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Issue Details: First known date: 1989... 1989 The Asphalt and the Stars
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Notes

  • Dedication: For my grandchildren

Contents

* Contents derived from the Ainslie, North Canberra area, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory,:Rathbarry Press , 1989 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Ash-Can to Carthagei"Sometimes I find", Frank McMahon , single work poetry (p. x-xi)
Heave Away - Haul Awayi"It's the little things you miss -", Frank McMahon , single work poetry (p. 2)
And on Earth Peacei"Dawn - long whipstick shadows scratched on sand.", Frank McMahon , single work poetry (p. 3)
Treadle Drill and Trinity Degreei"His drill came early - on the morning train", Frank McMahon , single work poetry (p. 4-5)
Morituri Te Salutant (for Merril and Ken)i"Denton has planted out geraniums again.", Frank McMahon , single work poetry (p. 6-7)
Shall We Order Now?i"They told me it had changed. Do you recall -", Frank McMahon , single work poetry (p. 8-9)
It's No Use Knockingi"This town decays", Frank McMahon , single work poetry (p. 10)
Summer Holidayi"Yes, back already. Just this morning from", Frank McMahon , single work poetry (p. 11)
We Will Now Sing the School Hymn : Burra (S.A.) 1940i"Assembly. Summoned from the grey, grimed", Frank McMahon , single work poetry (p. 12-13)
God's Will be Donei"Fourteen times that day God's will was done.", Frank McMahon , single work poetry (p. 14)
Skipping Pepperi"A rope tapped and the ground spat dust up.", Frank McMahon , single work poetry (p. 15)
Mackerodei"Passing cars waved wipers. By the road", Frank McMahon , single work poetry (p. 16-17)
Miners' Dugouts : Burra, South Australiai"They say it's in the way you listen. Walls,", Frank McMahon , single work poetry (p. 18)
Easterly (for Amy)i"Windmills face the way it came from.", Frank McMahon , single work poetry (p. 19)
Song of Australiai"The words decayed", Frank McMahon , single work poetry (p. 20)
Sojourner, as My Father Wasi""My God, but he was beautiful, that man".", Frank McMahon , single work poetry (p. 21)
Haikui"From Ramco", Frank McMahon , single work poetry (p. 22)
Crimondi"My mind was years away. A bar or two", Frank McMahon , single work poetry (p. 24-25)
Fallen Sparrow - St John's Churchyard Lent 1985i"Purple in the service. Sandstone stores", Frank McMahon , single work poetry (p. 26)
A Time to Every Purposei"Good news last night. Manned bases on the moon", Frank McMahon , single work poetry (p. 27)

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Works about this Work

The Asphalt and the Stars Kathy Kituai , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: Muse , November no. 83 1989; (p. 23-24)

— Review of The Asphalt and the Stars Frank McMahon , 1989 selected work poetry
Rich Crop of Recent Poetry Geoff Page , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 7 October 1989; (p. 14)

— Review of The Epigrams of Martial Laurie Duggan , 1989 selected work poetry ; Years Found in Likeness Alan Gould , 1988 selected work poetry ; The Clean Dark Robert Adamson , 1989 selected work poetry ; Singles : Shorter Works 1981-1986 John Scott , 1989 selected work poetry ; The Idyll Wheel : Cycle of a Year at Bunyah, New South Wales, April 1986 - April 1987 Les Murray , 1989 sequence poetry ; The Asphalt and the Stars Frank McMahon , 1989 selected work poetry
Rich Crop of Recent Poetry Geoff Page , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 7 October 1989; (p. 14)

— Review of The Epigrams of Martial Laurie Duggan , 1989 selected work poetry ; Years Found in Likeness Alan Gould , 1988 selected work poetry ; The Clean Dark Robert Adamson , 1989 selected work poetry ; Singles : Shorter Works 1981-1986 John Scott , 1989 selected work poetry ; The Idyll Wheel : Cycle of a Year at Bunyah, New South Wales, April 1986 - April 1987 Les Murray , 1989 sequence poetry ; The Asphalt and the Stars Frank McMahon , 1989 selected work poetry
The Asphalt and the Stars Kathy Kituai , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: Muse , November no. 83 1989; (p. 23-24)

— Review of The Asphalt and the Stars Frank McMahon , 1989 selected work poetry
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