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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.
Poetry and Religioni"Religions are poems. They concert", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 41)
July : Midwinter Haircuti"Now the world has stopped. Dead middle of the year.", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 42-43)
Cave Divers Near Mount Gambieri"Chenille-skinned people are counting under the countryside", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 43-44)
The Ballad of the Barbed Wire Oceani"No more rice pudding. Pink coupons for Plume. Smokes under the lap for aunts.", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 44-45)
The Tin Wash Dishi"Lank poverty, dank poverty", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 45-46)
Bats' Ultrasoundi"Sleeping-bagged in a duplex wing", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 46)
Lyre Birdi"Liar made of leaf-litter, quivering ribby in shim,", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 47)
Cattle Ancestori"Darrambawli and all his wives, they came feeding from the south east", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 47-48)
The Octave of Elephantsi"Bull elephants, when not weeping need, wander soberly alone.", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 48-49)
The Cows on Killing Dayi"All me are standing on feed. The sky is shining.", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 49-50)
Spermacetii"I sound my sight, and flexing skeletons eddy", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 51)
The Wedding at Berricoi"To reach your watershed country", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 51-52)
Dead Trees in the Dami"Castle scaffolding tall in moat,", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 53)
Late Summer Firesi"The paddocks shave black", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 54-55)
Like Wheeling Stacked Wateri"Dried nests in the overhanging limbs", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 56-57)
It Allows a Portrait in Line-Scan at Fifteeni"He retains a slight 'Martian' accent, from the years of single phrases.", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 57-59)
The Shield-Scales of Heraldryi"Surmounting my government's high evasions", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 59-60)
Burning Wanti"From just on puberty, I lived in funeral:", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 61-62)
The Last Hellosi"Don't die, Dad-", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 62-64)
Cotton Flannelettei"Shake the bed, the blackened child whimpers,", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 65-66)
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