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Dedication: To my mother and the Knapp family.
Includes
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The Frozen Sea
i
"having cut a hole whose size",
1989
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Night Parrots 1989; (p. 16) Poems, 1980-1994 1997; (p. 48) Poems, 1980-1994 1997; (p. 82) Australian Poetry Library 2004-; -
Anatomy of a Fall: A Parody
i
"the anatomy",
1989
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Night Parrots 1989; (p. 18) Poems, 1980-1994 1997; (p. 53) Poems, 1980-1994 1997; (p. 83) Australian Poetry Library 2004-; -
The Quay
i
"inner city dreaming",
1989
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Night Parrots 1989; (p. 19) Poems, 1980-1994 1997; (p. 58-59) Poems, 1980-1994 1997; (p. 84) Australian Poetry Library 2004-; -
Orpheus
i
"his head appeared in the hand",
1989
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Night Parrots 1989; (p. 20) The Penguin Book of Modern Australian Poetry 1991; (p. 458) Poems, 1980-1994 1997; (p. 55-56) Poems, 1980-1994 1997; (p. 84-85) Australian Poetry Library 2004-; -
Distance
i
"only I remember",
1989
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Night Parrots 1989; (p. 23) Poems, 1980-1994 1997; (p. 59) Poems, 1980-1994 1997; (p. 86) Australian Poetry Library 2004-; -
Lucretia (for Vanessa)
i
"still shackled to our moorings",
1984
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Westerly , July vol. 29 no. 2 1984; (p. 70) Poems, 1980-1994 1997; (p. 53) Australian Poetry Library 2004-; -
Links
i
"There are days when the world",
1984
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Westerly , December vol. 29 no. 4 1984; (p. 63) Night Parrots 1989; (p. 28-29) The Oxford Book of Modern Australian Verse 1996; (p. 272) Poems, 1980-1994 1997; (p. 48-49) Poems, 1980-1994 1997; (p. 90-91) Peripheral Light : New and Selected Poems 2003; (p. 3-4) -
Early Recollections of the South-West
i
"(i) Point Peron/became my gateway",
1997
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Poems, 1980-1994 1997; (p. 50-52) Australian Poetry Library 2004-; -
Surreal
i
"going back through the months",
1997
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Poems, 1980-1994 1997; (p. 53) Australian Poetry Library 2004-; -
Fragments from A World Without Water
i
"the water has changed",
1997
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Poems, 1980-1994 1997; (p. 54-55) Australian Poetry Library 2004-; -
Faust
i
"illuminated by lighthouse-brown beams",
1997
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Poems, 1980-1994 1997; (p. 56) Australian Poetry Library 2004-; -
The Image of the Wickerman
i
"in the wickerman's head",
1997
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Poems, 1980-1994 1997; (p. 56) Australian Poetry Library 2004-; -
Mimic: A Blindman's View of the Sunset
i
"an orange sunset",
1997
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Poems, 1980-1994 1997; (p. 57) Australian Poetry Library 2004-; -
The Conjurer: It's Hidden in His Pocket
i
"he's hidden the sun in his pocket",
1997
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Poems, 1980-1994 1997; (p. 57) Australian Poetry Library 2004-; -
Love in Isolation
i
"consummation/was out of the question",
1997
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Poems, 1980-1994 1997; (p. 57) Australian Poetry Library 2004-; -
Desert Fruit
i
"the desert in spring",
1997
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Poems, 1980-1994 1997; (p. 58) Australian Poetry Library 2004-; -
Back Thru the Looking Glass
i
"smoking swans thru our white hookah",
1997
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Poems, 1980-1994 1997; (p. 58) Australian Poetry Library 2004-; -
The Return
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"the ribbonweed tugs at the river mouth",
1997
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Poems, 1980-1994 1997; (p. 58) Australian Poetry Library 2004-; -
An Unexplored Lake...
i
"trees cling so close to its shores",
1997
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Poems, 1980-1994 1997; (p. 61) Australian Poetry Library 2004-; -
Epilogues
1997
sequence
poetry
— Appears in: Poems, 1980-1994 1997; (p. 59-61) -
Aviation
1989
sequence
poetry
— Appears in: Night Parrots 1989; (p. 17) Wordhord : A Critical Selection of Contemporary Western Australian Poetry 1989; (p. 260) Poems, 1980-1994 1997; (p. 82-83)
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