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Issue Details: First known date: 1986... 1986 A Marking of Fire : Poems
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Fremantle, Fremantle area, South West Perth, Perth, Western Australia,:Fremantle Press , 1986 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Saxophone Quarteti"In the garden's rockpool, and", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 47)
Contrastsi"A white blouse with long sleeves, a dark skirt", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 48-49)
A Mallee Rooti"From the end of last winter", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 50-51)
Words for a Compost Tumbleri"Once, when my poems lost tongue,", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 52-53)
Saint Dunstans in the Easti"Through the crammed and tall buildings", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 54-55)
The White Horse of Uffingtoni"is a slim creature, as much", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 56)
Fisherman in Glassi"Under the stone I stand on", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 57)
Iona Ferryi"I had dreamed of a remote island,", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 58-60)
Staffai"The waves are the bloodless hands", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 61)
A Vase from Hydrai"This vase from Hydra still belongs to Hydra.", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 62-64)
Lionessi"The zebras graze behind the padlock of numbers,", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 65)
My New Chessmeni"I had always chosen my chessmen", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 66)
Sestina on Orienteering Through Bold Parki"I look down at my map, scale the first distance,", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 66-67)
Glacieri"And now, like a dragonfly", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 70-71)
Sunlight Rampanti"Sunlight, as I like to think,", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 72)
In Foshani"In Foshan, in the Folk Art Institute,", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 74)
The Soil was Waitingi"The soil was waiting, pliant with spring water", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 75)
Sheep May Safely Resti"Somewhere each day on the highway's bituman", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 76-77)
Freemarketi"Freemarket day, and the country town", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 78-79)
The Sun Yat-Sen Memorial at Guangzhoui"I stand before his statue at a time", Alec Choate , single work poetry (p. 80)
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