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  • Author:agent Philip Salom http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/salom-philip
Issue Details: First known date: 1987... 1987 Sky Poems
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Fremantle, Fremantle area, South West Perth, Perth, Western Australia,:Fremantle Press , 1987 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Ghazals on Poets and Allegoriesi"Maybe Allah has no place for poets, these seeming chiackers", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 50-51)
Venus - The Loversi"In bed, in front of open hearths -- the flames", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 52-53)
His Dream As a Woman in the Skyi"She is a goddess making use of her laziness,", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 54-55)
He Sees She Seesi"He is five foot two, and thin as a paper-clip.", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 56)
Through the Open Sky-Windowi"This is the sky room. And there are my two windows --", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 57-58)
The Winged Hybridsi"One is young: Icarus or Phaethon, no longer human.", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 59)
The Hermit Crabi"Its business -- is business.", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 59)
Sky Creatures, Philip Salom , sequence poetry (p. 59-60)
The Slandermanderi"Is amphibious, lives in the watery truth.", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 60)
The Sound-birdi"Streaks in front of any bird", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 60)
Portrait on the Fourth Walli"I catch myself again -- prodding the air between us", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 62-63)
Contraries in a Modern Worldi"Culture is like a spectrum, built within the range we see.", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 64)
Wandering the Skyi"Astonished I see what some will not let go:", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 65)
Images from Cartier-Bressoni"Every city is a heart pounding and pausing, this city of the 80s", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 67-70)
Epigrams Againi"There is a woman with a gun, she has written poems", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 71-72)
Three Dreams of Destructioni"Some cell in him begins to dream:", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 73-76)
Night Under the Skyi"S overcomes the habit of going inside. This compulsion to stay", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 77)
Timei"At last they are free to move in the sky", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 78-79)
Song of the Landi"I have chosen to be land. My dreams", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 80-81)
The Mysterious Song of the Telescopesi"Night breathes like a black saxophone", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 82-83)
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