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Issue Details: First known date: 1992... 1992 Sydney's Poems : A Selection on the Occasion of the City's One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary 1842-1992
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Leichhardt, Glebe - Leichhardt - Balmain area, Sydney Inner West, Sydney, New South Wales,:Primavera Press , 1992 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Ku-ring-gai Rock Carvings, David Campbell , sequence poetry (p. 41-45)
Summer Nighti"Gardenias scent the blue-black sky which glows", Geoffrey Lehmann , single work poetry (p. 46)
The Song of the Housei"Blue gas-rings burning in the darkened kitchen.", Geoffrey Lehmann , single work poetry (p. 47)
Early Arrival: Sydneyi"Red cockatoo crests caught on coral-trees:", Vivian Smith , single work poetry (p. 48)
Balmoral Summer '66i"All day the weight of summer and the shrill", Vivian Smith , single work poetry (p. 49)
Angel's Weather Angels' Weatheri"Watching Rushcutters' bright bayful of masts and coloured keels,", Bruce Beaver , single work poetry (p. 50-51)
Nine Thoughts from Sydneyi"To sublimate an incestuous passion for an aunt,", Patrick White , single work poetry satire (p. 52-53)
Reading Horace Outside Sydney, 1970i"The distance is deceptive. Sydney glitters invisible", David Malouf , single work poetry (p. 54)
For Kenneth Slessori"Hang it all, Slessor, as Pound once said to Browning,", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 55-57)
Fuel Stoppage on Gladesville Road Bridge in the Year 1980i"So we're sitting over our sick beloved engine", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 58)
View of Sydney, Australia, from Gladesville Road Bridgei"There's that other great arch eastward, with its hanging highways;", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 59-60)
The Flight from Manhattani"It is possible the heights of this view are a museum:", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 60-61)
The C19-20i"The Nineteenth Century. The Twentieth Century.", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 62)
The Recession of the Jonesesi"The worldwide breath of Catching Up", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 63)
Bondii"The waves are a shoal of white fins, in the end of every downhill street,", Robert Gray , single work poetry (p. 64-66)
Harbour Duski"She and I had come wandering there through an empty park,", Robert Gray , single work poetry (p. 67)
At Maianbar Beachi"We come to the beach,", John Foulcher , single work poetry (p. 68-69)
The Guidesi"They used to be cheap and monochrome, explaining", John Tranter , single work poetry (p. 70)
Backyardi"The God of Smoke listens idly in the heat", John Tranter , single work poetry (p. 71-72)
Afternoon Papersi"The city fits the Harbour", John Forbes , single work poetry (p. 73)
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