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Issue Details: First known date: 1963... 1963 A Beachcomber's Diary : Ninety Sea Sonnets
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson , 1963 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Rocksi"It is the sea, and not this snarl of rocks, that is angry", John Blight , single work poetry (p. 1)
The Wavei"The wave is something, yet - nothing.", John Blight , single work poetry (p. 2)
The Islandi"The island is lost ground; an acre or two", John Blight , single work poetry (p. 3)
Low Tidei"The slavishly hidden sands... I remember", John Blight , single work poetry (p. 4)
Sea Leveli"Over this flat-pan sea, this mud haven,", John Blight , single work poetry (p. 5)
Cormorantsi"The sea has it this way : if you see", John Blight , single work poetry (p. 6)
Mangrovei"I saw its periscope in the tide;", John Blight , single work poetry (p. 7)
The Jellyfishi"In lewd imitation of woman, heavy upon the tide,", John Blight , single work poetry (p. 8)
Beach Floweri"I looked at that plant flowering yellow", John Blight , single work poetry (p. 9)
The Dead Fishi"A flat papery fish, like a cured head,", John Blight , single work poetry (p. 10)
Porpoisesi"Porpoises, so far from their green, salt garden;", John Blight , single work poetry (p. 11)
Seaweedi"There is the brown dress, tattered, in shreds,", John Blight , single work poetry (p. 12)
Small Fryi"I saw such tiny fish: they'd take a year", John Blight , single work poetry (p. 13)
The Lighthousei"The lighthouse stands nipple-raised in the wind", John Blight , single work poetry (p. 14)
Stonefish and Starfishi"These are the first shapes: stonefish and starfish.", John Blight , single work poetry (p. 15)
Sea Waspi"I know the animals with heads and eyes", John Blight , single work poetry (p. 16)
Dinghiesi"Dinghies, those disreputable carts of the sea,", John Blight , single work poetry (p. 17)
Death of a Whalei"When the mouse died, there was a sort of pity:", John Blight , single work poetry (p. 18)
Beaconi"This man in the blue-striped guernsey, this semaphore,", John Blight , single work poetry (p. 19)
Crabi"Shellfish and octopus and all the insane", John Blight , single work poetry (p. 20)
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