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y separately published work icon The Rome Air Naked selected work   poetry  
  • Author:agent Philip Salom http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/salom-philip
Issue Details: First known date: 1996... 1996 The Rome Air Naked
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,:Penguin , 1996 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The So and Not So Odd Comparisonsi"The air tastes less of the tropic vapour", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 3)
Report from Romei"It could be done, jauntily, from odd things:", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 4-5)
Transformationsi"Or metamorphosis. This is the right country for it:", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 6-7)
Stillnessi"If you take off what you know", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 8-9)
The Madman Dancer at Piazza Barberinii"Under this month-long monopoly of sun", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 10-11)
After the Highway Assassination of Falconei"Just so: the Romans hammered down", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 12-13)
Note: With first line: So: the Romans hammered down
Seeing So Often the Statue of the Poet Bellii"Rome. Balanced on Belli's outstretched gaze:", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 14-15)
Note: Dedication: To Desmond O'Grady.
Erotic Ghazalsi"the thunder of waterfalls always echoes", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 16-20)
Never Just Our Bodiesi"You send me a photo of orang-utangs,", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 21-22)
Etruscan Sarcophagus: Husband and Wifei"No guru worries her: pre-Christ, these", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 25-26)
Sybili"From the book: Eritrean Sybil and Delphic Sybil", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 26)
Authori"There isn't a film crew. the room's held up by", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 26-27)
The Popesi"By now having seen every crypt of every Pope", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 27-28)
Twin Horses, 4th C Tarquiniai"Their tails held so high they might just", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 28)
The Tourist Hungersi"Wars have powdered much that tourists", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 29-30)
Hera Barberinii"Though she's classical in robe and rhetoric", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 31)
Losing Speechi"To speak worse than the simplest,", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 32-33)
Beggars in Romei"Some wind an old organ, enamelled hearse", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 34-35)
Miragei"The apartment's so hot the mirror", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 39)
Concurrent Poemsi"Rome, the Colosseum beside me... an emptiness. Visited the Catacombe di S. Calisto on", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 39-50)
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