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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.
On the Suicide of Anne Sexton : Variations on Two Themes by W.H. Audeni"`Aloneness is man's real condition.'", Geoffrey Dutton , single work poetry (p. 28)
The Detritus of Lovei"The detritus of love, there's the proof of loving!", Geoffrey Dutton , single work poetry (p. 29)
The Disguises of Zeusi"There was Zeus with all those disguises,", Geoffrey Dutton , single work poetry (p. 30)
A Need for a Soothsayeri"We have no-one now to read the omens,", Geoffrey Dutton , single work poetry (p. 31)
A Room for Loversi"It is the simplicity of lovers that is so beguiling,", Geoffrey Dutton , single work poetry (p. 32)
At the Airporti"Airports are equinoctial, scoured by winds,", Geoffrey Dutton , single work poetry (p. 33)
Poem of Farewelli"When did we say goodbye?", Geoffrey Dutton , single work poetry (p. 34)
Dream at Dawni"When streetcorners nor corridors yield you", Geoffrey Dutton , single work poetry (p. 35)
Molonglo Chorusi"I wish you could have heard the frogs with me,", Geoffrey Dutton , single work poetry (p. 36)
The Young Girl in Autumni"I stand inside this ring of fire", Geoffrey Dutton , single work poetry (p. 37)
The Morning of Lovei"You are my morning love", Geoffrey Dutton , single work poetry (p. 38-40)
The Emblematic Treei"Lying on my bare back in the naked sun", Geoffrey Dutton , single work poetry (p. 41)
Alone at Nighti"Somewhere outside the wind is blowing.", Geoffrey Dutton , single work poetry (p. 42)
On an Australian Housewife Hanging Her Washing Naked in a Suburban Gardeni"If Eve walked naked in the garden", Geoffrey Dutton , single work poetry (p. 43)
Dead Rosesi"For lovers parting is a many-petalled death.", Geoffrey Dutton , single work poetry (p. 44)
The Young Wifei"Each day the web of her is rent by his heavy hand", Geoffrey Dutton , single work poetry (p. 45)
Touchi"What did she say, bending over me, stroking,-", Geoffrey Dutton , single work poetry (p. 46)
In Bombed Citiesi"We met in a bombed city,", Geoffrey Dutton , single work poetry (p. 47)
Final Partingi"We stood on dusty boards,", Geoffrey Dutton , single work poetry (p. 48)
Lovers in a Chinese Restauranti"There are as many secrets between them", Geoffrey Dutton , single work poetry (p. 49)
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