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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.
Portraiti"It was a heartfelt game, when it began -", Judith Wright , single work poetry (p. 16)
Oppositionsi"Today I was caught alone in a summer storm", Judith Wright , single work poetry (p. 17)
Skinsi"This pair of skin gloves is sixty-six years old,", Judith Wright , single work poetry (p. 17)
Smalltown Dancei"Two women find the square-root of a sheet.", Judith Wright , single work poetry (p. 18)
Camped in the Bushi"Wind in the hair", Jack Davis , single work poetry (p. 19)
John Pati"Write of life", Jack Davis , single work poetry (p. 19-20)
Pietai"A year ago you came", James McAuley , single work poetry (p. 20-21)
Becausei"My father and my mother never quarrelled.", James McAuley , single work poetry (p. 21-22)
Childhood Morning - Homebushi"The half-moon is a muted lamp", James McAuley , single work poetry (p. 22)
Nocturnei"A gull flies low across the darkening bay.", James McAuley , single work poetry (p. 22)
The Love Fighti"Spring is a waft, an outcry", Anne Elder , single work poetry (p. 23)
The Two Sides (for Philip Martin)i"Round about six of a summer's evening they come home", Anne Elder , single work poetry (p. 24)
Autobiographyi"Time holds the glass the wrong way round:", Rosemary Dobson , single work poetry (p. 24-25)
The Spring of Naupaktosi"I think I'll take a journey to that spring", Rosemary Dobson , single work poetry (p. 25-26)
Canberra Morningi"Morning: such long shadows", Rosemary Dobson , single work poetry (p. 26)
The Nightmarei"I sit beside the bed where she lies dreaming", Rosemary Dobson , single work poetry (p. 26-27)
Barn Owli"Daybreak: the household slept.", Gwen Harwood , extract poetry (p. 27-28)
Night Thoughts : Baby and Demoni"Baby I'm sick. I need", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 28-30)
Lamplight Mother Who Gave Me Lifei"Mother who gave me life", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 31)
Andantei"New houses grasp our hillside,", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 32)
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