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Issue Details: First known date: 1986... 1986 Gently Jolting Back to Earth
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Wentworth Falls, Blue Mountains, Sydney, New South Wales,:Black Lightning Press , 1986 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
"Bide Your Time!"i""Bide your time, dear, bide your time!"", Merle Glasson , single work poetry (p. 36)
Another Husband Reaches Retiring Agei"I've lost my closest women friend.", Merle Glasson , single work poetry (p. 37)
Untitledi"Old memory-brain, why can't you do as I?", Merle Glasson , single work poetry (p. 38)
Dear Hearti"Cranky old mate, let's call a truce!", Merle Glasson , single work poetry (p. 39)
Sleeping Monsteri"Mechanica shovel lies so peacefully", Merle Glasson , single work poetry (p. 40)
Brief Encounteri"Sorrow is my trusty, my star-boarder.", Merle Glasson , single work poetry (p. 41)
Cold Comfort Friendsi"When I was hurt, you wouldn't let me howl,", Merle Glasson , single work poetry (p. 42)
Musici"Through one of the five portals he bursts in,", Merle Glasson , single work poetry (p. 43)
Vestigei"He whom I once loved is almost gone.", Merle Glasson , single work poetry (p. 44)
Ave Atque Vale!i"To have our circuits intersect", Merle Glasson , single work poetry (p. 45)
After the Fires, Raini"At first it was individual spikes", Merle Glasson , single work poetry (p. 46-47)
Early Morning Drivei"The road is an endless zebra-crossing,", Merle Glasson , single work poetry (p. 48)
A Kind of Happinessi"The hazy warmth, paired with cool clarity,", Merle Glasson , single work poetry (p. 49)
Rock Sitteri"Little bird,", Merle Glasson , single work poetry (p. 50-51)
Post Operativei"One prick.", Merle Glasson , single work poetry (p. 52)
Poet and Butterfliesi"Five white butterflies,", Merle Glasson , single work poetry (p. 53)
Mr Goodchildi"He never once pulled wings off flies,", Merle Glasson , single work poetry (p. 54)
What's a Hectare to Me or I to a Hectare?i"I don't begrudge the scientists and the young", Merle Glasson , single work poetry (p. 55)
No Returni"Do you remember, Doris,", Merle Glasson , single work poetry (p. 56)
The Daffodili"I wandered long, I wandered far,", Merle Glasson , single work poetry (p. 57)
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