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Issue Details: First known date: 1978... 1978 Gifts Upon the Water
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Fremantle, Fremantle area, South West Perth, Perth, Western Australia,:Fremantle Press , 1978 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Early Riseri"Far up the hill, away from sleeping men,", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 30)
Safari Filmi"All the colours are caressed and retinted", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 31)
The Wild Beesi"Wings whirled in their own whirlwind, a gust", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 32)
A Wattle Bird in the Raini"He shelters alone in a swirl of sheoak boughs,", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 33)
Dead Possumi"On the dry leaves, once moon flakes", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 34)
Prison Tree, Derbyi"Touch this gnarled wood, the scooped out", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 35)
In a Beach Cottagei"The windows are shut, but the blinds are never still:", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 36)
For an Artist who Paints to Dance Musici"She paints her pictures, they trifle with her no longer:", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 37)
At the Grave of W. B. Yeatsi"One man who came was from the Abbey Theatre,", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 39)
Mahatma Gandhi : His Statue in Tavistock Square, Londoni"I never saw you, the living man,", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 40)
Sprinklers at Nighti"The summer twilight smoulders, the sky is ash.", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 41)
Broken Wingi"The broken wing is a drag of stone,", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 42)
She Sleeps on the Couchi"She sleeps on the couch which seems like another body", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 43)
Through a Glass, Brightlyi"All through the morning, the observation boat", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 44-45)
Cape Sounioni"The sea is glass that has been breathed on,", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 46-47)
Ant Hills Near Onslowi"They are red with the sun's iron,", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 48)
Strelitziai"Is a Bird of Paradise", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 49)
There was War in the Islandsi"There was war in the islands, but his young eyes", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 51)
Listening Posti"The tropic stars are cloudless, but their light", Alec Choate , single work poetry war literature (p. 52-53)
On the Frontieri"Low over Libya, the one guard left", Alec Choate , single work poetry war literature (p. 54-67)
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