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Issue Details: First known date: 1985... 1985 Poems from a Peach Melba Hat
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Cheltenham, Brighton - Moorabbin area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,:Abalone Press , 1985 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
I Was Born in the Year Doti"so too was caligula.", Shelton Lea , single work poetry (p. 24)
Untitledi"i've got nothing personally against god.", Shelton Lea , single work poetry (p. 25)
In Defence of Drunksi"no, man, it's not like that at all.", Shelton Lea , single work poetry (p. 26)
As Regards a Poemi"these senseless interrogations of the heart", Shelton Lea , single work poetry (p. 27)
Untitledi"found a letter on the street", Shelton Lea , single work poetry (p. 28)
Sketches in Balmaini"and the ladies. oh, the beautiful balmainites, skiting in their fading swirls", Shelton Lea , single work poetry (p. 29-35)
Whatever Happened to Rosie?i"down from toorak, hot with shame,", Shelton Lea , single work poetry (p. 37)
Untitledi"i gave my friend,", Shelton Lea , single work poetry (p. 38)
Nineteen Sixty Fouri"it was a brutal winter in goulburn in nineteen sixty four and the jail", Shelton Lea , single work poetry (p. 39-43)
Untitledi"well, i've had no socks on all day", Shelton Lea , single work poetry (p. 45)
Poem from an Orphan Toi"i was born as an act of hospitality:", Shelton Lea , single work poetry (p. 46)
Untitledi"there is this agreement of words.", Shelton Lea , single work poetry (p. 47)
Whodunnit - a Detective Story (in Brackets) of Sorts...i"the 60 dollar dyke was getting sold today", Shelton Lea , single work poetry (p. 48-51)
The Ulladulla Connectioni"we could rest here, supine", Shelton Lea , single work poetry (p. 52)
Untitledi"this line i try as hard as possible to perfect", Shelton Lea , single work poetry (p. 52)
Stonesi"Peremptory silences", Shelton Lea , single work poetry (p. 52)
Occupiedi"we are already an occupied country,", Shelton Lea , single work poetry (p. 53)
On a Conspicuous Absencei"i am not fully aware of what it was that occupied my mind at the", Shelton Lea , single work poetry (p. 54-55)
Untitledi"your eyes are like agate", Shelton Lea , single work poetry (p. 56)
May Day, May Dayi"a pale ghost of an afternoon and the crowds are dispersing, lurching", Shelton Lea , single work poetry (p. 57-61)
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