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Issue Details: First known date: 1982... 1982 Selected Poems : 1960-1980
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Contents

* Contents derived from the St Lucia, Indooroopilly - St Lucia area, Brisbane - North West, Brisbane, Queensland,:University of Queensland Press , 1982 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Dog in the Morningi"The dog rolls on the corpse", Andrew Taylor , single work poetry (p. 46)
The Touchi"I touch a hand swollen with pain", Andrew Taylor , single work poetry (p. 47)
Poemi"It's a dreamtrap", Andrew Taylor , single work poetry (p. 48-50)
Whalei"I think of it as a vast city", Andrew Taylor , single work poetry (p. 51)
Untitledi"Almost indistinguishable from the world, we made another world", Andrew Taylor , single work poetry (p. 55)
Untitledi"I can see a tall pole standing in the sand of the seashore or lake-", Andrew Taylor , single work poetry (p. 56)
Untitledi"It was easy to invent the shape of a flame. First we took a tree,", Andrew Taylor , single work poetry (p. 57)
Note: First line reads: It was easy to invent the shape of a flame. First we
Untitledi"The lens is opaque, but in other ways too it is unique. It is", Andrew Taylor , single work poetry (p. 58)
Untitledi"They put the lights down there as though they were laying out heaven.", Andrew Taylor , single work poetry (p. 59)
Untitledi"We were dizzy with cold and also feeling a little sick. All day the", Andrew Taylor , single work poetry (p. 60)
'You Said the Baby was Crying...' Untitledi"You said the baby was crying because of sunburn. I said it wasn't", Andrew Taylor , single work poetry (p. 61)
Untitledi"If you take it away I'll scream. What else can I do if you take it", Andrew Taylor , single work poetry (p. 62)
Untitledi"To be about to enter a doorway. A doorway is nothing, a space", Andrew Taylor , single work poetry (p. 63)
Untitledi"It had to do with heat. Not heat as metaphor. No, it was a hot", Andrew Taylor , single work poetry (p. 64-69)
Prologuei"My new arm measures its season", Andrew Taylor , single work poetry (p. 73)
Exemplary Poemi"A tree will move of its own accord,", Andrew Taylor , single work poetry (p. 74)
Halfway to Avaloni"The motor died with an underwater cough", Andrew Taylor , single work poetry (p. 75)
Two in Search of Dawni"Black leather streets are polished by the fog", Andrew Taylor , single work poetry (p. 76)
My Two Sicilian Statuesi"My king and queen united stare at me", Andrew Taylor , single work poetry (p. 77-78)
The Sistine Spidersi"Cracks", Andrew Taylor , single work poetry humour (p. 79)
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