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Issue Details: First known date: 1988... 1988 New and Selected Poems
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:Longman Cheshire , 1988 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Death-Gift : Roman Bird-Flutei"`Well: this is a flute,'", Philip Martin , single work poetry (p. 19-20)
Death-Gift : Wayside Tombstones, Yugoslaviai"They stand by remote", Philip Martin , single work poetry (p. 20)
Death-Gift : Tombs of the Hetaerae (after Rilke)i"In their long hair they lie, and with their brown", Rainer Maria Rilke , Philip Martin (translator), single work poetry (p. 21-22)
Death-Gift : Monteverdi: The Coronation of Poppeai"A joy like sorrowing.", Philip Martin , single work poetry (p. 22)
Death-Gift : Doctor Donne of Paul's : the Statue Jack Built (for Joanne Lee Dow)i"This survived the fire that ruined the church", Philip Martin , single work poetry (p. 23)
Death-Gift : Sir Thomas Browne, Physician of Norwichi"The great tomb-haunter. Here, near the Cathedral,", Philip Martin , single work poetry (p. 24-25)
Poemi"A man alone, aware of his aloneness,", Philip Martin , single work poetry (p. 25)
Sea-Childi"She was born of a wave seen from a headland", Philip Martin , single work poetry (p. 26)
Anima-Figurei"I knew her as a friend before", Philip Martin , single work poetry (p. 26)
Man to Womani"You lean above me,", Philip Martin , single work poetry (p. 27)
From an Unknown European Poeti"Disappeared and so", Philip Martin , single work poetry (p. 27)
An Encounteri"Through a room dense with talk you first approach.", Philip Martin , single work poetry (p. 28)
Fruits of Experiencei"A dish of apples : two are large and smooth,", Philip Martin , single work poetry (p. 29)
Scenes from Sexual Lifei"The first flow of blood, the first of seed:", Philip Martin , single work poetry (p. 29-30)
Bequesti"To those who never read, I leave my writings,", Philip Martin , single work poetry humour (p. 30)
Dune Shipi"It was there when the first settlers came. The sea", Philip Martin , single work poetry (p. 32)
Building a Dami"No water on this land.", Philip Martin , single work poetry (p. 32-33)
Skeleton Found after a Bushfirei"Fire, it was fire revealed me.", Philip Martin , single work poetry (p. 33)
Greek Migrant Goes Homei"Born to a village hunched", Philip Martin , single work poetry (p. 34)
Reading the Linesi"She reads my palm. "You've got the Writer's Fork,"", Philip Martin , single work poetry (p. 34)
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