Kruss , single work poetry (p. 81-84)
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