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Issue Details: First known date: 1995... 1995 Mind in Need of a Desert
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Contents

* Contents derived from the South Fremantle, Fremantle area, South West Perth, Perth, Western Australia,:Fremantle Press , 1995 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Russell Square, Perthi"Midsummer midday, the heat clings like a fur.", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 40-41)
Russell Square, Londoni"Parting that morning,", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 42-43)
Archaeological Sitei"The Egyptian labourers sing,", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 44-45)
Botticelli Quilti"With my bed freshly made", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 46)
People Lining a Jettyi"They colour the length of the jetty", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 47)
The Swimmersi"Two ivory-bodied men stand on the beach,", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 48)
Matilda Bayi"We sit together, facing", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 49-50)
Lancelin Islandi"Each morning when I raise the window blind", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 51)
The Slave Shipi"Some pictures trouble me, and this is one,", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 52-53)
Albatross, at the End of a Wari"As if tied to the masthead", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 54)
Brothel Picket, Aleppoi"The twilight darkness, night shudders down", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 55-57)
Letter from Beiruti"Dear Cossey, I should head this letter", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 58-63)
The Four Acesi"With their highest finger-fine branches", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 64)
Fall at Mount Toolbrunupi"Blue sky since dawn, the all-clear colour for climbers", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 65-66)
At the Lodgei"The lodge, once farmhouse, looks across the land.", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 67-68)
Patio Rehearsali"Threading the trellised wisteria", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 69-70)
Shared Readingi"Behind her, and over her shoulder,", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 71)
Perfectioni"'You are far too prolix, too wordy,'", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 72)
Dung Beetlei"Brown, a child's marble", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 73)
Street Poets: In Londoni"Nightfall, the city's insistent rain,", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 74)
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