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y separately published work icon This River Is In The South selected work   poetry  
  • Author:agent Philip Mead http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/mead-philip
Issue Details: First known date: 1984... 1984 This River Is In The South
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Contents

* Contents derived from the St Lucia, Indooroopilly - St Lucia area, Brisbane - North West, Brisbane, Queensland,:University of Queensland Press , 1984 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Magnificencei"Rain in the forest. Where it is beginning. Change is", Philip Mead , single work poetry (p. 1-2)
Revisiting Monaroi"The wind is always", Philip Mead , single work poetry (p. 3-4)
A Photograph of Delmore Schwartzi"You can see him in Washington Square Park", Philip Mead , single work poetry (p. 5)
The Man and the Treei"I felt the season changing in the yard today", Philip Mead , single work poetry (p. 6)
A Laurel Treei"I remember sitting in", Philip Mead , single work poetry (p. 7-8)
Life Before Birthi"It was my mother's heart", Philip Mead , single work poetry (p. 9-10)
Fiestai"The night is clear and calm and the wind", Philip Mead , single work poetry (p. 11-12)
He Bare Him into an Orchard Browni"It must be midwinter there", Philip Mead , single work poetry (p. 13-14)
The Terraini"Starting out was the new country,", Philip Mead , single work poetry (p. 15-16)
The Factsi"Our lives are spilling away from us immensely", Philip Mead , single work poetry (p. 17)
Recollection After the Sleep and Changei"We are so happy, as if we had", Philip Mead , single work poetry (p. 18-19)
Wisse Das Bildi"Somehow there's more than this isn't there?", Philip Mead , single work poetry (p. 20)
Inwardsi"What we are will come like this in a flood.", Philip Mead , single work poetry (p. 21)
The Journeyi"although the road is lengthening, there is need for sanctuary", Philip Mead , single work poetry (p. 22)
Thinking and Speaking are Differenti"In the end the sentences come through after a long time,", Philip Mead , single work poetry (p. 23-24)
Therei"Everything was happening for the first time. As we travelled", Philip Mead , single work poetry (p. 25)
The Soldieri"To stand in the doorway is to stand", Philip Mead , single work poetry (p. 26-27)
Eveningi"Now evening falls along", Philip Mead , single work poetry (p. 28)
Homeostasisi"The man in darkness by the sea,", Philip Mead , single work poetry (p. 29-30)
The Henty River, Western Tasmaniai"The land we know is here, but has to be travelled back to.", Philip Mead , single work poetry (p. 31-32)
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