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  • Author:agent Evan Jones http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/jones-evan
Issue Details: First known date: 1984... 1984 Left at the Post
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Contents

* Contents derived from the St Lucia, Indooroopilly - St Lucia area, Brisbane - North West, Brisbane, Queensland,:University of Queensland Press , 1984 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Nursery Rhyme (for Peter Steele)i"When they first jauntily agreed", Evan Jones , single work poetry (p. 1)
A Letter from the House-Mouse to the Beavers (for Bruce and Brenda)i"What, after all, would you imagine that I'd", Evan Jones , single work poetry (p. 2-3)
Drinking with Friends (for Brian Buckley)i"We used to sit up until three or four", Evan Jones , single work poetry (p. 4)
A Birthday Poemi"The only one with anything like", Evan Jones , single work poetry (p. 5-6)
Souveniri"Her first gift to me, in the stout cardboard box", Evan Jones , single work poetry (p. 7)
Folk Tale (for Bob Priestley) Fair Story (for Bob Priestley) i"That could he do, the oldest son", Evan Jones , single work poetry (p. 8-9)
Another Musici"Through urban uproar, through the steep silence of", Evan Jones , single work poetry (p. 10)
Genre Paintingi""You know", she seems sadly to be saying, "I never", Evan Jones , single work poetry (p. 11)
The Wizard to Dorothy : Emerald City, 1974i"If you just have to kill me", Evan Jones , single work poetry (p. 12)
The Cavalryman's Lament (for Joseph Johnson)i"The horses strain towards the winning post", Evan Jones , single work poetry (p. 13)
Startled Glimpses : i : Lullabyi"Babby your mummy is eating the moon,", Evan Jones , single work poetry (p. 14)
Startled Glimpses : ii : The Poets, Bless Themi"Like looking for a needle in a haystack", Evan Jones , single work poetry (p. 14)
Startled Glimpses (for Peter Kortschak), Evan Jones , single work poetry (p. 14-18)
Startled Glimpses : iii : Wednesday's Child (Mt. Martha in November)i"Remembering loneliness, I remember", Evan Jones , single work poetry (p. 15)
Startled Glimpses : iv : The Rough Ride (for Frank Kellaway)i""Stay with it, kid" was all he said -", Evan Jones , single work poetry (p. 15)
Startled Glimpses : v : Merlin's Songi"No witch on her broomstick was more comely than", Evan Jones , single work poetry (p. 15)
Startled Glimpses : vi : Night Walkers (for D.E. Kennedy)i"We run, unlike the loud baboon,", Evan Jones , single work poetry (p. 16)
Startled Glimpses : vii : After Adam Lindsay Gordoni"Life feels mainly too like stone,", Evan Jones , single work poetry (p. 16)
Startled Glimpses : viii : A Good Man Lies where He Fallsi""Dote if you must on Richard the Lion-heart,", Evan Jones , single work poetry (p. 16)
Startled Glimpses : ix : Transcendental Meditationi"Look blankly at the map:", Evan Jones , single work poetry (p. 16)
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