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Issue Details: First known date: 1976... 1976 Journal of a Surgeon's Wife and Other Poems
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Berrima, Moss Vale - Marulan area, Southern Highlands - Southern Tablelands, Southeastern NSW, New South Wales,:South Head Press , 1976 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Discoveryi"Perhaps it was", Grace Perry , single work poetry (p. 9 - 12)
Toy Factoryi"The belt rolls endlessly", Grace Perry , single work poetry (p. 13 - 15)
Martin Place 73i"Regime on trial", Grace Perry , single work poetry (p. 15)
Nationi"And I believe in midnight suppers", Grace Perry , single work poetry (p. 16)
Musical Instrument in a Museumi"Suddenly sound washes over us", Grace Perry , single work poetry (p. 17 - 23)
Dolphini"Dark forms rise", Grace Perry , single work poetry (p. 24)
Sydney 73i"Subjunctive erections", Grace Perry , single work poetry (p. 25)
The Loveri"I am as Mejun of the Banu 'Amir", Grace Perry , single work poetry (p. 26)
After Beethoveni"It was a fair performance", Grace Perry , single work poetry (p. 27)
Pipe Dreami"Walls flow together", Grace Perry , single work poetry (p. 28 - 29)
Night at the Balleti"One moment always", Grace Perry , single work poetry (p. 29)
Homing Pigeoni"I tell you, children,", Grace Perry , single work poetry (p. 30)
Cathedral Square, Brisbane, 1967i"Rulers of land and mind corrode together", Grace Perry , single work poetry (p. 31 - 34)
Note:

As 'Return to Cathedral Square, Brisbane'

In ten numbered parts. Part 10 is a combination of parts 10, 11 and 12 from the original version, with some lines from part 10 omitted.
Monday Morningi"Take today for instance", Grace Perry , single work poetry (p. 35)
Canberra City Sundayi"Plastic mouldings from breakfast cereal boxes,", Grace Perry , single work poetry (p. 36)
Separate Roomsi"Unwilling to commit ourselves", Grace Perry , single work poetry (p. 36)
Cattle Salei"Not seethed in mothers' milk", Grace Perry , single work poetry (p. 37 - 38)
Solanderi"And how to celebrate the latest casting", Grace Perry , single work poetry (p. 38)
The Walli"We have gone softly into the wilderness", Grace Perry , single work poetry (p. 39)
Leaving the Housei"What if the walls collapsed like playing cards", Grace Perry , single work poetry (p. 40 - 41)
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