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Issue Details: First known date: 2001... 2001 The June Fireworks : New and Selected Poems
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Canberra, Australian Capital Territory,:Molonglo Press , 2001 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Trespasseri"'All poetry is trespass', you said", Adrian Caesar , single work poetry (p. 34-35)
The Fire-Lighteri"Monastery cold those childhood mornings", Adrian Caesar , single work poetry (p. 36)
Songsi"Before school began my long unlearning", Adrian Caesar , single work poetry (p. 37)
Christmas Pasti"I'm lost again", Adrian Caesar , single work poetry (p. 38-39)
Mersey Suitei"Though schooled on Merseyside", Adrian Caesar , single work poetry (p. 40-42)
She Sleeps Through Stormi"If I said my love", Adrian Caesar , single work poetry (p. 44)
The Chef's Poemi"These were the best parental gifts of all", Adrian Caesar , single work poetry (p. 45)
Keepsakei"That morning we paid at Wordsworth's place", Adrian Caesar , single work poetry (p. 46)
Twenty Years Oni"It is time at last to speak of you", Adrian Caesar , single work poetry (p. 47)
The Look of Lovei"If I were a painter I'd daub", Adrian Caesar , single work poetry (p. 48)
At the Phoenix Bari"In Irish pubs the jigs and reels", Adrian Caesar , single work poetry (p. 49)
The Next Stagei"In my 42nd year I felt my age", Adrian Caesar , single work poetry (p. 49-50)
Caravaggio's Brush Strokesi"It is the voluptuous calm", Adrian Caesar , single work poetry

'Caravaggio's Brushstrokes celebrates the painter who rejected mannerist attitudes for a starkly realistic depiction of ordinary people.'

Source: The June Fireworks by Adrian Caesar. Canberra: Molongo Press, 2001 p.2

 (p. 52)
Cello Musici"Last night, insomniac again at 3am", Adrian Caesar , single work poetry (p. 53)
Global Futuresi"Here facades are branded.", Adrian Caesar , single work poetry (p. 54)
In an Australian Gardeni"Whenever I get a blister on my palm", Adrian Caesar , single work poetry (p. 55)
Untitledi"Forget sacred cows", Adrian Caesar , single work poetry (p. 56)
Untitledi"Old tear-jerkers", Adrian Caesar , single work poetry (p. 57)
Wormsi"--they've had a bad press", Adrian Caesar , single work poetry (p. 58)
Recipe for a Partingi"Take this with you when you go:", Adrian Caesar , single work poetry (p. 59)
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