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Issue Details: First known date: 1984... 1984 The Chinese Feast : Poems
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Fremantle, Fremantle area, South West Perth, Perth, Western Australia,:Fremantle Press , 1984 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Ibis in a Rose Gardeni"We walked in from the smell of marigolds", Shane McCauley , single work poetry (p. 1)
Summer Portraiti"Looking down from her house above the sea", Shane McCauley , single work poetry (p. 2)
Towards Mid-Winteri"Now the days grow shorter, the darkness thicker,", Shane McCauley , single work poetry (p. 3)
Night Ferryi"The night air a palliative, gulls", Shane McCauley , single work poetry (p. 4)
Normi"You buy your orange juice and", Shane McCauley , single work poetry (p. 5)
Circus in the Raini"Is this comfort, this steady onrush", Shane McCauley , single work poetry (p. 6)
Gibbonsi"We are, by and large, a parody", Shane McCauley , single work poetry (p. 7)
Macaque Musingsi"They have been testing us for stress lately,", Shane McCauley , single work poetry (p. 8)
Beached Whalesi"Even those temporarily saved return,", Shane McCauley , single work poetry (p. 9)
Two Sisters in Istanbuli"We have seen Istanbul", Shane McCauley , single work poetry (p. 10)
The Cosmonauts Smell Flowersi"Legs limp from treading so many stars", Shane McCauley , single work poetry (p. 11)
The Terroristsi"The trial of this people's enemy", Shane McCauley , single work poetry (p. 12)
The Chinese Feasti"And, belching, Wei Chia-pao received", Shane McCauley , single work poetry (p. 13-16)
The Circus Strong-Man of 1931i"I was the circus strong-man of 1931,", Shane McCauley , single work poetry (p. 17)
The Birthdayi"Tomorrow, when they come to take", Shane McCauley , single work poetry (p. 18)
Prospero to Arieli"What is white magic", Shane McCauley , single work poetry (p. 19)
Trapezei"We cause the dangerous air to rush away", Shane McCauley , single work poetry (p. 20)
Grasshoppersi"Summer sends them rattling out of the", Shane McCauley , single work poetry (p. 21)
Landscape With Gum Treesi"Only the gentlest movement", Shane McCauley , single work poetry (p. 22)
Swan Valleyi"The grapes are hard on the vine", Shane McCauley , single work poetry (p. 23)
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