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Contains poetry from twelve countries, including Australia, and spans the development of English poetry over seven centuries.
Notes
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Australian literary content indexed separately.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
South Melbourne,
South Melbourne - Port Melbourne area,
Melbourne - Inner South,
Melbourne,
Victoria,:Oxford University Press
, 2003 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Properties of the Poeti"Fingers and joints for all kinds of tension, also the muscles", single work poetry (p. 3-4)
- Seeing the Ordinaryi"The film's so badly grained its spots", single work poetry (p. 4)
- Speed, a Pastorali"it's fun to take speed", single work poetry (p. 8)
- Love Poemi"Spent tracer flecks Baghdad's", single work poetry war literature (p. 9)
- Usi"A lamb's leg is broken", single work poetry (p. 10-11)
- Remembering Opheliai"Blood trickles down from the castle,", single work poetry (p. 11-14)
- "In dreams you glide, a brolga, over" Dot Paintingsi"Memory offers it, in bird's-eye view.", single work poetry (p. 14-16)
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Mirror Imagei"'Twenty-nine years ago; and only yesterday,'",
single work
poetry
Two officers on opposite sides in the Hungarian Revolution encounter during a building search, and by tacit agreement back off without firing, and tell their troops no-one is there. The poem ends with an image of life's fragility.Note: Dedication does not appear in this source.
- Driving Through Sawmill Townsi"In the high cool country,", single work poetry (p. 26-27)
- The Conquesti"Phillip was a kindly, rational man:", single work poetry (p. 27-29)
- The Broad Bean Sermoni"Beanstalks, in any breeze, are a slack church parade", single work poetry (p. 29)
- The Quality of Sprawli"Sprawl is the quality", single work poetry (p. 30-31)
- The Mouthless Image of God in the Hunter-Colo Mountainsi"Starting a dog, in the past-midnight suburbs, for a laugh,", single work poetry (p. 31-32)
- The Last Hellosi"Don't die, Dad-", single work poetry (p. 32-34)
- The Bushi"Overture:", single work poetry (p. 36)
- Erstwhilei"Your girlfriend rang me up today,", single work poetry (p. 37)
- Homecomingi"All day, day after day, they're bringing them home,", single work poetry war literature (p. 61)
- Driftersi"One day soon he'll tell her it's time to start packing,", single work poetry (p. 62)
- Planning a Servicei"The folk from Emoh Ruo will be there,", single work poetry (p. 62)
- The Sadness of the Creaturesi"We live in a third floor flat", single work poetry (p. 65-66)
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