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Issue Details: First known date: 1964... 1964 The Ghost of the Cock : Poems
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson , 1964 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Brahms at Bruckner's Funerali"In a casket the deviser of symphonic boa-constrictors:", Francis Webb , single work poetry (p. 30-31)
Argument with the Sunday Times : Vermeer's Allegory of Paintingsi"You call her Fame. But Fame is the egg cooking", Francis Webb , single work poetry (p. 32-33)
Note to a Freudiani"All through winter the puny virginal rose", Francis Webb , single work poetry (p. 34)
Inlandi"The rich surplus of consciousness rots at the wharves.", Francis Webb , single work poetry (p. 35)
The Towni"The entrance to the Hall", Francis Webb , single work poetry (p. 35-36)
Airlineri"I am become a shell of delicate alleys", Francis Webb , single work poetry (p. 36-37)
Legionary Antsi"The world, the tranquil punctual gyroscope,", Francis Webb , single work poetry (p. 38-39)
Derelict Churchi"When earth and flint rear themselves into certain shapes", Francis Webb , single work poetry (p. 40)
Back Street in Calcuttai"I have walked among you sorriest skeletons,", Francis Webb , single work poetry (p. 41)
On the Forgotten Artisti"Yes, the child has watched you huddled on your stool,", Francis Webb , single work poetry (p. 42-43)
Kookaburra on Televisioni"Knitting a sunset the dowager hillocks stare", Francis Webb , single work poetry (p. 44)
Pneumo-Encephalographi"Tight scrimmage of blankets in the dark;", Francis Webb , single work poetry (p. 45-46)
Ward Two, Francis Webb , sequence poetry (p. 45-57)
Ward Two : Harry Harryi"It's the day for writing that letter, if one is able,", Francis Webb , single work poetry (p. 46-47)
Old Timeri"I have observed even among us the virus", Francis Webb , single work poetry (p. 48-49)
Ward Two and the Kookaburrai"We fingered the World, or watered little cacti of anger.", Francis Webb , single work poetry (p. 49-50)
Homosexuali"To watch may be deadly. There is no judgment, compulsion,", Francis Webb , single work poetry (p. 50-52)
A Mani"He can hardly walk these days, buckling at the knees,", Francis Webb , single work poetry (p. 52-54)
The Old Womeni"From social ellipses, from actual weight and mass", Francis Webb , single work poetry (p. 54-55)
Wild Honeyi"Saboteur autumn has riddled the pampered folds", Francis Webb , single work poetry (p. 56-57)
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