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y separately published work icon Believed Dangerous : Fifty Eight Poems selected work   poetry  
Issue Details: First known date: 1975... 1975 Believed Dangerous : Fifty Eight Poems
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Contents

* Contents derived from the St Lucia, Indooroopilly - St Lucia area, Brisbane - North West, Brisbane, Queensland,:University of Queensland Press , 1975 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Drown is a Wordi"it struck us that fish", Robin Thurston , single work poetry (p. 27)
Death in the Family - Thei"news spills sudden clods in a slit - i shudder", Robin Thurston , single work poetry (p. 28)
Cityscapei"Night culled early", Robin Thurston , single work poetry (p. 29)
Nightmare of the First Time: Dialoguei"came the riverwoman to my tin rented hut", Robin Thurston , single work poetry (p. 30-31)
Flowers (in a Medicine Bottle)i"True to her stock, she bred only sons", Robin Thurston , single work poetry (p. 32)
Offspringi"We each had our child, the poet;", Robin Thurston , single work poetry (p. 33)
Mind-Beetlei"As a mere movemnt first realised,", Robin Thurston , single work poetry (p. 34)
Utilityi"Alone in its drawer the unequivocal gun", Robin Thurston , single work poetry (p. 35)
Poetry of Enclosuresi"The mind cocoons the act,", Robin Thurston , single work poetry (p. 36)
Consider a Fat Man in Jaili"Consider a fat man in jail, shall", Robin Thurston , single work poetry (p. 37)
Lunchroom Speciali""...The face as epigram," you grinned,", Robin Thurston , single work poetry (p. 38-39)
Leitmotivi"The flawed fork is betrayed by subtle shivers.", Robin Thurston , single work poetry (p. 40)
They will Have to Knock Me Down and Drag Me Outi"I have declared war unsmilingly & the war is in its third", Robin Thurston , single work poetry (p. 41-43)
Boggo Road, 1974 (for Enid)i"Such a puzzle of small straits,", Robin Thurston , single work poetry (p. 44)
Female Prisoners : Boggo Roadi"(Watched from the showerblock - which I clean)", Robin Thurston , single work poetry (p. 45)
Not Caughti"Upwind", Robin Thurston , single work poetry (p. 46)
Unction at the Executioni"I, who am the duly-appointed and undisputed", Robin Thurston , single work poetry (p. 47)
Moscow Photographi"The smiles were there to be counted", Robin Thurston , single work poetry (p. 48)
Collected Speeches of P. Arthur Truscott Travelling by Rail Between Vladivostok and Grand Rapid Fallsi"We have seen the face of the enemy and it works.", Robin Thurston , single work poetry (p. 49)
Homagei"The King is dead.", Robin Thurston , single work poetry (p. 50)
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