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Issue Details: First known date: 1977... 1977 I'd Rather Be a Fig
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:Hawthorn Press , 1977 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Humus of Imaginationi"I'm glad I am behind my lines", Olive Pell , single work poetry (p. 23)
Contradictioni"As we drove fast", Olive Pell , single work poetry (p. 24)
Squarei"How can a poet be a poet if his writing is so square?", Olive Pell , single work poetry (p. 25)
Outward Boundi"I saw rough carpet", Olive Pell , single work poetry (p. 26-27)
How Untidy is the Oceani"How untidy is the ocean", Olive Pell , single work poetry (p. 28)
How Untidy is the Skyi"How untidy is the sky!", Olive Pell , single work poetry (p. 29)
Disciplinei"The flowers are not allowed to sprawl", Olive Pell , single work poetry (p. 30-31)
My Patriarchal Table Nesti"Three bears are in my room", Olive Pell , single work poetry (p. 32-33)
Love Your Neighbouri"Walled against next door", Olive Pell , single work poetry (p. 34)
Think You to Shape Your Lawi"Think you to put the sprawling world in order", Olive Pell , single work poetry (p. 35)
Floating on Financei"I can't count cents and dollars", Olive Pell , single work poetry (p. 36-37)
The Place of the Managing Directori"His eyrie is not random", Olive Pell , single work poetry (p. 38-39)
It is Such Joyi"It is such a joy to know the last", Olive Pell , single work poetry (p. 40)
AAA Hoteli"Inducted tropic air", Olive Pell , single work poetry (p. 41)
Leavings and Landingsi"Ship gangways scoop", Olive Pell , single work poetry (p. 41-49)
Mankindi"Burrowing through the year's monotony", Olive Pell , single work poetry (p. 50)
No Droop in the Mindi"Apple shape is pear", Olive Pell , single work poetry (p. 51)
Portraiti"The Don with the gentle heart", Olive Pell , single work poetry (p. 52)
Tragedyi"She's a wound-up talking doll", Olive Pell , single work poetry (p. 53)
Handicapi"He stood erect in a city street", Olive Pell , single work poetry (p. 54)
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