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Issue Details: First known date: 2008... 2008 Telling a Hawk from a Handsaw
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Manchester,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,:Carcanet , 2008 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Joy on the Very Edge of History Taking No Prisonersi"How do you write about the condition of joy? In present", Chris Wallace-Crabbe , single work poetry (p. 31-32)
Note: Dedication: for Les Murray
Grassesi"Sternly avoiding the asphalt, treading on grass", Chris Wallace-Crabbe , single work poetry (p. 33)
And Gathering Shallows Twitteri"You might think the world is being taken over", Chris Wallace-Crabbe , single work poetry (p. 34)
Note: Dedication: for Paul Carter
Anne Milleri"'Come on out with me, Anne Miller,", Chris Wallace-Crabbe , single work poetry (p. 35-36)
Note: Author note: after Bartok
Our Birth Is but a Sleep and a Forgettingi"The man who believed", Chris Wallace-Crabbe , single work poetry (p. 37)
Note: Dedication: for Gerald Murnane
The Speech of Birdsi"That there should now", Chris Wallace-Crabbe , single work poetry (p. 38)
At the Bionic Elephanti"But the very, ticking, universe", Chris Wallace-Crabbe , single work poetry (p. 39-40)
Do I Sleep or Am I Slept?i"At morning there came the dream that includes all dreams,", Chris Wallace-Crabbe , single work poetry (p. 41)
A Fawn's Arvoi"Memory is a curious organ", Chris Wallace-Crabbe , single work poetry (p. 42)
Meanings of Lowelli"For us back in the fifties, American poetry", Chris Wallace-Crabbe , single work poetry (p. 43-44)
Near the Ha-Ha, Bundanoni"Out of some gaunt yarn of troll or dragon", Chris Wallace-Crabbe , single work poetry (p. 45)
Leaning Against the Golden Undertowi"Mutely I wish", Chris Wallace-Crabbe , single work poetry (p. 46)
Note: Dedication: for Dimitris Tsaloumas
Intermezzoi"There is an interval, a patch of declivity", Chris Wallace-Crabbe , single work poetry (p. 47-48)
Parking for Zenoi"Corner of P and N, early in the century. Two people come stooping", Chris Wallace-Crabbe , single work poetry (p. 49)
The Stone's in the Midst of Alli"Little by little", Chris Wallace-Crabbe , single work poetry (p. 50)
Note: Dedication: for Vincent O'Sullivan
A Descendanti"I fancy I'm descended from the Picts", Chris Wallace-Crabbe , single work poetry (p. 51-52)
One Step after Anotheri"Could it be", Chris Wallace-Crabbe , single work poetry (p. 53)
Reading Smoke with Orpheusi"Tranquility. It can be painted, but", Chris Wallace-Crabbe , single work poetry (p. 54-55)
Provincial Distinctionsi"In just the same way", Chris Wallace-Crabbe , single work poetry (p. 56)
Boleyn, Touristi"Dear, stinking city, such a hive", Chris Wallace-Crabbe , single work poetry (p. 57)
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