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  • Author:agent Les Murray http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/murray-les
Issue Details: First known date: 2002... 2002 Poems the Size of Photographs
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Potts Point, Kings Cross area, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,:Duffy and Snellgrove , 2002 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The New Hieroglyphicsi"In the World language, sometimes called", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 1-3)
On the Bordersi"We're driving across tableland", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 4)
The Annals of the Sheeri"Like a crack across a windscreen", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 5-6)
Ernest Hemingway and the Latest Quakei"In fact the Earth never stops moving", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 7-8)
The Images Alonei"Scarlet as the cloth draped over a sword,", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 9)
Rooms of the Sketch Gardeni"Women made the gardens, in my world", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 10-12)
Angophora Floribundai"That country seemed one great park", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 13-14)
At the Fallsi"High mountain plateau edged", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 15)
True Yarni"A man approaches the edge of his life, which has miscarried.", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 16)
An Australian Legendi"It is the time of day", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 17-18)
The Engineer Formerly Known as Strangelovei"Mein Fuhrer, the called me Doctor Strangelove", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 19-21)
The Tin Clothesi"This is the big arrival", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 22)
The Successive Armsi"A drunk man in a rank shirt", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 23)
Judged Worth Evacuatingi"Vertical war, north of my early childhood", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 24)
The Moon Mani"Shadowy kangaroos moved off", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 25)
Succouri"Refugees, derelicts - but why classify", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 26)
Predawn in Healthi"The stars are filtering through a tree", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 27)
The Antipodes of Indiai"Out in country like a Lincolnshire", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 28)
Robert Fergusson Nighti"All the Fergussons are black", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 29-30)
Note: Dedication: For the commemoration at St Andrews University, October 2000
To Dye Fori"A razor whetting silt and alluvium", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 31)
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