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  • Author:agent David Rowbotham http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/rowbotham-david
Issue Details: First known date: 2005... 2005 The Cave in the Sky : Poems at Eighty
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Notes

  • Dedication: To Nicholas Birns, New School University, New York, New American Friend.
  • On back cover: Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth. - Ecclesiastes 11-9
  • Chapbook.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Warners Bay, Warners Bay - Jewells area, Lake Macquarie area, Central Coast, New South Wales,:Picaro Press , 2005 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Promenadei"The promenade is walking with its people", David Rowbotham , single work poetry (p. 1)
Humdingers : The Great Depressioni"I must craft what I can to remake what her pedalled Singer", David Rowbotham , single work poetry (p. 2-3)
Note: Not subtitled.
The Scarecrowi"A scarecrow's talking to the straw that rakes my cinders.", David Rowbotham , single work poetry (p. 4)
Augusta's Guitari"It's the gulf of empires. Islands are taking off.", David Rowbotham , single work poetry (p. 5)
Homework at Kalingai"Let it be engraved where soldiers are;", David Rowbotham , single work poetry (p. 6)
Aladdin and the Ghost at the Guilty Doori"There's no pleasing anyone", David Rowbotham , single work poetry (p. 7)
The Carpenteri"I'm building in the garden", David Rowbotham , single work poetry (p. 8)
Like Quixotei"Your face is fading and the silhouettes", David Rowbotham , single work poetry (p. 9)
I Cup Your Facei"I cupped your face and kissed the lip of the moon.", David Rowbotham , single work poetry (p. 10)
The Day of Singing Bellsi"Before the world went out for me,", David Rowbotham , single work poetry (p. 11)
Judei"Where the earth lies down with ash, sparrows start,", David Rowbotham , single work poetry (p. 12)
Birdsongi"Who broke open the song", David Rowbotham , single work poetry (p. 13)
The Mad Hatteri"If wanting adventure, change the underworld.", David Rowbotham , single work poetry (p. 14)
Cavesi"The earth was hard and firm and cold;", David Rowbotham , single work poetry (p. 15)
American Poems : Crossing the Delawarei"Crossing the Delaware did it - that revolutionary river,", David Rowbotham , single work poetry (p. 16)
Note: Title: Crossing the Delaware
Made in Los Angelesi"The Matterhorn in Disneyland is melting", David Rowbotham , single work poetry (p. 17)
The Falli"The year no autumn fell she walked", David Rowbotham , single work poetry (p. 18-19)
The Table Near Duluth : New Worldsi"Where the maples, and the robins,", David Rowbotham , single work poetry (p. 20-21)
Snow Decembersi"To find where the story ends, ascend,", David Rowbotham , single work poetry (p. 22-23)
Hollandi"How many feet before I landed did I die;", David Rowbotham , single work poetry (p. 24)

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