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Issue Details: First known date: 1968... 1968 An Eye for a Tooth : Poems
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:Cheshire , 1968 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Renewal Noticei"From a passing train at twilight", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 24)
Dinner at My Sisters'i"Throughout those meals the slaughtering went on.", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 25)
Prayer for Those in Comai"Lord, for these mariners adrift", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 26)
Katrinai"Katrina, now you are suspended between earth and sky.", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 27)
Otherwise (for Gloria)i"You have done what not too many do", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 28)
Breakthroughi"Full volume up on the celestial choir!", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry satire (p. 29)
Marcel Marceau at the Comedy Theatrei"You're the accused, whose trap was to be born", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 30-31)
The God of the Elevatori"He noticed as they fell back on the bed", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 32)
A Home Away from Homei"Nothing delicate about her condition.", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 33)
At Shagger's Funerali"At Shagger's funeral there wasn't much to say", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 34-35)
The Saigon-Dalat Night-Train Runs Infrequently...i"These things all happen in a world apart", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 36)
Question-Timei"Again the time of questioning... Your eyes", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 37)
Prisoners (for B.P.H.)i"Inverted Atlas, he believes", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 38-39)
Jamie Bruce at 4 a.m.i"Cowboy spider spinning his silk noose", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 40)
Letter from a Fox-Hole, 1977i"By our toxins you will know us. I, Lt. Waldemar Gulbransen,", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 41)
Life-Cyclei"When children are born in Victoria", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry satire (p. 42-43)
Advice to an Interplanetary Visitori"When you find him,", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 44)
Free-Falli"Men of good taste and true discrimination", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 45)
A Victorian Hangman Tells His Lovei"Dear one, forgive my appearing before you like this,", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 46)
Outside the General Hospitali"The six-foot lank-faced schoolboy", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 47)
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