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  • Author:agent Peter Boyle http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/boyle-peter
Issue Details: First known date: 1994... 1994 Coming Home from the World
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Wollongong, Wollongong area, Illawarra, South Coast, New South Wales,:Five Islands Press Scarp Productions , 1994 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
From Instructions Given to the Royal Examiners in the State of Chii"Examine the candidate's state of mind", Peter Boyle , single work poetry (p. 5)
Never Againi"The guavas grow by the winding lake.", Peter Boyle , single work poetry (p. 6-9)
On Reading Nadezhda Mandelstam's Memoirsi"Footsteps appear in the snow", Peter Boyle , single work poetry (p. 10)
For a Beautiful Polish Ladyi"Now that Death is dreaming", Peter Boyle , single work poetry (p. 11)
Separationi"You in the high-walled fortress of sleep", Peter Boyle , single work poetry (p. 12)
Woman in a Dark Overcoat Hunched in a Seati"She tells me of horses, of the quiet eyes of horses", Peter Boyle , single work poetry (p. 13)
Midwinter Swimmingi"I dream of the pool which is still open,", Peter Boyle , single work poetry (p. 14)
Moving Housei"Rows of icons grace the small house behind the monastery.", Peter Boyle , single work poetry (p. 15)
Four Variations on a Text of St Johni"I stopped at the well.", Peter Boyle , single work poetry (p. 16-18)
A Domestic Helper Returns for Christmas in the Provincei"Dumating umaga sa malayo bahay:", Peter Boyle , single work poetry (p. 19)
The Death of Francoi"He lies there in absolute darkness.", Peter Boyle , single work poetry (p. 20)
When Eagles Pause to Talk with Your Sleeping Bodyi"When you wake again", Peter Boyle , single work poetry (p. 21-22)
Ode to Allen Ginsbergi"I am writing from the Hudson river the New Jersey side:", Peter Boyle , single work poetry (p. 23-26)
Robert Frost at Eightyi"I think there are poems greater and stranger than any I have", Peter Boyle , single work poetry (p. 27)
The Emperor Montezuma Returns to Witness the Enactment of His Last Days in an Opera Composed by Antonio Vivaldi and Performed in the Theatre of St Angelo, Venice, 1733i"I woke first on a pure note of high C,", Peter Boyle , single work poetry (p. 28-29)
1892i"The sugarcane harvest will soon be in. It is before nuclear energy,", Peter Boyle , single work poetry (p. 30-31)
The Joys of Mathematicsi"At fifty I will begin my count towards the infinite numbers.", Peter Boyle , single work poetry (p. 32)
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