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Issue Details: First known date: 1992... 1992 Tandava
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Carlton, Parkville - Carlton area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,:Meanjin Press , 1992 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Ironyi"That neither feeds, clothes nor shelters;", Sudesh Mishra , single work poetry (p. 9)
Feejeei"Exists to give cartographers malignant tumours;", Sudesh Mishra , single work poetry (p. 10-19)
An Indo-Fijian's Search for Solid Formsi"I have ambled through tottering bridges", Sudesh Mishra , single work poetry (p. 20-21)
Note: With title: Solid Forms
Tandavai"Two weeks on a feast of Upanishads;", Sudesh Mishra , single work poetry (p. 21)
Detaineei"Images intensify in prison;", Sudesh Mishra , single work poetry (p. 22-23)
Detainee IIi"That night my vague jailers left a mattress", Sudesh Mishra , single work poetry (p. 24)
Flighti"On high-flying days the aircraft reclines", Sudesh Mishra , single work poetry (p. 25)
O Hannah!i"I was born in the execrable city of Suva", Sudesh Mishra , single work poetry (p. 26)
Dear Sydi"I live behind chequered grilles in Nasese,", Sudesh Mishra , single work poetry (p. 27-29)
Opium-Eateri"Drain a bushel of caffeine and remark", Sudesh Mishra , single work poetry (p. 29)
A Beautiful Prospecti"A fish plops into the minting river;", Sudesh Mishra , single work poetry (p. 30-31)
Perth, December 1987i"I, trekking through this simulated city,", Sudesh Mishra , single work poetry (p. 32-34)
A Tropical Babui"Where are those bone-breaking, flesh-tearing days", Sudesh Mishra , single work poetry (p. 34)
Epistlei"I will write steadily about many things, Valmiki,", Sudesh Mishra , single work poetry (p. 35-36)
The Spotted Geckoi"This envelope has nostalgia affixed to it:", Sudesh Mishra , single work poetry (p. 37)
Portrait of a Dictator at Breakfasti"He broils in the nightmare of a tundra", Sudesh Mishra , single work poetry (p. 38-39)
Sparrowi"Mulling hearts is easier than mulling wine;", Sudesh Mishra , single work poetry (p. 39)
Haunted Linesi"I sit in grease at Reeky Hong's", Sudesh Mishra , single work poetry (p. 40-41)
A Welli"Breezily from the sod marigolds lolled giraffe", Sudesh Mishra , single work poetry (p. 42)
Self-Reflectioni"A stiff wind fills up the neighbour's laundry.", Sudesh Mishra , single work poetry (p. 43)
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