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Epigraph: There ought to be some single word for the misery of divorce. - Robert Haas.
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The Phone Call
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"I took the phone call in the living room",
1999
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Argument from Desire : The 1999 Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 1999; (p. 18) -
One-minute Dinners
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"Life goes on, although you are not always here.",
1999
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Argument from Desire : The 1999 Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 1999; (p. 18) -
Lists
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"At the counsellors you recite your list",
1999
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Argument from Desire : The 1999 Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 1999; (p. 19) -
The Wedding
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"In the middle of this mess I go to a wedding. No gifts,",
1999
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Argument from Desire : The 1999 Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 1999; (p. 19) The Indigo Book of Modern Australian Sonnets 2003; (p. 53) -
Dead Animals
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"Marriage inevitably leads to oppression. Something",
1999
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Argument from Desire : The 1999 Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 1999; (p. 20) -
In the Fez Manner
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"I marinate the octopus in garlic and miso (a vegetarian's",
1999
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Argument from Desire : The 1999 Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 1999; (p. 20) -
The Breadknife
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"I remember that holiday in the Warrambungles",
1999
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Argument from Desire : The 1999 Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 1999; (p. 21) -
Natural Remedies
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"Over the years I've tried everything: my stomach's",
1999
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Argument from Desire : The 1999 Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 1999; (p. 21) -
Dive Bombing
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"Before the mortgage and the children we lived",
1999
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Argument from Desire : The 1999 Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 1999; (p. 22) The Indigo Book of Modern Australian Sonnets 2003; (p. 30) -
Rising and Falling
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"For me, and others too I presume, happiness",
1999
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Argument from Desire : The 1999 Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 1999; (p. 22) -
Apprehended Violence
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"You start shouting at me in the supermarket",
1999
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Argument from Desire : The 1999 Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 1999; (p. 23) -
Solitary
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"Silence hurts. Whoever invented solitary confinement",
1999
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Argument from Desire : The 1999 Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 1999; (p. 23)
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