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y separately published work icon The Rome Air Naked selected work   poetry  
  • Author:agent Philip Salom http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/salom-philip
Issue Details: First known date: 1996... 1996 The Rome Air Naked
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,:Penguin , 1996 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Warm Aquariumi"Holidays and half the steel roller doors", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 40-41)
Listening to Silencei"2am. Someone in the drop outside", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 42)
Somewhere all Consumersi"For years I read how the mystics", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 43-44)
The Statue Hungersi"Each city's filled with bodies: high up", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 45)
The Visiti"m, as the factories of chemis", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 46)
Iron Bellsi"Morning and night I hear bells", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 47-48)
Weighting at Nighti"They must have stony genitals these", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 49-50)
Breastsi"Breasts in Rome are breasts", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 51-52)
Ways of Not Making Lovei"You lying, legs open in Mt Lawley.", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 53-55)
Rude Haikui"What a drooling old", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 54-55)
Being There and Not Therei"Once already I made a joke about our life being", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 56)
Seeing James K Baxter on the Bus to the Vaticani"I hope this is not one of those painful poems", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 57)
Second Villagesi"Noon. We pass on the road to the graveyard.", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 58)
Note: Appears with alternate title: "Second Villages, in Tuscany"
Changesi"When I left, the news was all corruption,", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 59-60)
The Corruptioni"A sleepless night. worse, a night I steal", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 61)
In Your Letter You Complain of Shapeless Morningsi"Me too. In this country of marble and this city", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 62-63)
Sky-Diveri"Why shouldn't the time come", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 64)
Poems of Dissociation, Philip Salom , sequence poetry (p. 65-83)
1 (From Poems of Dissociation)i"I storm back up again. The portiere scowls.", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 67)
2 (From Poems of Dissociation)i"Why was your shirt wet through at the neck", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 68)
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