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y separately published work icon Seawall and Shoreline : Poems selected work   poetry  
  • Author:agent Bruce Beaver http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/beaver-bruce
Issue Details: First known date: 1964... 1964 Seawall and Shoreline : Poems
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:South Head Press , 1964 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Ocean Beachi"By this sea-wall we sat and spoke a while", Bruce Beaver , single work poetry (p. 7)
A View from the Bridge-Raili"Saturday afternoons you sat", Bruce Beaver , single work poetry (p. 8-9)
Harbour Sonnets, Bruce Beaver , sequence poetry (p. 10-12)
The Safe Placei"It was their mothers made this cubby-hole", Bruce Beaver , single work poetry (p. 13)
Note: Epigraph: 'The safe place all men make / To hide themselves from happiness.' - Elizabeth Jennings
Birds, Bees and Sunflower Seedsi"He makes a meal of seeds", Bruce Beaver , single work poetry (p. 14)
Necessitiesi"A man may learn to joy", Bruce Beaver , single work poetry (p. 15)
Simpaticoi"You wish to live my life a little while", Bruce Beaver , single work poetry (p. 16)
Exiti"Behaviour is more human than we know.", Bruce Beaver , single work poetry (p. 17)
Letters from Sydneyi"Once upon a time among many this city", Bruce Beaver , single work poetry (p. 18-22)
Third Degreei"`Why are you troubled, young man, young man?", Bruce Beaver , single work poetry (p. 23)
City Folki"The blue-metal doves, the gravel-", Bruce Beaver , single work poetry (p. 24)
Giving and Forgettingi"It is your giving that we cannot use", Bruce Beaver , single work poetry (p. 25)
A Word Like Lovei"Easy enough, come into harbour's calm,", Bruce Beaver , single work poetry (p. 25)
Halfway Songi"Once it was needing more than bread", Bruce Beaver , single work poetry (p. 26)
A Falling Sicknessi"Out of infected ground of war and commerce,", Bruce Beaver , single work poetry (p. 27)
Separationi"Not only out of sight makes out of mind", Bruce Beaver , single work poetry (p. 28)
Chainman's diary, Bruce Beaver , sequence poetry (p. 29-35)
Off the Brochurei"The view from the top of Mount Eden is really worth", Bruce Beaver , single work poetry (p. 36-38)
Holidayi"I wanted facts.", Bruce Beaver , single work poetry war literature (p. 39-40)
Albert Park, Auckland, Bruce Beaver , sequence poetry (p. 41-42)
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