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  • Author:agent Fay Zwicky http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/zwicky-fay
Issue Details: First known date: 2006... 2006 Picnic
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Artarmon, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,:Giramondo Publishing , 2006 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Picnici"On a green sweep of Kings Park Grass", Fay Zwicky , single work poetry (p. 1-4)
Close-Upi"Approaching the Great Verifier,", Fay Zwicky , single work poetry (p. 5-6)
Hokusai on the Shorei"On the coast of a faraway ocean", Fay Zwicky , single work poetry (p. 7-8)
Aceh, December 2004i"Not a time for poems.", Fay Zwicky , single work poetry (p. 9)
The Young Meni"Made ghosts in all their country's wars", Fay Zwicky , single work poetry (p. 10)
Makassar, 1956i"We didn't fly the homeland in those days.", Fay Zwicky , single work poetry (p. 11-17)
Deckchair on the Titanici"Swag-bellied pendent canvas", Fay Zwicky , single work poetry (p. 18-19)
External Affairs, 2nd Century ADi"Imperial Trajan, Hispanic parvenu alive", Fay Zwicky , single work poetry (p. 20-21)
The Emperor Qinshihuangi"No epics of grandiloquent similes:", Fay Zwicky , single work poetry (p. 22-23)
The Terracotta Army at Xi'an, Fay Zwicky , sequence poetry (p. 22-35)
The Spear Beareri"Eight thousand pottery soldiers, horses,", Fay Zwicky , single work poetry (p. 23-24)
The Cooki"50 beets, peeled, chopped", Fay Zwicky , single work poetry (p. 24-26)
The Farrieri"Forty tripods and the beating boys:", Fay Zwicky , single work poetry (p. 27-29)
The Archeri"He wanted my hands without the bow", Fay Zwicky , single work poetry (p. 30-31)
The Potteri"My family long gone into slavery,", Fay Zwicky , single work poetry (p. 31-35)
Coming and Goingi"What they survived my children", Fay Zwicky , single work poetry (p. 36-38)
Isfahani"The sky I've watched and walked for years", Fay Zwicky , single work poetry (p. 39-40)
Rhyme for a Granddaughteri"I took my years into my hands", Fay Zwicky , single work poetry (p. 41-42)
Guy Fawkes Night, 2002i"Dance to your daddy,", Fay Zwicky , single work poetry (p. 43-45)
Letting Goi"Tell the truth of experience", Fay Zwicky , single work poetry (p. 46-48)
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