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Issue Details: First known date: 1990... 1990 Contemporary Australian Poetry : An Anthology
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Knoxfield, Ferntree Gully area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,:Houghton Mifflin , 1990 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Contemporary Australian Poetry: An Anthology : Introduction, John Leonard , single work criticism biography (p. xv-xix)
Advice to Young Ladiesi"AUC 334: about this date", A. D. Hope , single work poetry (p. 1-2)
Country Places : Hell, Hay and Booligal!i"I glean them from signposts in these country places,", A. D. Hope , single work poetry (p. 2-4)
In Memoriam : Gertrud Kolmar, 1943i"Whistling past this cemetery in the dark", A. D. Hope , single work poetry (p. 4-5)
Inscription for a Wari"Linger not, stranger; shed no tear;", A. D. Hope , single work poetry (p. 6)
Security (for Elaine Haxton)i"Luckily, they do not make new flowers,", Elizabeth Riddell , single work poetry (p. 6-7)
Thoughts in an Airplane Possibilities in an Airplanei"Look after yourself, you said. For you, for me?", Elizabeth Riddell , single work poetry (p. 7)
Learning All the Words in the World (for Fabian [Faby], Aged Two)i"Walking accomplished, so much energy", Barbara Giles , single work poetry (p. 8)
Fireworks and Champagne Fireworks and Champagnei"I pass among you disguised, you'll scarcely see me", Barbara Giles , single work poetry (p. 8-9)
The Spiti"It is undersea half-tide, it is land", John Blight , single work poetry (p. 9)
A Year : Almost Out of Breathi"I hear your far voice with terrible", Barbara Giles , single work poetry (p. 9)
Bee's Sting...i"That was a very bad year, when", John Blight , single work poetry (p. 10)
The Australian Dreami"The doorbell buzzed. It was past three o'clock.", David Campbell , single work poetry humour (p. 10-11)
Snakei"The tiger snake moves", David Campbell , single work poetry (p. 11-12)
Crabi"The crab sidled out", David Campbell , single work poetry (p. 12)
Augusti"Snowgums glitter like ice", David Campbell , single work poetry (p. 12-13)
Clarinetsi"Early risers", David Campbell , single work poetry (p. 13)
A Documenti"'Sign there.' I signed, but still uneasily.", Judith Wright , single work poetry (p. 13-14)
Eve to Her Daughtersi"It was not I who began it.", Judith Wright , single work poetry (p. 14-15)
Tableaui"Bent over, staggering in panic or despair", Judith Wright , single work poetry (p. 16)
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