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  • Author:agent Geoffrey Dutton http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/dutton-geoffrey
Issue Details: First known date: 1977... 1977 A Body of Words
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Edwards and Shaw , 1977 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Living in the Countryi"We live by killing in the country,", Geoffrey Dutton , single work poetry (p. 9-10)
Night and Day on the Riveri"Here is a life of flight and flow,", Geoffrey Dutton , single work poetry (p. 11)
Waking in a Boat Under Gumtreesi"Let us be as painstaking as light", Geoffrey Dutton , single work poetry (p. 12-13)
The Stranded Whales (for Maggie Matison)i"There were the whales, six of them,", Geoffrey Dutton , single work poetry (p. 14-15)
Dance on Rubber (for Yevgeny Yevtushenko)i"Starlight and vanishing kangaroos,", Geoffrey Dutton , single work poetry (p. 16-17)
Three Poems about Meetings : Stolen Blossomi"Running to meet her lover", Geoffrey Dutton , single work poetry (p. 18)
Three Poems about Meetings : Her Words to the Windi"I will make myself half an hour late for my lover.", Geoffrey Dutton , single work poetry (p. 18)
Three Poems about Meetings : Absent, Togetheri"Absent, we long", Geoffrey Dutton , single work poetry (p. 18)
Unexpected Meetingi"You. Five hundred faces away.", Geoffrey Dutton , single work poetry (p. 19)
City Weathersi"On a day of soft tar", Geoffrey Dutton , single work poetry (p. 20)
Celebrationi"Let us consider first her navel,", Geoffrey Dutton , single work poetry (p. 21)
Constant/Consistenti"`I am not constant' she said,", Geoffrey Dutton , single work poetry (p. 21-22)
A Body of Words, Geoffrey Dutton , sequence poetry (p. 21-27)
Greediness, Geoffrey Dutton , single work poetry (p. 22)
Patronizingi"`Don't be patronising,' she said,", Geoffrey Dutton , single work poetry (p. 23)
Gentlei"`Not harsh or irritating to the touch;", Geoffrey Dutton , single work poetry (p. 23-24)
Dangeri"Of course it is dangerous to love her.", Geoffrey Dutton , single work poetry (p. 24-25)
Comforti"No need to go further than 1601,", Geoffrey Dutton , single work poetry (p. 25)
Happyi"Happiness is a persecuted word,", Geoffrey Dutton , single work poetry (p. 26)
Bodyi"She threw the dictionary out the window", Geoffrey Dutton , single work poetry (p. 27)
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