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y separately published work icon The Flight of the Emu : Contemporary Light Verse anthology   poetry   humour   satire  
Issue Details: First known date: 1990... 1990 The Flight of the Emu : Contemporary Light Verse
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Contents

* Contents derived from the North Ryde, Ryde - Gladesville - Hunters Hill area, Northwest Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson , 1990 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Untitledi"To go to the river and bathe I'm afraid,", Bruce Osborne , single work poetry (p. 23)
Provincial Reporti"From Pilate to Caesar:", Philip Graham , single work poetry (p. 23-24)
Bequesti"To those who never read, I leave my writings,", Philip Martin , single work poetry humour (p. 24-25)
Quintets for Robert Morleyi"Is it possible that hyper-", Les Murray , single work poetry humour (p. 25-26)
Untitledi"Although his place at Cambridge was well earned", Clive James , extract poetry satire (p. 27-33)
Greetingsi""Good morning, my husband," I said,", Anne Bell , single work poetry (p. 33-34)
A Passage to Indiai"Coming out of my book just now I suddenly smelt the sea", Andrew Taylor , single work poetry (p. 34-35)
Ballad Folk Songi"O I'm off to Hullaboola where the climate's never cooler", Bruce Beaver , single work poetry (p. 35)
The Compleat Poetical Works of Donal Andersoni"Here in this coffin lies Edith Sitwell:", Don Anderson , single work poetry humour (p. 35-36)
In Dante's Helli"In Dante's Hell", Geoff Page , single work poetry (p. 36-38)
The Labeli"McSpigot's vintage", Geoff Page , single work poetry (p. 38-40)
The Great Artist Reconsiders the Homeric Similei"He looks back over the last metaphor", John Tranter , single work poetry (p. 40-41)
A Poetic Gemi"'Twas in the year nineteen hundred and sixty-nine,", Hal Colebatch , single work poetry (p. 41)
Dialogue with John Forbesi"Nige -", Nigel Roberts , single work poetry (p. 42)
Beauty / Truth / Genius and Taste Etci"These", Nigel Roberts , single work poetry humour (p. 42-44)
A Writer in Residencei"Mark Strand", Nigel Roberts , single work poetry (p. 44-45)
The Kiwi Ripostei"What's new", Nigel Roberts , single work poetry humour (p. 45)
A Nigger and Some Pooftersi"The support act", Nigel Roberts , single work poetry (p. 46)
The Whore's Epigrami"In a corner", Nigel Roberts , single work poetry (p. 47)
[Untitled] (from Fitzroy Poems)i"seagulls sometimes fly into Fitzroy.", TT. O , single work poetry extract (p. 48)
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