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  • Author:agent Geoffrey Lehmann http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/lehmann-geoffrey
Issue Details: First known date: 1990... 1990 Children's Games
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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 , 1990 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Parenthoodi"I have held what I hoped would become the best minds of a generation", Geoffrey Lehmann , single work poetry satire (p. 1-3)
Senryu for Age 40i"A beer glass in one hand", Geoffrey Lehmann , single work poetry (p. 4-5)
Death of a Seagulli"Pigface were flowering in the sandhills.", Geoffrey Lehmann , single work poetry (p. 6-7)
Children's Gamesi"The screen lights up as he switches it on.", Geoffrey Lehmann , single work poetry (p. 8-14)
With Father Before Christmas : The First Yeari"No bigger than her pencil's point, at night", Geoffrey Lehmann , single work poetry (p. 15-16)
With Father Before Christmas, Geoffrey Lehmann , single work poetry (p. 15-21)
With Father Before Christmas : The Second Yeari"Isabel wakes to greengrocers and white ghosts,", Geoffrey Lehmann , single work poetry (p. 16-17)
With Father Before Christmas : The Third Yeari"The jug wakes with its pounding water.", Geoffrey Lehmann , single work poetry (p. 17-18)
With Father Before Christmas : Waiting for the Weddingi"Anne on Jane's knee thinks about marriage words,", Geoffrey Lehmann , single work poetry (p. 19-20)
With Father Before Christmas : Pingpong at Night on the Terracei"The metal fretwork of a camellia bush", Geoffrey Lehmann , single work poetry (p. 20-21)
Lenin's Questioni""As Lenin said, `What is to be done?' "Your words", Geoffrey Lehmann , single work poetry (p. 22)
Harold's Walki"He turned and waved.", Geoffrey Lehmann , single work poetry (p. 23-25)
The Flight of Childreni"On Friday afternoon and back on Sunday", Geoffrey Lehmann , single work poetry (p. 26)
Child in the Darki"The sunset faded from the windows", Geoffrey Lehmann , single work poetry (p. 27-28)
Sweet Pilgrimi"Grows where the seed falls.", Geoffrey Lehmann , single work poetry (p. 29-30)
Neighboursi"The Roaches and Jameses are neighbours.", Geoffrey Lehmann , single work poetry (p. 31-35)
For Ruthi"For your half-century, birds,", Geoffrey Lehmann , single work poetry (p. 36-37)
Scenes from Clerical Lifei"My favourite road sign -", Geoffrey Lehmann , single work poetry humour (p. 38-40)
Tourists and Visitorsi"Graded like cultured pearls, from small to tiny,", Geoffrey Lehmann , single work poetry (p. 41-43)
Not a Winter's Tale (for Rob Darroch and Sandra Jobson)i"If on a winter's night a tale proposes,", Geoffrey Lehmann , single work poetry (p. 44)
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