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y separately published work icon Tilting at Snowgums : Australia's High Country in Poetry and Photos selected work   poetry  
Issue Details: First known date: 1996... 1996 Tilting at Snowgums : Australia's High Country in Poetry and Photos
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Palmerston, Gungahlin area, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory,:Tabletop Press , 1996 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
First Snowi"A shadow's negative", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 8)
The Land of High Airi"Mountains like tethered clouds,", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 8-9)
South Ramsheadi"Faulted book-leaves of stone, a tonne each,", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 9)
Marriage Trunksi"Two things born in a crevice", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 9)
Looking Downi"Two sketchers like ship's officers", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 9-10)
Dawn Above Cloudsi"The forked gum folds misty space", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 10)
Lake Skiingi"On a fingernail's width of snow", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 10)
Untitledi"What can the tree on the eastern cliff-side do?", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 10)
Westward Watersi"Watch a small snowmelt", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 10-12)
Out of Snowsi"You cross a long white dune", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 12-13)
Untitledi"The wind brings the campanulas' bells", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 13)
Untitledi"The kestrel flutters", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 13)
Untitledi"Snow flurry on warm spring turf", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 13)
Untitledi"Hoppers loose in the mint bush", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 13)
Spring on Mt Lochi"Marsh Marigolds, still entrapped", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 14)
Untitledi"Each raft of floral colour sprung from clodded snow", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 14)
Campfirei"Like an out-of-time dream. Stumbling back", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 14)
Near Blue Lakei"Going up, at each boot-thrust", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 15)
Alpine Flower Bedsi"The desperate purity of soil and water, the nutrient poverty,", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 15-16)
In Cooleman Gorgei"Cliffs grey as a battleship's sides,", Mark O'Connor , single work poetry (p. 16-17)
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