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Issue Details: First known date: 2005... 2005 The Ancient Capital of Images
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Fremantle, Fremantle area, South West Perth, Perth, Western Australia,:Fremantle Press , 2005 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Wallsi"Stones: hardly less than the Ruins of Great Zimbabwe,", John Mateer , single work poetry (p. 20)
Two Kinds of Silence, John Mateer , sequence poetry (p. 21)
Mrs Monteguei"She is as tall as I remember her when I was eight.", John Mateer , single work poetry (p. 21)
The Birdsi"Guessing, I would say those birds are plovers or avocets: waders.", John Mateer , single work poetry (p. 21)
Monte Casinoi"O let me lie here on the carpet under the sign of the neon-red chilli", John Mateer , single work poetry (p. 22)
The Stature of Mokarei"I'm walking down the colony's main street", John Mateer , single work poetry (p. 24)
Nyoongar Country, John Mateer , sequence poetry (p. 24-25)
The Novelist's Commentsi"After I read my poem addressed to one of his people's heroes,", John Mateer , single work poetry (p. 25)
On the Way Back from Mogumberi"Driving again, between twilight's dead-flat paddocks.", John Mateer , single work poetry (p. 26)
How Empty the Suburbs Arei"You can't know how empty the suburbs are until your mother's house is on fire", John Mateer , single work poetry (p. 27)
Up in the Hillsi"Hidden away up in the hills, off a gravel road through an abandoned orchard,", John Mateer , single work poetry (p. 28)
Places of Refuge, John Mateer , sequence poetry (p. 28-30)
The Serpentine Monasteryi"Having stood in line and offered my spoonful of rice to each of the monks,", John Mateer , single work poetry (p. 29)
A Satellite Cityi"Between the enormous limestone library and the recently laid-out ghost town", John Mateer , single work poetry (p. 30)
In the Ruinsi"Fossicking through the rubble of my mother's house after the fire,", John Mateer , single work poetry (p. 31)
Terra Nulliusi"Being interstate I AM the Treeless Plain,", John Mateer , single work poetry (p. 32)
One of the Earthrings at Sunburyi"Like a large grassed-over plate, the earthring is almost invisible,", John Mateer , single work poetry (p. 34)
The Black Armband of Memory, John Mateer , sequence poetry (p. 34-35)
Visiting the Site of a Shell Middeni"We are not more than they, wrote the Romantic on blacklella [sic] absence.", John Mateer , single work poetry (p. 35)
Note: With first line: We are not more than they, wrote the Romantic on blackfella absence.
Greetingsi"My brothers, my bluntly fraternal greetings", John Mateer , single work poetry (p. 36)
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