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Author's comment: " a fake anthology of parodies".
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Do the Right Thing
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"All over the camping ground people are quoting from Hiawatha,",
1981
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Scripsi , Winter vol. 1 no. 1 1981; (p. 32) Adventures in Paradise 1982; (p. 33) Adventures in Paradise 1991; (p. 33-34) -
Analgesia
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"Is that a bottle of Panadol",
1981
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Scripsi , Winter vol. 1 no. 1 1981; (p. 33) Adventures in Paradise 1982; (p. 34) Adventures in Paradise 1991; (p. 35) -
From Micromicturatography
i
"Through Aesculaepius oesophagus",
1981
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Scripsi , Winter vol. 1 no. 1 1981; (p. 33) Adventures in Paradise 1982; (p. 35) Adventures in Paradise 1991; (p. 40) New and Selected Poems 1971-1993 1996; (p. 53) Author's comment : the poem is a parody of Martin Johnston who used to write long numbered sequences. -
Lost in the Men's Room
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"I remark how it is interesting the way",
1981
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Scripsi , Winter vol. 1 no. 1 1981; (p. 36) Adventures in Paradise 1982; (p. 41) Adventures in Paradise 1991; (p. 45) New and Selected Poems 1971-1993 1996; (p. 58) -
Dirty Weekend
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"The old drunk",
1981
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Scripsi , Winter vol. 1 no. 1 1981; (p. 34) Adventures in Paradise 1982; (p. 36) The Poetry of Canberra 1990; (p. 67) The Flight of the Emu : Contemporary Light Verse 1990; (p. 58) Adventures in Paradise 1991; (p. 36-37) New and Selected Poems 1971-1993 1996; (p. 54) -
Five Poems
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"looking at a sunset",
1981
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Scripsi , Winter vol. 1 no. 1 1981; (p. 34) Adventures in Paradise 1982; (p. 37) The Flight of the Emu : Contemporary Light Verse 1990; (p. 58-59) Adventures in Paradise 1991; (p. 38-39) New and Selected Poems 1971-1993 1996; (p. 55) Windchimes : Asia in Australian Poetry 2006; (p. 161) -
From The Paperweight
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""Oh Bunny... it's you... You wait up late for Wembley?"",
1981
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Scripsi , Winter vol. 1 no. 1 1981; (p. 35) Adventures in Paradise 1982; (p. 38) The Flight of the Emu : Contemporary Light Verse 1990; (p. 59-60) Adventures in Paradise 1991; (p. 42-43) New and Selected Poems 1971-1993 1996; (p. 56) Australian Poetry Since 1788 2011; (p. 836-837) Author's comment : the poem is a parody of Alan Wearne disguised as an extract from one of his novels. -
India on $10 a Day
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"Oh boy",
1981
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Scripsi , Winter vol. 1 no. 1 1981; (p. 35) Adventures in Paradise 1982; (p. 39) The Flight of the Emu : Contemporary Light Verse 1990; (p. 60) Adventures in Paradise 1991; (p. 41) New and Selected Poems 1971-1993 1996; (p. 57) -
What I Came Onto
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"My aunt is ironing the socks of death",
1981
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Scripsi , Winter vol. 1 no. 1 1981; (p. 36) Adventures in Paradise 1982; (p. 40) The Flight of the Emu : Contemporary Light Verse 1990; (p. 60-61) Adventures in Paradise 1991; (p. 44) New and Selected Poems 1971-1993 1996; (p. 57) Australian Poetry Since 1788 2011; (p. 837)
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