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  • Author:agent John Kinsella http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/kinsella-john
Issue Details: First known date: 1996... 1996 Lightning Tree
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Contents

* Contents derived from the South Fremantle, Fremantle area, South West Perth, Perth, Western Australia,:Fremantle Press , 1996 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Coconut Storyi"when the old man found the coconut", John Kinsella , single work poetry (p. 10-11)
A Short Tour of the Cocos Atolli"From Rumah Baru the runabout", John Kinsella , single work poetry (p. 12-13)
West Island Reporti"It's little wonder the Home Islanders", John Kinsella , single work poetry (p. 14-16)
Indian Ocean Odei"The long arms of a cyclonic nebula", John Kinsella , single work poetry (p. 17-18)
Heartbreak Drivei"Heartbreak Drive, Cocos's Boulevard", John Kinsella , single work poetry (p. 19)
Cocos Doldrumsi"Incestuous, the tunes of air stilled", John Kinsella , single work poetry (p. 20)
Dogsi"Only JCR has a dog on Cocos.", John Kinsella , single work poetry (p. 21)
Scandali"outside the administrator's compound they sit", John Kinsella , single work poetry (p. 22)
Essay on Rumoursi"The night movements of land crabs", John Kinsella , single work poetry (p. 23-24)
Cocos Oral History - Jim's Storyi"Eight years old & making sugar", John Kinsella , single work poetry (p. 25-27)
An Escape from the Gardens of Oceania Housei"That in this garden where a talking tree", John Kinsella , single work poetry (p. 28)
Fire Antsi"They're loading", John Kinsella , single work poetry (p. 29-30)
Letter to Rosalii"Hey Home Boy, what's happening", John Kinsella , single work poetry (p. 31-32)
Heading South Through the Long Paddocki"On the last day of November", John Kinsella , single work poetry (p. 34-37)
She-oaksi"We had assumed", John Kinsella , single work poetry (p. 38)
Rat Tunnels in the Wall of the Horse Dami"Like monks tunnelling into desert", John Kinsella , single work poetry (p. 39)
Spring Feveri"Sawdust soaked in kerosene", John Kinsella , single work poetry (p. 40-41)
Thinking Back To Last Year's Floodsi"The impact of dipping deep into the floodway,", John Kinsella , single work poetry (p. 42)
Halflighti"I walk the waterlogged paddocks,", John Kinsella , single work poetry (p. 43)
Locusts (for David Ray)i"That soon they'll move", John Kinsella , single work poetry (p. 44)
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