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Is part of UQP Australian Authors 1993 series - publisher
Issue Details: First known date: 1993... 1993 Martin Johnston : Selected Poems and Prose
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Contents

* Contents derived from the St Lucia, Indooroopilly - St Lucia area, Brisbane - North West, Brisbane, Queensland,:University of Queensland Press , 1993 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
1. Pebblei"Other people have amber beads on strings", Martin Johnston , single work poetry (p. 41)
2. The Unreality of Roostersi"I have come reluctantly to the conclusion", Martin Johnston , single work poetry (p. 41)
Microclimatology, Martin Johnston , sequence poetry (p. 41-49)
3. Winter Solsticei"Small chill reflections", Martin Johnston , single work poetry (p. 42-44)
4. The Evidencei"It isn't as though there'd been no warning.", Martin Johnston , single work poetry (p. 44-45)
5. The Renti"It has been less than satisfactory.", Martin Johnston , single work poetry (p. 45)
6. The Housei"There is no need to talk about the light.", Martin Johnston , single work poetry (p. 45-46)
7. Notes from the Noctariumi"Hedgehog,", Martin Johnston , single work poetry (p. 46-47)
8. The Benefactors: Mr Achillopoulos' Mercantile School (Mt Pelion, Thessaly)i"Suddenly the bus whizzed onto the sliding glaze", Martin Johnston , single work poetry (p. 47-49)
The Typewriter, Considered as a Bee-Trap, (for Roseanne)i"is no doubt less than perfectly adapted", Martin Johnston , single work poetry (p. 50)
Cyclops Song : 1 : Esprit de L'Escalieri"Good manners, sir, are an infernal machine,", Martin Johnston , single work poetry (p. 51)
Cyclops Song : 2 : the Afterimagei"Always the ship's echo drifts over", Martin Johnston , single work poetry (p. 51)
Cyclops Song : 3 : Goya's `Colossus'i"If my verses seem conventional", Martin Johnston , single work poetry (p. 52)
Cyclops Song : 4 : the Homecomingi"Well, what was Odysseus good at? (1) making things (2) lying -", Martin Johnston , single work poetry (p. 52)
Cyclops Song : 5 : Some Versions of Pastorali"He ate my cheese; he tried to steal my sheep.", Martin Johnston , single work poetry (p. 53)
Cyclops Song : 6 : the Recidivisti"But just consider his subsequent career.", Martin Johnston , single work poetry (p. 53)
Aristarchus and the Whalei"Let us, to pass the time as we cycle", Martin Johnston , single work poetry (p. 54)
Bonsaii"All day at the flower show, `valuing ideas less for their truth", Martin Johnston , single work poetry (p. 55)
The Scattering Layeri"Rain walks all night across the greenhouse roof", Martin Johnston , single work poetry (p. 55)
Windowsi"It won't do, referring this spring day", Martin Johnston , single work poetry (p. 56)
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