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* Contents derived from the 2017 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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Introduction,
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'In this selection of poems, Lee Cataldi writes in a spare, lean, direct way, steered by an aesthetic of restraint. She often uses internal spacing and short stanzas to re-enforce her measure. A sense of loss inhabits a number of the poems. Cataldi has worked as a teacher and linguist in Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory and Western Australia. In ‘the opening of the children’s centre in Balgo’ the language centre seems to have gone' (Introduction)
- C'est L'Hommei"you", single work poetry
- Mourning is Women's Businessi"with a gesture as large as the planet", single work poetry
- Hereafteri"you should have died much later", single work poetry
- The Sky Is Falling ini"I drive along in my car", single work poetry
- On Breaking Thingsi"a clumsy movement of the sleeve sweeps", single work poetry
- Seventyi"sometimes", single work poetry
- Michelangelo 27, single work poetry
- Michelangelo 107i"my eyes wild for beautiful things", single work poetry
- Michelangelo 143i"as pieces of my life fall away", single work poetry
- Mallarme: Sea Changei"the body complains unfortunately and I’ve read all the books", single work poetry
- Mallarme: Innocent Breathless Beautiful Dayi"what does not fly", single work poetry
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