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  • Author:agent Amy Witting http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/witting-amy
Issue Details: First known date: 1998... 1998 Collected Poems
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,:Penguin , 1998 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Metamorphosisi"On creaming wings, with mindless rasping cries", Amy Witting , single work poetry (p. 23-24)
Hatei"Hate is as singleminded as a hen", Amy Witting , single work poetry (p. 25)
Obsessioni"Three by four and three by four,", Amy Witting , single work poetry (p. 26)
In Black and Whitei"The story is a commonplace.", Amy Witting , single work poetry (p. 27-28)
Biographical Notei"Consider an elegant house in the Japanese style,", Amy Witting , single work poetry (p. 29)
Decorumi"I came across an item in the range", Amy Witting , single work poetry (p. 30-31)
Mourningi"Learning a word: dead silence now I know,", Amy Witting , single work poetry (p. 32)
Valedictoryi"In last night's dream, we were in an old house,", Amy Witting , single work poetry (p. 33)
Vocationi"`Any old rags?' she cried,", Amy Witting , single work poetry (p. 34-35)
Theory of Aestheticsi"The cottonwood stands at the garden's end. Its curving", Amy Witting , single work poetry (p. 36)
Mappemondei"How is it so inscribed, the mariner's chart,", Amy Witting , single work poetry (p. 38)
In a Robe Museumi"This is an artefact: five elephants", Amy Witting , single work poetry (p. 39-40)
Messagei"The shushing sound of the sea", Amy Witting , single work poetry (p. 41)
The Street of Pain (from the German of Ricarda Huch)i"I walked the narrow lane", Amy Witting , single work poetry (p. 42)
In an Old George Street Pubi"That table under the stairs,", Amy Witting , single work poetry (p. 43)
A Single Bathurst Burr Transplanti"It must be in the eye that sees, itself despairing,", Amy Witting , single work poetry (p. 44)
Teapartyi"Kim Yon, her English being mostly mime,", Amy Witting , single work poetry (p. 45)
War Memoriali"If you weren't", Amy Witting , single work poetry humour (p. 46)
War Memorial, New Zealandi"It is quiet in this walled valley. The trees here", Amy Witting , single work poetry (p. 47)
Banksiasi"Posed by the wind and photographed by time", Amy Witting , single work poetry (p. 48)
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