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y separately published work icon Lunch and Counter Lunch selected work   poetry  
  • Author:agent Les Murray http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/murray-les
Issue Details: First known date: 1974... 1974 Lunch and Counter Lunch
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson , 1974 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Mitchells Dedication, Written Last : For the Vernacular Republici"I am seeing this: two men are sitting on a pole", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 1)
Note: With title : Dedication, Written Last: For the Vernacular Republic
L'esprit de l'escalieri"The perfect reply you only thought of later", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 2-3)
Pentecostali"Coming away from a modern occasion, a man said", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 4-5)
The Police : Seven Voices, Les Murray , sequence poetry (p. 6-15)
The Knuckle Gardeni"In the city of Cargo", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 6-7)
Plainclothes Parki"Thinking my old thought in the eye-stinging dark:", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 7)
Discontent, Reading Conan Doylei"CI: the detectives. After the age of belief", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 8-9)
Rostered Dutyi"This is the hour the Crucified Bludger is fed", Les Murray , single work poetry satire (p. 9-10)
The Lips Move During Anointingi"Stopped", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 10-12)
The Breachi"I am a policeman", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 12-14)
Sergeant Forby Lectures the Cadetsi"Old Warwick, the husband, scratched his head", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 14-15)
Aqualung Shintoi"All day above the Japanese fleet,", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 16-20)
Jozsefi"You ride on the world-horse once", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 21-23)
Rhymes For a Small Capitali"As I walked in Garema Place", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 24-26)
Folklorei"What are the sights of our town?", Les Murray , single work poetry humour (p. 27)
The Flying Murali"It was all vivid. The Southern Cross passed M. Bleriot", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 28-29)
Thinking About Aboriginal Land Rights, I Visit the Farm I Will Not Inheriti"Watching from the barn the seedlight and nearly-all-down", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 30)
Their Cities, Their Universitiesi"The men of my family danced a reel with sugar", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 31-35)
Kiss of the Whipi"In Cardiff, off Saint Mary's Street", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 36-37)
Escaping Out Therei"With clutch-slip and tappet-noise", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 38-40)
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