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Issue Details: First known date: 1961... 1961 Dark Wind Blowing
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Brisbane, Queensland,:Jacaranda Press , 1961 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Forecasti"`The seas off Central Queensland will be smooth'...", Val Vallis , single work poetry (p. 41)
The Complaint of the Skipperi"Hold the weather and the Venture will put in", Val Vallis , single work poetry (p. 42)
Venture at the Outer Rock, Val Vallis , sequence poetry (p. 42-43)
The Apprenticei"What madness called me from the timber haul?", Val Vallis , single work poetry (p. 43)
Scholar's Songi"There were no women on the rock, only the singing,", Val Vallis , single work poetry (p. 43)
The Mullet-Smokeri"I, an old woman tending mangrove fires,", Val Vallis , single work poetry (p. 44)
The Net-Makeri"`Wild plum will carve into the finest needles.'", Val Vallis , single work poetry (p. 45)
Parlour Portraitsi"Moulded, bronzed, golden,", Val Vallis , single work poetry (p. 46)
Afternoon Teai"This is her time of day to be pouring tea-", Val Vallis , single work poetry (p. 47)
The Two Wharvesi"Like old men yarning on a hotel veranda", Val Vallis , single work poetry (p. 48)
The Twenty-Nine Shipsi"Evening and I were on the eastern coast,", Val Vallis , single work poetry (p. 50)
China Servicei"Fifty years she'd counted off by months-", Val Vallis , single work poetry (p. 52)
Mud Crabi"These are your kingdom; not the animal scream", Val Vallis , single work poetry (p. 53)
The Usurperi"A queen, the tide moves up the creek", Val Vallis , single work poetry (p. 54)
Second Childhoodi"Age is by my shoulder. One lean hand", Val Vallis , single work poetry (p. 55)
Southend, Curtis Islandi"Where oceans broke and seas resumed the world,", Val Vallis , single work poetry (p. 56)
Fishing Seasoni"The wave that is dark piles white and slips to its death.", Val Vallis , single work poetry (p. 57)
The Hermit Crab: On the Verandahi"Take care, young girl, some fish are hard to hold,", Val Vallis , single work poetry (p. 60)
The Hermit Crab: Street-Corneri"Do you remember the night aboard your boat,", Val Vallis , single work poetry (p. 60)
The Hermit Crab: On the Wharfi"There was no sign of him around `The Swains,'", Val Vallis , single work poetry (p. 62)
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