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* Contents derived from the 2013 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Inheritancei"My father's briefcase was made from tough brown leather", single work poetry (p. 1)
- Holland's Nadiri"Men around a submarine", single work poetry (p. 7)
- Swansi"2s", single work poetry (p. 7)
- Black Dog, Grey Muzzlei"pads rough ground", single work poetry (p. 7)
- Wherein the Snow is Hidi"Along potholed ruelles, plowed rough and high", single work poetry (p. 15)
- Five Flowersi"A gardener", single work poetry (p. 15)
- Melvis and Elvisi"Melvis the monster", single work poetry (p. 29)
- The New Buildingi"At first they bring out a wire screen", single work poetry (p. 38-39)
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The Darkness Tanka,
sequence
poetry
(p. 45)
Note: Includes the poems 'This Morning', 'At Nightfall', and 'Tonight'.
- Artistic Licensei"As a bird fluffs up", single work poetry (p. 45)
- Correspondencei"Ugly and evil", single work poetry (p. 45)
- This Morningi"Waking, unseen birds", single work poetry (p. 45)
- At Nightfalli"On the pier I caught", single work poetry (p. 45)
- Tonighti"A darkness of soul", single work poetry (p. 45)
- The Search for Paraguay’s Elusive Elysium, single work essay (p. 46-50)
- Parallels of Lassitudei"Sky is earth's striped verandah", single work poetry (p. 50)
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Typing WWII Lettersi"There's a man naked fishing",
single work
poetry
(p. 51)
Note:
Epigraph: (i.m. R.A. Usher)
Postscript: After Guadalcanal, where he got a Purple Heart, malaria, and complained that his hair was falling out, Capt. Robert Austin Usher and family returned from New York to Australia, where he had a job. He was killed instantly when a car in which he was a passenger crashed into the back of a timber truck in Western Australia on July 4, 1950, Independence Day.
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Thumbnail Stanzas,
sequence
poetry
(p. 65)
Note: Includes 'Were we Needled?', 'Literary Lunch', 'Farm Visit', 'I Learn', 'You Studied Us', 'I Know a Pariah', 'Nightly News', and 'Our Poetry Vocation'.
- Sturt Highway Reporti"Level road and smallish hawks,", single work poetry (p. 65)
- The Budawangsi"All that day scored by the undergrowth", single work poetry (p. 73)
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