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Issue Details: First known date: 1996... 1996 The Oxford Book of Modern Australian Verse
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Contents

* Contents derived from the South Melbourne, South Melbourne - Port Melbourne area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,:Oxford University Press , 1996 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Roadside : Eleven Compositions : [Untitled]i"Having said that all the gums have not been cut", Robert D. FitzGerald , single work poetry (p. 13)
The Wind at Your Doori"My ancestor was called on to go out-", Robert D. FitzGerald , single work poetry (p. 13-16)
The Lingam and the Yonii"The Lingam and the Yoni", A. D. Hope , single work poetry (p. 16-17)
Moschus Moschiferus : A Song for St Cecilia's Dayi"In the high jungle where Assam meets Tibet", A. D. Hope , single work poetry (p. 17-18)
Hay Feveri"Time, with his scythe honed fine,", A. D. Hope , single work poetry (p. 18-19)
Spatlesei"A late picking - the old man sips his wine", A. D. Hope , single work poetry (p. 19-20)
Inscription for a Wari"Linger not, stranger; shed no tear;", A. D. Hope , single work poetry (p. 20)
The Mayan Booksi"Diego de Landa, archbishop of Yucatan", A. D. Hope , single work poetry (p. 20)
Tomi"Tom Tom whoever's son", Elizabeth Riddell , single work poetry (p. 21)
The End of the Affairi"I do not forgive your old age.", Elizabeth Riddell , single work poetry (p. 21-22)
Wakeful in the Townshipi"Barks the melancholy dog,", Elizabeth Riddell , single work poetry (p. 22)
Suburban Songi"Now all the dogs with folded paws", Elizabeth Riddell , single work poetry (p. 23)
Drifting Dug-Outi"Now that the fig lets fall her single stars", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 23)
The Whip-Bird Curracarangi"A whip's crack wakes him. He feels the bed", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 23-24)
Captain Cooki"Tungeei, that was her native name.", Percy Mumbulla , Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 24)
Garfishi"Creatures that live in a wave, glass-housed,", John Blight , single work poetry (p. 25)
Cormorantsi"The sea has it this way : if you see", John Blight , single work poetry (p. 25)
Blacki"Soon, I said to my atoms, you must go back", John Blight , single work poetry (p. 25-26)
The Limousinei"The willows that fled past us", John Blight , single work poetry (p. 26)
Sick Men Waking : [Untitled]i"Half light, half light... the dissolution of dreams", Kenneth Mackenzie , single work poetry (p. 26-27)
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