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Issue Details: First known date: 1950... 1950 The Collected Poems of Jack Sorensen, 1907-1949
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Perth, Western Australia,:Service Printing Co , 1950 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Dolly Pottsi"In the Barlee Ranges, long foresaken,", Jack Sorensen , single work poetry (p. 42)
How O'Leary Broke the Droughti"Men seek no more for sandalwood at Dargaminder Bay,", Jack Sorensen , single work poetry (p. 43-44)
The Sea Waggoni"Waggons of the seas, men call them, up along the Nor'-West coast,", Jack Sorensen , single work poetry (p. 45-46)
The Dragon of the Spinifexi"Below a rugged inland range, where spinifex holds sway", Jack Sorensen , single work poetry (p. 47-49)
We Don't Ride Stolen Horsesi"We don't ride stolen horses now,", Jack Sorensen , single work poetry (p. 49)
Murphy and His Beeri"The beer is cold in Labrador,", Jack Sorensen , single work poetry humour (p. 50)
The Blue Doei"They tell a story weird and strange", Jack Sorensen , single work poetry (p. 51-52)
Jengee Willarai"Out of the mountains first he came,", Jack Sorensen , single work poetry (p. 53)
Yenda Dwells 'Lone on the Rangei"Down the Fitzroy water lilies are blooming,", Jack Sorensen , single work poetry (p. 53-54)
Blackmen's Picturesi"Symbols on the cliff-side - pictures in a row,", Jack Sorensen , single work poetry (p. 55)
Spinifexi"It doesn't seem like forty years, but time has hastened on,", Jack Sorensen , single work poetry (p. 55-56)
My Riveri"My river very seldom flows,", Jack Sorensen , single work poetry (p. 57)
The Last of the Ghansi"The breakbar wouldn't hold the years,", Jack Sorensen , single work poetry (p. 58)
The Lost Shantyi"They closed the little shanty by the crossing, years ago,", Jack Sorensen , single work poetry (p. 60)
Bayley Streeti"Oh! men have come and men have gone,", Jack Sorensen , single work poetry (p. 63)
Song of the State Batteryi"Near where the old Queen Dinah lies dreaming of `ninety-three,", Jack Sorensen , single work poetry (p. 64)
The Ghosts of Bayley Streeti"Last night the occult was in power,", Jack Sorensen , single work poetry (p. 65)
Shemlock Traini"I dreamed last night that the Shemlock train", Jack Sorensen , single work poetry (p. 66)
The Shemlocki"All that's left of Shemlock town", Jack Sorensen , single work poetry (p. 67)
War Makersi"The makers of war have spoken", Jack Sorensen , single work poetry war literature (p. 71)
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