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'An account in linked narrative and theoried poems of a 1994 journey through the islands of the Pacific Ocean archipelago of Vanuatu, that archipelago's geography, its people and their customs and history including events such as 19th century population decline due to blackbirding and introduced Western diseases, the author's offered philosophy.' (Publication summary)
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Paradise,
Campbelltown (SA) area,
Adelaide - North / North East,
Adelaide,
South Australia,:Leanne Press Books
, 2016 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Introduction, single work essay (p. xix)
- Proem, New Year, 1994, single work poetry (p. 23)
- South in Cities (Mozart & Muse), single work poetry (p. 24)
- Ale Mi Go, single work poetry (p. 25)
- Out in Vanuatu Today, single work poetry (p. 26)
- Vanuatu, Rainy Season, January - March 1994, single work poetry (p. 29)
- Honor Lelepa's Secreti"Honor Lelepa knows a secret", single work poetry (p. 30)
- A Brand New Sydney Opera House, single work poetry (p. 32)
- An Idea of Snails and Things in Time, single work poetry (p. 38)
- Off Pentecost (from Honor: A Vanuatu Suite & Envoy)i"Let us dip through this copper-green", extract poetry (p. 40)
- On Santo Isle (The Moon Again), single work poetry (p. 42)
- Near Water, single work poetry (p. 44)
- Fragment I, single work poetry (p. 46)
- Coming down, single work poetry (p. 48)
- At Vureas Bay, single work poetry (p. 49)
- My Friend the Shell, single work poetry (p. 50)
- Kava, single work poetry (p. 52)
- 365, and 366, single work poetry (p. 54)
- Drawing on Dreams, Balanced, single work poetry (p. 56)
- Dinner Talk and Old Harbours, single work poetry (p. 58)
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