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y separately published work icon Letter to Marco Polo selected work   poetry  
  • Author:agent Adam Aitken http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/aitken-adam
Issue Details: First known date: 1985... 1985 Letter to Marco Polo
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Island Press , 1985 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Bangkok 1968 : 3i"Down at the padi field she's not there", Adam Aitken , single work poetry (p. 28)
Folk Movie, Set in the 1940si"that boy in the folk movie", Adam Aitken , single work poetry (p. 29)
The Chinese are Internationali"Are the ugly shrewd, the beautiful cunning?", Adam Aitken , single work poetry (p. 30-31)
Virgins, South Thailandi"Leaving the city limits", Adam Aitken , single work poetry (p. 32-33)
Poem (for Pippa Curwen)i"We fled the vertical cities, we are", Adam Aitken , single work poetry (p. 34-35)
The Rose Gardeni"Thai society holidays", Adam Aitken , single work poetry (p. 36)
Amnestyi"Gracious and violent", Adam Aitken , single work poetry (p. 37)
Two Meni"When you travelled out on the Eastern Suburbs underground,", Adam Aitken , single work poetry (p. 39-41)
Weatherproofi"The local church erects a new neon crucifix,", Adam Aitken , single work poetry (p. 42)
Ode: The Nudistsi"You leave us bloodshot, John Keats;", Adam Aitken , single work poetry (p. 43)
Cinderellai"Your step-mum, spying from a ten storey window", Adam Aitken , single work poetry (p. 44)
Flighti""I used to be a model here", you said.", Adam Aitken , single work poetry (p. 45-46)
Metaphysical Womani"In feudal Chippendale an obsolete prince", Adam Aitken , single work poetry (p. 47)
Lion Tamingi"Kept warm in other's clothes", Adam Aitken , single work poetry (p. 48)
Stopping at the Taxidermisti"In the mouth of Saturn she gasps, and awakes.", Adam Aitken , single work poetry (p. 49)
Two Night Pieces : Catching Iti"Caterpillars have rapacious inner lives", Adam Aitken , single work poetry (p. 50)
Two Night Pieces : A Curei"functionalists want us broken up, like", Adam Aitken , single work poetry (p. 51)
Noah Considers the Change of Scenei"Or, as they say in New York-", Adam Aitken , single work poetry (p. 52)
Control Paneli"Reading Marinetti in the Dionysus Laundrette", Adam Aitken , single work poetry (p. 53)
King Canute Livesi"A surfer's frosty accent carved", Adam Aitken , single work poetry (p. 54)
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