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y separately published work icon The Sea-Cucumber selected work   poetry  
  • Author:agent Martin Johnston http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/johnston-martin
Issue Details: First known date: 1978... 1978 The Sea-Cucumber
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Contents

* Contents derived from the St Lucia, Indooroopilly - St Lucia area, Brisbane - North West, Brisbane, Queensland,:University of Queensland Press , 1978 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Sea-Cucumberi"We'd all had a bit too much that night when you brought out your painting,", Martin Johnston , single work poetry (p. 1-2)
Mazurka for Buzzing Fly (Grand Master Akiba Rubinstein Speaks)i"The spectacles perched on my brain", Martin Johnston , single work poetry (p. 3-4)
Gradus Ad Parnassumi"Over a tabasco sandwich, with black coffee", Martin Johnston , single work poetry (p. 5-8)
Poem Resumed after Its Interruption When in Draft Form by the Death of Igor Stravinskyi"bubbled over the caulked side", Martin Johnston , single work poetry (p. 9-13)
Letter to Sylvia Plath (i.m. C.C.)i"Impacted fans of dawn unfold", Martin Johnston , single work poetry (p. 14-15)
Fault Linei"One might be happier if they were less banal", Martin Johnston , single work poetry (p. 16)
The Blood Aquariumi"Pan Apolek's scarf whirls the horizon inward,", Martin Johnston , single work poetry (p. 17-35)
Critical Notes on Marcel Prousti"Rain slaps the bridge and the sea tilts. Water gathers", Martin Johnston , single work poetry (p. 36)
Moriarty at Reichenbachi"I squat here under the falls waiting", Martin Johnston , single work poetry (p. 37)
Cavei"Sharp mornings on railway stations", Martin Johnston , single work poetry (p. 38-39)
Uncertain Sonnets : 1 : (Airport)i"Her arms are gravelled at the undertow", Martin Johnston , single work poetry (p. 40)
Uncertain Sonnets (for Julie), Martin Johnston , single work poetry (p. 40-44)
Uncertain Sonnets : 2 : (the Decisions)i"Not to be human but an emerald", Martin Johnston , single work poetry (p. 41)
Uncertain Sonnets : 3 : (Vernal Equinox)i"Polychromatic springtime's gay cadenza", Martin Johnston , single work poetry (p. 42)
Uncertain Sonnets : 4 : (for George Seferis)i"Delicate veined pale green sepals arching in nightfall's turquoise quiver", Martin Johnston , single work poetry (p. 43)
Uncertain Sonnets : 5 : Directions for Dreamfishingi"First you must blow a bottle round your sleep", Martin Johnston , single work poetry (p. 44)
Quantumi"The art photographer alone", Martin Johnston , single work poetry (p. 45-46)
Spinozai"Spinoza scratched a core of light", Martin Johnston , single work poetry (p. 47)
Sequestrumi"There's a special sort of madness in the colours", Martin Johnston , single work poetry (p. 48)
That Mine Own Precipicei"this morning I seem to have woken up", Martin Johnston , single work poetry (p. 49)
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