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  • Author:agent Amy Witting http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/witting-amy
Issue Details: First known date: 1985... 1985 Travel Diary : Poems
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Lane Cove, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,:Woodbine Press , 1985 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Figure in a Landscapei"Yours was a landscape open to fitful weather", Amy Witting , single work poetry (p. 7)
Mappemondei"How is it so inscribed, the mariner's chart,", Amy Witting , single work poetry (p. 8)
In a Robe Museumi"This is an artefact: five elephants", Amy Witting , single work poetry (p. 9)
Motherlandi"No flag, no stirring anthem with voices joining,", Amy Witting , single work poetry (p. 10)
First Lovei"An orphan elephant, taken in and fed", Amy Witting , single work poetry (p. 11)
Venus Stillborni"Talking predestination in the park:", Amy Witting , single work poetry (p. 12)
Picking Mulberriesi"In this tent of lighted green,", Amy Witting , single work poetry (p. 13)
Double, Double, Toil and Troublei"What a witches' cauldron lust is, its fumes bemusing", Amy Witting , single work poetry (p. 14)
The Young Apolloi"You with the bird's wing hair", Amy Witting , single work poetry (p. 15)
Messagei"The shushing sound of the sea", Amy Witting , single work poetry (p. 16)
A Single Bathurst Burr Transplanti"It must be in the eye that sees, itself despairing,", Amy Witting , single work poetry (p. 17)
In an Old George Street Pubi"That table under the stairs,", Amy Witting , single work poetry (p. 18)
In Black and Whitei"The story is a commonplace.", Amy Witting , single work poetry (p. 19)
The Street of Pain (from the German of Ricarda Huch)i"I walked the narrow lane", Amy Witting , single work poetry (p. 20)
Obsessioni"Three by four and three by four,", Amy Witting , single work poetry (p. 21)
Half the Fairytalei"I've been sent to search", Amy Witting , single work poetry (p. 22)
Tantalusi"They were too wrapped in their own expertise,", Amy Witting , single work poetry (p. 23)
To the Unborni"Amphibian to mammal, you recalled", Amy Witting , single work poetry (p. 24)
Baby with Musicboxi"The tune, slowly spilling", Amy Witting , single work poetry (p. 25)
Housewifei"If you ask me what I'm knitting", Amy Witting , single work poetry (p. 26)
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