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y separately published work icon Mottled Shallows : Selected Verse of John K. Murphy selected work   poetry  
Issue Details: First known date: 1991... 1991 Mottled Shallows : Selected Verse of John K. Murphy
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Thumb Creek, Macksville area, Nambucca area, Mid North Coast, New South Wales,:Garravembi Press , 1991 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Artisani"Timber has a ring about it.", John K. Murphy , single work poetry (p. 5)
Artisti"On a limb in the island of swamps", John K. Murphy , single work poetry (p. 6)
Magdaleni"High riding in your life the wizard's thrust,", John K. Murphy , single work poetry (p. 7)
Farmeri"It's not the acres of toil that churn the blood", John K. Murphy , single work poetry (p. 8)
Aboriginei"You wail like reedy Eden in the wind;", John K. Murphy , single work poetry (p. 9)
Olive Treei"Like Newton dropping a wonder from a height", John K. Murphy , single work poetry (p. 10)
Facing the Starsi"North of Wentworth, where sheep are saltbush-crunchers", John K. Murphy , single work poetry (p. 11)
Aucklandi"They march, hoisting their flags like countries' sails,", John K. Murphy , single work poetry (p. 12-13)
Axeman's Wifei"Wally, you split tough mountain ash", John K. Murphy , single work poetry (p. 14)
Shrinei"The heritage of flowers dims to dust", John K. Murphy , single work poetry (p. 15)
Anzaci"In sheets of cold the fallen lie,", John K. Murphy , single work poetry (p. 16)
Hospitali"Comfort me in this hushed room", John K. Murphy , single work poetry (p. 17)
Samaritani"She's up at half past four, checking the pulse", John K. Murphy , single work poetry (p. 18)
Salvation Armyi"Winds blast the night with pace", John K. Murphy , single work poetry (p. 19)
Mountaineeri"In foothills of the top mountain", John K. Murphy , single work poetry (p. 20-21)
The Candidatei"Votes are loose out there, unspooled; he tightens up,", John K. Murphy , single work poetry (p. 22)
The Gifti"Grown old, I stoop in a stubbled paddock,", John K. Murphy , single work poetry (p. 23)
The Shearingi"The shearers' ute clicks towards Tooborac.", John K. Murphy , single work poetry (p. 24)
T Bi"We took our ritual rests, hot food", John K. Murphy , single work poetry (p. 25)
The Vinei"Kneeling, tending her patch of Lebanon", John K. Murphy , single work poetry (p. 26)
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