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Issue Details: First known date: 1975... 1975 Spectators on the Shore : Poems
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Edwards and Shaw , 1975 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Twenty Minutes in a Cavei"One of the younger guides. His flashlight draws", Hal Colebatch , single work poetry (p. 28)
The Lion in Winteri"Zoos are of the future. Poets frequent them,", Hal Colebatch , single work poetry (p. 29)
The Computer's Beach Poemi"HOTELS ARE WHITE ABOVE THE SAND", Hal Colebatch , single work poetry (p. 30-31)
Abandoning Shipi"Firstly, an appearance", Hal Colebatch , single work poetry (p. 32-33)
From the Survival Manuali"As you leave your cave", Hal Colebatch , single work poetry (p. 34)
Euthanasiai"No, my brothers and lovers,", Hal Colebatch , single work poetry (p. 35-36)
Tropic Littorali"This is the height of the tide. Strung sheets", Hal Colebatch , single work poetry (p. 37)
Death by Wateri"On the first day he floated face down, hair", Hal Colebatch , single work poetry (p. 38)
Piratesi"They are there below the surface - Black Barty,", Hal Colebatch , single work poetry (p. 39)
Lines Written Upon Learning That a Man Had Had His Ashes Buried Between the Goal-Posts of a Football Ovali"A newspaper hoax, I thought, or, recalling Bruce Dawe's", Hal Colebatch , single work poetry (p. 40)
Whales and Autobiographyi"Everyone, it seems, perusing the journals", Hal Colebatch , single work poetry (p. 63-65)
Dili, Portuguese Timori"Cannon point seaward over old walls", Hal Colebatch , single work poetry (p. 66)
Remembering Perthi"What are you after, then?", Hal Colebatch , single work poetry (p. 67)
Summer Evening at Pelican Pointi"The trees are full of swallows. Dry bushes sway", Hal Colebatch , single work poetry (p. 68)
Post-Card from Windsor Castlei"Huge, clean and unruined, the castle alone appears", Hal Colebatch , single work poetry (p. 69)
Near Ludham Bridge, Norfolk Broadsi"Here, at least, the greener past is near", Hal Colebatch , single work poetry (p. 70)
Ice-Night 74i"School-boys, we stand on a high bank, looking up", Hal Colebatch , single work poetry (p. 71-73)
Sestina on Taking a Bus into Perth Past the Narrows Bridgei"The bus is turning. Beside the sunny river I love", Hal Colebatch , single work poetry (p. 74-75)
Further Instructionsi"Know, my brethren, the creatures", Hal Colebatch , single work poetry (p. 76-77)
Saturday Afternoon at the Nedlands Hoteli"A very hot day. On the river below an old", Hal Colebatch , single work poetry (p. 78)
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