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y separately published work icon Towards Sunrise : Poems, 1979-1986 selected work   poetry   satire  
Issue Details: First known date: 1986... 1986 Towards Sunrise : Poems, 1979-1986
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:Longman Cheshire , 1986 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Tokensi"The swinging mums come with their car", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 23-24)
Mrs Swipe Speaks Outi"So I said to her I said", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry humour (p. 25)
Soap's Cheapi""You could smell her a mile off," so they said,", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 26)
The Arci"And did He, too, being one of us, look out", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 27)
Ballad of the Bought and Soldi"'When I was just a little lad", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 28-29)
The Sadness of Madonnas : On the Famous News-Photo of an Ethiopian Mother and Childi"The sadness of madonnas is that they", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 30)
Runaway Bayi"The first day out of Eden they both stayed", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 31)
The Wholly Innocenti"I never walked abroad in air,", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 32)
My Experience of Godi"Dear Father, I'm afraid I'm going to have to pass", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 33)
Before Platoi"We went, I think, in this country,", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 34)
Drayton Cemetery Drayton Cemeteryi"The latest mourners trail embarrassed across the lawns", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 35)
Kind for Kindi"Beasts mourn for beasts; but, unlike us,", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 36)
Exilesi"More than ourselves we made these people strangers.", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 37)
Nemesisi"When the Kalkadoons stopped running", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 38-39)
A Letter Homei"Now that we're sure you've properly settled in,", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 40-41)
Watching the `82 Gamesi"Funny... I couldn't concentrate upon", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 42)
Phase to Phasei"This is the collective race-guilt phase.", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 43)
For the Other Falleni"You fought here for your country.", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 44)
New Readers, Begin Here... : A Political Synopsisi"Having left Easter Island and its monumental", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 45-46)
Medi(a)ocrity, or: When Choosing a Candidate, Any Nong Will Do...i"Ask not what you can do for your eyebrows, but rather", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 47)
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