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Issue Details: First known date: 1993... 1993 Suddenly Evening : The Selected Poems of R.F. Brissenden
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,:McPhee Gribble , 1993 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Birds About the Housei"That year it was the whip-birds we noticed most:", R. F. Brissenden , single work poetry (p. 30-31)
Dawn Fishingi"Pale sky and fading stars,", R. F. Brissenden , single work poetry (p. 32)
Big Redi"Old man, old traveller, great golden fish -", R. F. Brissenden , single work poetry (p. 33)
The Major's Gardeni"An ordered life: within this garden's bounds", R. F. Brissenden , single work poetry (p. 34-35)
Sea Beach and Cave, Durrasi"A cave is a beginning - and the sea.", R. F. Brissenden , single work poetry (p. 36-37)
The Stake, 1633 : after an Engraving by Jacques Calloti"The casual elegance, the careless grace", R. F. Brissenden , single work poetry (p. 38)
A Voyage to Cythera (after Baudelaire)i"Free as a bird my light heart soared and spun", R. F. Brissenden , single work poetry (p. 39-40)
Sestina of the Sun (for Rosemary)i"Life burns toward the light - or is it light", R. F. Brissenden , single work poetry (p. 43-44)
Wet Afternooni"No fixed point", R. F. Brissenden , single work poetry (p. 45-46)
Zoology A01 -- First Semester : The Mating of Snails Zoology A01 : The Mating of Snailsi"The snail has blood--not much--", R. F. Brissenden , single work poetry (p. 47)
Zoology A01 : Hickman, Hickman and Hickman : `Integrated Principles of Zoology'i"This is a photograph of `Martha'", R. F. Brissenden , single work poetry (p. 48)
The Whale in Darknessi"Fishing at night under a rising moon", R. F. Brissenden , single work poetry (p. 49)
Indonesian Notebook : Walking Down Jalan Thamrini"Jalan Thamrin in Denpasar", R. F. Brissenden , single work poetry (p. 50)
Indonesian Notebook : Barong Dancei"In the courtyard of the temple", R. F. Brissenden , single work poetry (p. 51)
Indonesian Notebook : A World of Sense and Usei"Two long-horned buffalo up to their silky knees", R. F. Brissenden , single work poetry (p. 52)
Veranda[h]si"They don't build houses like that any more - not", R. F. Brissenden , single work poetry (p. 53-54)
She Remembers the First Aeroplane to Fly from the North to the South of Britaini"There were white violets in the grass, and in the hedgerows", R. F. Brissenden , single work poetry (p. 55)
Marshmallow Summeri"It was a green world, that summer", R. F. Brissenden , single work poetry (p. 56-59)
The Death of Damiens or L'Apres-Midi des Lumieres : Place de Greve, Paris, March 28, 1757i"The man's left leg", R. F. Brissenden , single work poetry (p. 60-61)
Revenantsi"They came to me at night", R. F. Brissenden , single work poetry (p. 62)
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