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y The Best Australian Poetry 2006 anthology poetry

Editor: Judith Beveridge

Issue Details: First known date: 2006... 2006 The Best Australian Poetry 2006

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Contents

* Contents derived from the St Lucia, Indooroopilly - St Lucia area, Brisbane - North West, Brisbane, Queensland,:University of Queensland Press , 2006 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.

Sorrow of the Women"The sorrow of the women of Hunan province", Kathryn Lomer , single work poetry (p. 48-49)

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Aftermath (Grief) (from the Juniper Quartet)"'A month passed and the snow melted.'", Kate Middleton , single work poetry (p. 50)

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Serine"The night wind is over.", Peter Minter , single work poetry (p. 51-53)

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Young Montaigne Goes Riding"I wake up to the sound of music played", David Musgrave , single work poetry (p. 54-59)

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How the Sun Works"From a distance, sometime between two", Jason Nelson , single work poetry (p. 60-61)

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At Turin"It would have all been better had Nietzsche taken residence", John Nijjem , single work poetry (p. 62-63)

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Through Kersenmarkt"Five Slavs in black and red are strumming up fire,", Jan Owen , single work poetry (p. 64)

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Waterview Street"In the street", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 65-66)

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The Last Gruppetti"There is no such thing as maturity.", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 67-68)

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Beach Burial"To the sea we bear our fathers in state -", Peter Rose , single work poetry (p. 69-70)

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Kangaroo and Emu"He surveys the tilled electorate, covets", Gig Ryan , single work poetry (p. 71-72)

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[Untitled] (from The Man with a Shattered World, a work-in-progress)"Face-down in Id", Philip Salom , extract poetry (p. 73-77)

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Sorcery, Alex Skovron , single work prose (p. 78)

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How I Got Away"My horse's name was Fear", Kathleen Stewart , single work poetry (p. 79-81)

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Storm"Dreams don't happen like this,", Maria Takolander , single work poetry (p. 82-84)

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The Lighthouse Keeper's Wife"Not an ordinary lighthouse,", Barbara Temperton , single work poetry (p. 85-87)

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The Alignments"A dot", Chris Wallace-Crabbe , single work poetry (p. 88-91)

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Hyphenated Lives"I cannot turn my back on my brother -", Lesley Walter , single work poetry (p. 92-96)

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Ibsen's Fawn"He is an Ibsenism.", Meredith Wattison , single work poetry (p. 97-98)

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I Giorni Della Merla"And once again the blackbird's days come round,", Simon West , single work poetry (p. 99)

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