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y separately published work icon The Best 100 Poems of Les Murray selected work   poetry  
  • Author:agent Les Murray http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/murray-les
Issue Details: First known date: 2012... 2012 The Best 100 Poems of Les Murray
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Collingwood, Fitzroy - Collingwood area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,:Black Inc. , 2012 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Driving Through Sawmill Townsi"In the high cool country,", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 1-2)
An Absolutely Ordinary Rainbowi"The word goes round Repins, the murmur goes round Lorenzinis,", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 3-4)
Note: With first line: The word goes round Repins,
Kiss of the Whipi"In Cardiff, off Saint Mary's Street", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 4)
The Broad Bean Sermoni"Beanstalks, in any breeze, are a slack church parade", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 5-6)
The Mitchells Dedication, Written Last : For the Vernacular Republici"I am seeing this: two men are sitting on a pole", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 7)
Employment for the Castes in Abeyancei"I was a translator at the Institute:", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 7-8)
The Buladelah-Taree Holiday Song Cyclei"The people are eating dinner in that country north of Legge's Lake;", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 9-18)
The Futurei"There is nothing about it. Much science fiction is set there", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 19)
The Fishermen at South Headi"They have walked out as far as they can go on the prow of the continent,", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 20-21)
Quintets for Robert Morleyi"Is it possible that hyper-", Les Murray , single work poetry humour (p. 21-22)
Weightsi"Not owning a cart, my father", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 23)
Three Poems in Memory of My Mother, Miriam Murray nee Arnall (Born 13.5.1915, Died 19.4.1951), Les Murray , sequence poetry (p. 23-24)
Note: With title: Two Poems in Memory of My Mother, Miriam Murray Nee Arnall (contains the first two poems in the three poems Sequence)
Midsummer Icei"Remember how I used", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 23-24)
Machine Portraits with Pendant Spacemani"The bulldozer stands short as a boot on its heel-high ripple soles;", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 24-29)
Showeri"From the metal poppy", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 29-30)
Louvresi"In the banana zone, in the poinciana tropics", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 31-32)
Flood Plains on the Coast Facing Asiai"Hitching blur to a caged propeller", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 32-35)
Roman Cage-Cupsi"Excavate, at a constant curving interval", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 36-37)
Nocturnei"Brisbane, night-gathered, far away", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 37-38)
The Dream of Wearing Shorts Foreveri"To go home and wear shorts forever", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 38-40)
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