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Issue Details: First known date: 1995... 1995 The Present Tense
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Potts Point, Kings Cross area, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,:Imprint , 1995 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Out of Helli"One morning when my brain was open", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 74)
A Valentine (to Peter Bennie)i"Now we are old, though hardly full", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 75)
Later Textsi"She sits in the park, wishing she'd never written", Gwen Harwood , sequence poetry

Sequence in three numbered parts which revisits the themes of three earlier poems and explores them from the perspective of later life.

 (p. 76-78)
Six Odes for Public Occasions, Gwen Harwood , sequence poetry (p. 79-110)
On Poetry : For a Writers Festival in Melbournei"One day as I was sitting drinking", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 79-83)
Little Buttercup's Picture Book : For the Christmas Party of the Children's Book Council of Tasmania, 1987i"Thank you for this kind invitation", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 84-89)
On Books : To the Tasmanian Branch of the National Book Council, April 1990i"As the hymn says, a thousand ages", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 90-91)
On History : To the Tasmanian Historical Research Association September 1991i"Wittgenstein, austere and lonely,", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 92-95)
In Praise of Food : For a Debate at the Salamanca Writers Weekend, November 1993i"Most earthly loves are evanescent", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 96-101)
Syntax of the Mind : On Receiving an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from the University of Tasmania, April 16, 1988i"Good morning. On this great occasion", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 102-110)
A Sermoni"Out of informing chaos, everything:", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 111-113)
'Freely They Stood Who Stood, and Fell Who Fell'i"Arms and the man I sing ... so Virgil began his epic.", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 114-124)
Midwinter Rainbowi"The immortal Signified", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 125-126)
To Musici"You of the Minute Waltz and the Four Seasons,", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 127)
Yodi"Springtime, a birthday, a beginning hour", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 128-129)
Tetragrammaton : For Jan Sedivka, Gwen Harwood , sequence poetry (p. 128-133)
Beyond all Words Hei"Beyond all words, beyond all names", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 130)
A Birthday Poem for Jan Sedivka Vaui"Prague, Paris, London: names that keep", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 131-132)
Voices Hei"Things fall. Fire burns. The world", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 133)
The Owl and the Pussycat Baudelaire Rocki"You longed for night and the night is coming,", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 134-135)
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