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Issue Details: First known date: 1992... 1992 Standing with Friends
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Port Melbourne, South Melbourne - Port Melbourne area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,:Heinemann , 1992 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Blackouti"My candle has glimmered for an hour", Peter Kocan , single work poetry (p. 1)
The Performancei"See the jolly Scotchman bounding out", Peter Kocan , single work poetry (p. 2)
The Little Garrisonsi"Here is a dull suburban avenue,", Peter Kocan , single work poetry (p. 3)
The Atrocityi"I take a sheet of paper and a pen,", Peter Kocan , single work poetry (p. 4-5)
Signal (for Hal Colebatch)i"A small warship, a trifle obsolete,", Peter Kocan , single work poetry (p. 6)
Inheritancei"Though peering dimly at the path ahead", Peter Kocan , single work poetry (p. 7)
Witch-Hunters (for the Victims of the Great Middlesbrough Child Sex Abuse Witch-Hunt of 1987)i"It was our professional renown", Peter Kocan , single work poetry (p. 8-9)
Photograph Found in a Junk Shopi"How difficult it is not to repeat", Peter Kocan , single work poetry (p. 10)
Zoological Notei"Muggeridge once made an ironic note", Peter Kocan , single work poetry (p. 11)
Philip Larkini"Today a week-old cutting came.", Peter Kocan , single work poetry (p. 12)
Barbecuei"Which of us will one day sit alone", Peter Kocan , single work poetry (p. 13)
Friend of the Familyi"Out at the crematorium the scene", Peter Kocan , single work poetry (p. 14)
Johnson and Garrick Leave Lichfieldi"I imagine the townsfolk hardly knew", Peter Kocan , single work poetry (p. 15)
On Seeing a Fine Library of 18th Century Literaturei"How grand and elevated they appear,", Peter Kocan , single work poetry (p. 16)
Leveti"Johnson's taciturn and surly friend,", Peter Kocan , single work poetry (p. 17)
To a Woman Reading The Wind in the Willowsi"Peeping through the door an inch ajar,", Peter Kocan , single work poetry (p. 18)
Fouri""I'm a big girl now," she cries. "I'm four!"", Peter Kocan , single work poetry (p. 19)
The Bonny White Rosei"I'd come to that inevitable stage", Peter Kocan , single work poetry (p. 20-21)
Saturday Night in the Townshipi"Just the Niagara Cafe is alight", Peter Kocan , single work poetry (p. 22)
The Imperialistsi"Sahibs and Bwanas and their ladyfolk", Peter Kocan , single work poetry (p. 23)
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