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Issue Details: First known date: 1979... 1979 In Breaking Waves : Poems
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:Hawthorn Press , 1979 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Romantic Poet Goes On a Little Journeyi"I have turned back to Cactus Land.", Hal Colebatch , single work poetry (p. 1)
Song of Pop-Eye the Sailormani"Cold-chiselling a weld to free a pipe", Hal Colebatch , single work poetry (p. 2)
Sonnet on the Wreck of the Lygnerni"Balanced on a pinnacle of submarine rock", Hal Colebatch , single work poetry (p. 3)
Portrait of a Social Scientisti"Careful academic clownishness. Beard, leather elbows worn", Hal Colebatch , single work poetry (p. 4)
Soldier Crabs, Carnarvoni"More and more", Hal Colebatch , single work poetry (p. 5)
Down to Greenwich Museumi"As with Dryden and Eliot, rubbish and dead dogs", Hal Colebatch , single work poetry (p. 6)
Fun at Great Yarmouthi"Incurious bad taste may have a saving way.", Hal Colebatch , single work poetry (p. 7)
Cadbury Castle, South Englandi"Four rings of earth and stone about the hill.", Hal Colebatch , single work poetry (p. 8)
One Tourist's Colognei"Two eyes, the cathedral's spires look black", Hal Colebatch , single work poetry (p. 9-10)
The Tourist Finds No Eagles on the Capsi"In the painting salvaged from another world", Hal Colebatch , single work poetry (p. 11-12)
Elsinore, Denmarki"This air is soft, these people kind.", Hal Colebatch , single work poetry (p. 13)
Summer in Denmarki"A bird, I think a wren,", Hal Colebatch , single work poetry (p. 14-16)
Norwegian Lake Towni"There ia a Norse burial mound", Hal Colebatch , single work poetry (p. 17)
Tintageli"Nearby, the slates, the pitheads. Standing stones", Hal Colebatch , single work poetry (p. 18)
Driving Through Scotlandi"The Skye Ferry, two kilted men.", Hal Colebatch , single work poetry (p. 19-20)
In Reference to Kafka's Love Lettersi"An important factor, my brethren,", Hal Colebatch , single work poetry (p. 21-25)
North Cottesloe Eveningi"The sandhills slope to the quiet sea", Hal Colebatch , single work poetry (p. 26-27)
South Cottesloe Reefs at Low Tidei"The rock-pools return to me. Again we walk far", Hal Colebatch , single work poetry (p. 29)
South Cottesloe Reefs Againi"These reefs have been waiting. Only sometimes perhaps", Hal Colebatch , single work poetry (p. 30)
Winter Sunday Morning Winter Sunday Morningi"Rain on the roof tiles, rain near my head", Hal Colebatch , single work poetry (p. 31)
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