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On the night of April 29, 1952, the 60 year-old artist Ian Fairweather launched his tiny makeshift raft from Darwin. Adrift is Northern Territory Writers' Centre members' response to Fairweather's 16 days adrift and an exploration of the theme of Adrift in poetry. -- Dael Allison, Editor (from the introduction)
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* Contents derived from the
Darwin,
Darwin area,
Northern Territory,:Northern Territory Writers' Centre
, 2010 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Adrifti"Unmoored", single work poetry (p. 6-7)
- Adrift in a Ziplock Bagi"She steers this erratic child", single work poetry (p. 8)
- No Matter How Long it Takesi"Sunday and my wife says no", single work poetry (p. 9)
- Nightbursti"men teeter on your edges darwin. stung to night's ebb-tide filament-", single work poetry (p. 10)
- Cockyi"I have gone with the wind...", single work poetry (p. 11)
- Traveller Reckless in Lovei"Is it not the traveller's parody?", single work poetry (p. 12)
- Packing to Leave Homei"One week to countdown,", single work poetry (p. 13)
- Fairweather, Ian : 1891-1974, Australian Painteri"Every sailor hopes for fair weather", single work poetry (p. 14-15)
- Outlanderi"I name a document from the margin", single work poetry (p. 16)
- Bird Watchingi"I drive along the clay dam wall gingerly.", single work poetry (p. 17)
- Deviationi"callipers since youth", single work poetry (p. 18)
- Saltwater Creeki"The week after a friend drowns", single work poetry (p. 19-20)
- Belongingi"Just like I will never be", single work poetry (p. 20-21)
- This Summer's Poemi"Once I dreamt I was walking through a rubbish dump", single work poetry (p. 21-22)
- Landfalli"In darkness I washed up on distant shore", single work poetry (p. 23)
- The First Drops of Rain Fall Like Needy Kissesi"The first drops of rain", single work poetry (p. 24-25)
- A Pinprick of White, a Thin Blue Linei"From frantically searching eyes 10,000 feet above:", single work poetry (p. 25)
- Extinctioni"An obsession with the sea steers his poems", single work poetry (p. 26)
- Undertowi"A Venus of Willendorf", single work poetry (p. 26-27)
- No-Man's Landi"Laying low,", single work poetry (p. 28)
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