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y separately published work icon The Other Side of the Fence selected work   poetry  
Issue Details: First known date: 1975... 1975 The Other Side of the Fence
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Contents

* Contents derived from the St Lucia, Indooroopilly - St Lucia area, Brisbane - North West, Brisbane, Queensland,:University of Queensland Press , 1975 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Hospital Whorei"Yes, I've has occasion to pass", Peter Kocan , single work poetry (p. 23)
A Routine Deathi"He lay cold in the old men's ward", Peter Kocan , single work poetry (p. 24)
Dicki"Though I never knew old Dick", Peter Kocan , single work poetry (p. 25)
An Inmatei"That quiet man with the hoe is a beast", Peter Kocan , single work poetry (p. 26-27)
Wheelchair Casesi"Come to Ward 7 and see them,", Peter Kocan , single work poetry (p. 28-29)
Ward Quieti"The ward is quiet. Fifty illnesses", Peter Kocan , single work poetry (p. 30)
Concerti"Beings larger than life, the artistes", Peter Kocan , single work poetry (p. 31)
Fat Girli"Horrible to see her poised like a small", Peter Kocan , single work poetry (p. 32)
Morisset Sundayi"This could be a small country town; the same", Peter Kocan , single work poetry (p. 33)
Four Seasons : Criminally Insane Compoundi"With mattock and hoe", Peter Kocan , single work poetry (p. 34-38)
Brucei"When Bruce hanged himself, on a Christmas eve,", Peter Kocan , single work poetry (p. 39)
Retardsi"They, more than we, know the real world", Peter Kocan , single work poetry (p. 40)
Lightsi"On a cold night one can be alone", Peter Kocan , single work poetry (p. 41)
Outingi"The bus sped on past the hamlets", Peter Kocan , single work poetry (p. 42-43)
Hotel d'Alsace, Paris 1900i"In a darkened room", Peter Kocan , single work poetry (p. 47)
Interloperi"Sundays he wore his Spring frown", Peter Kocan , single work poetry (p. 48)
Note: With alternative first line: Sundays I wore my Spring frown
Seawatch, 1969-969i"The sea dashes its angry spray", Peter Kocan , single work poetry (p. 49)
Indecent Suggestioni"I think he wasn't", Peter Kocan , single work poetry (p. 50-51)
"Slung between pension day and charity" Gallipoli Veterani"Slung between pension day and Meals-On-Wheels", Peter Kocan , single work poetry (p. 52)
Preludei"To call it mere memory would demean", Peter Kocan , single work poetry (p. 53)
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