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y separately published work icon 100 Elegies for Modernity selected work   poetry  
Alternative title: One Hundred Elegies for Modernity
Is part of Contemporary Australian Poets series - publisher
Issue Details: First known date: 1997... 1997 100 Elegies for Modernity
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Hale and Iremonger , 1997 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Ii"If real news came one day,", John Leonard , single work poetry (p. 5)
IIi"`We are both different,", John Leonard , single work poetry (p. 6-7)
IIIi"We are constant in thinking", John Leonard , single work poetry (p. 7)
IVi"`There is one lifeway", John Leonard , single work poetry (p. 8)
Vi"Since 1648 (one argument goes)", John Leonard , single work poetry (p. 9)
VIi"Apologists say modernity", John Leonard , single work poetry (p. 10)
VIIi"There's no need to think", John Leonard , single work poetry (p. 11)
VIIIi"Our forebears worked harder", John Leonard , single work poetry (p. 11)
IXi"If you think of spaces", John Leonard , single work poetry (p. 12)
Xi"What have we lent of ours,", John Leonard , single work poetry (p. 13)
XIi"A regular worker earns", John Leonard , single work poetry (p. 14)
XIIi"Women in pre-modern times were", John Leonard , single work poetry (p. 15)
XIIIi"Those who think the word", John Leonard , single work poetry (p. 16)
XIVi"You could say that", John Leonard , single work poetry (p. 17-18)
XVi"A phone-call in New York,", John Leonard , single work poetry (p. 18)
XVIi"Modernity rarely gets its hands", John Leonard , single work poetry (p. 19)
XVIIi"Big men everywhere need", John Leonard , single work poetry (p. 19)
XVIIIi"To sustain growth it's necessary", John Leonard , single work poetry (p. 20)
XIXi"It's hardly surprising that", John Leonard , single work poetry (p. 20)
XXi"It seems strange that to keep", John Leonard , single work poetry (p. 21)
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