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y separately published work icon Swamp Riddles selected work   poetry  
  • Author:agent Robert Adamson http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/adamson-robert
Issue Details: First known date: 1974... 1974 Swamp Riddles
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Island Press , 1974 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Out Across the Ocean (for Robert Duncan)i"Where the poem does", Robert Adamson , single work poetry
4 am Shall We Always Be Waitingi"And must it always come down to time", Robert Adamson , single work poetry
Envoi [Go Book]i"Keeping in mind voice-prints that came before you", Robert Adamson , single work poetry
Afterthoughts Making the Elegyi"The harbour's green, another Chinese ship glides", Robert Adamson , single work poetry
Under the Junipers Teenage Lightningi"Only yesterday I discovered the meaning", Robert Adamson , single work poetry
The Final Solsticei"There are fish that we never quite catch swimming", Robert Adamson , single work poetry
Shale Mountain Myth (for Denise)i"So now we come to the shifting emotion,", Robert Adamson , single work poetry
Sail Awayi"Our day was composed of resemblances, take", Robert Adamson , single work poetry
Berowra Watersi"In small skiffs before dawn the fisherman came", Robert Adamson , single work poetry
The Ghost Crabsi"I flow back into myself with tide", Robert Adamson , single work poetry
The Night Parrotsi"A song rose from thickets, your", Robert Adamson , single work poetry
Drifting Through Silencei"Again she returns to me, in grey", Robert Adamson , single work poetry
A New Legendi"In a friendless time the mind swims", Robert Adamson , single work poetry
A Wind Without Flags Wade in the Wateri"When all the rivers turn back again in our time", Robert Adamson , single work poetry
Sibyli"Then with my white sails and bad luck", Robert Adamson , single work poetry
A Wind Without Flagsi"This is another one of my lies", Robert Adamson , single work poetry
The Glory Boxi"Her wedding gown unfolds and its wings drift over", Robert Adamson , single work poetry
The Thoughtless Shore : 2i"What have we truly `known' : there above", Robert Adamson , single work poetry
[And] Finallyi"In the bookshop - it's a kind of pilgrimage", Robert Adamson , single work poetry
When Soft Voices Diei"As we are pulled over the surface of our city", Robert Adamson , single work poetry
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