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Issue Details: First known date: 2010... 2010 Fire Diary
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Glebe, Glebe - Leichhardt - Balmain area, Sydney Inner West, Sydney, New South Wales,:Puncher and Wattmann , 2010 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Ecloguesi"The first ten steps from the house to the shed, I break", Mark Tredinnick , single work poetry (p. 35-40)
Buddah's Little Instruction Booki"I lift two books from the shelf at the door of the bedroom.", Mark Tredinnick , single work poetry (p. 41)
The Economics of Springi"Midnight is a parliament of frogs. The ground vibrates with their shrill", Mark Tredinnick , single work poetry (p. 42-44)
Windflowersi"We should be rising up, but we get about our lives,", Mark Tredinnick , single work poetry (p. 45)
Insolvencyi"Five children and three or four expensive habits -", Mark Tredinnick , single work poetry (p. 46)
Improvisations on a Daylight Mooni"The boy hits a tennis ball with a yellow plastic racquet,", Mark Tredinnick , single work poetry (p. 47-48)
What I Feari"Is that I'll die with the world unread", Mark Tredinnick , single work poetry (p. 49)
Plentyi"Dandelions break out like lies in the grass. There's an election", Mark Tredinnick , single work poetry (p. 50)
Fortunei"A week before Chrismtas I arrive", Mark Tredinnick , single work poetry (p. 53-54)
Maybei"...each life is a book, borrowed when its (Dewy Decimal) number's up and read - aloud,", Mark Tredinnick , single work poetry (p. 55)
Crossing the Harbour Bridge at Duski"The city is a postmodern geology of desire, and I leave her,", Mark Tredinnick , single work poetry (p. 56)
Urban Ecloguesi"Adrift in the middle of my years, I sit in a corner and drink. I eavesdrop", Mark Tredinnick , single work poetry (p. 57)
The Secreti"The boy kneels with his truck in the shallows", Mark Tredinnick , single work poetry (p. 58)
Red Tulipsi"The eye with which I see god,", Mark Tredinnick , single work poetry (p. 59-61)
Frosti"The rumour reached the highlands, too. I heard it", Mark Tredinnick , single work poetry (p. 62)
Fire Diaryi"Fire has stormed the mountains of his sleep, and he wakes in ruins.", Mark Tredinnick , single work poetry (p. 63)
Sleeping with the Animai"The body is a dumb machine.", Mark Tredinnick , single work poetry (p. 64)
Saturday Afternoon at Exeteri"A line of Lombardy poplars falls", Mark Tredinnick , single work poetry (p. 65)
Song of (Someone Like) My Selfi"I'm just a small metaphor.", Mark Tredinnick , single work poetry (p. 66-67)
1. Taking Offi"The first green cicada of summer leaves the ground after fourteen years", Mark Tredinnick , single work poetry (p. 68)
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