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  • Author:agent Les Murray http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/murray-les
Issue Details: First known date: 1977... 1977 Ethnic Radio : Poems
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson , 1977 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Euchre Gamei"So drunk he kept it at tens - and the bloody thing lost!", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 1)
Lachlan Macquarie's First Languagei"The Governor and the seer are talking at night in a room", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 2)
The Flying-Fox Dreamingi"Now that the west", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 3)
Note: Title as: The Flying-Fox Dreaming, Wingham Brush, New South Wales
Visiting Anzac in the Year of Metricationi"Gelibolu, Chanakkale-", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 4-6)
Sydney and the Bushi"When Sydney and the Bush first met", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 7)
The Powerline Incarnationi"When I ran to snatch the wires off our roof", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 8-9)
The Returneesi"As we were rowing to the lakes", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 10-12)
Spurwing Ploveri"Foiled hunters sulk homewards at dusk", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 13)
Laconics : The Forty Acresi"We have bought the Forty Acres,", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 14)
Digestifi"Snowflakes on skewers:", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 15-16)
Creeper Habiti"On Bennelong Point", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 17)
Tanka: The Coffee Shopsi"Lorenzini's, Vadim's,", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 18)
The Galleryi"Stale pasture, midsummer", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 19-22)
Employment for the Castes in Abeyancei"I was a translator at the Institute:", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 23-24)
The New Expatriation (Written for John Kerr on the Night of Australia Day 1976)i"A tethered boat, shifting,", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 25-26)
Driving to the Adelaide Festival 1976 Via the Murray Valley Highwayi"A long narrow woodland with channels, reentrants, ponds:", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 27)
The Buladelah-Taree Holiday Song Cyclei"The people are eating dinner in that country north of Legge's Lake;", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 28-38)
The Swarmi"On a stone wall, adrift from their hive", Les Murray , single work poetry satire (p. 39)
Free Kirk Cemetery, Northern New South Walesi"I farmed in the land", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 40)
A Skirl for Outsetsi"The sea smooths a page of its folio", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 40-42)
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