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Issue Details: First known date: 1989... 1989 Brushing the Dark
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Richmond, East Melbourne - Richmond area, Melbourne, Victoria,:Heinemann Australia , 1989 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Out of the Woodi"If x-rays are nearsighted", Andrew Sant , single work poetry (p. 2-3)
The New Arrivalsi"The tick tick of a sprinkler", Andrew Sant , single work poetry (p. 4)
Approaching Harbourtowni"Water-cirrus in the scudding breeze,", Andrew Sant , single work poetry (p. 5-8)
Cover-Upi"It occurred to me that since our house was built in the 1860's", Andrew Sant , single work poetry (p. 9)
Scarfacei"In the obedient emulsion", Andrew Sant , single work poetry (p. 10)
Autumnali"From a foundering fishing-boat a flare wooshing skywards", Andrew Sant , single work poetry (p. 11)
Imagining Wapping (Hobart)i"Speculation is welcomed here at the dig where a dockside suburb", Andrew Sant , single work poetry (p. 12)
Interludei"As a nurse unfurls a white sheet", Andrew Sant , single work poetry (p. 13)
Visit to Ida Bayi"Wheezing steam, the green engine", Andrew Sant , single work poetry (p. 14-16)
Correspondencei"It they could hear the machinelike decisiveness of hoofs", Andrew Sant , single work poetry (p. 17)
Acolytei"In a shop whose walls have been abolished by polished mirrors", Andrew Sant , single work poetry (p. 18)
Equinoxi"Can't you just savour it, that red and blue floral dress", Andrew Sant , single work poetry (p. 19)
Freaksi"In her hands the huge egg she displays admiringly,", Andrew Sant , single work poetry (p. 20-21)
Household Charmsi"With hammer and picture-hooks, on newly decorated walls", Andrew Sant , single work poetry (p. 22)
Moonshine and Candlelight This Placei"A match flares, it's a jogging toy-flame.", Andrew Sant , single work poetry (p. 23)
Ghosts of Glebe (Hobart)i"One Sunday morning I wake to the jazz of bells,", Andrew Sant , single work poetry (p. 24-28)
Duski"When the telephone rings persistently like an alarmclock", Andrew Sant , single work poetry (p. 29)
Photographeri"With backgrounds immaculately wiped out", Andrew Sant , single work poetry (p. 30-31)
For the Recordi"When a black camera-box, soul-stealer, was elsewhere scaring natives", Andrew Sant , single work poetry (p. 32)
The God of Catsi"The shadow that was a cat that was a shadow:", Andrew Sant , single work poetry (p. 34-35)
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