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Issue Details: First known date: 1989... no. 127 1989 of Poetry Australia est. 1964 Poetry Australia
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Notes

  • Dedication: For Grace Perry. Poet and former Editor of Poetry Australia

Contents

* Contents derived from the Santa Cruz, California,
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United States of America (USA),
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Americas,
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Story Line Press , 1989 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Meati"I remember the day Robert Callaghan said", John Millett , single work poetry (p. 6-7)
Rachael Princess in a Butcher's Shopi"Old Mrs Lowenstein practiced survival", John Millett , single work poetry (p. 8-9)
The Nine Lives of Big Meg O'Shannessyi"Half-caste Meg O'Shannessy's 18 stone", John Millett , single work poetry (p. 10-11)
Pitbull Syndromei"American pitbulls have a jawbone", John Millett , single work poetry (p. 12)
The Hooker on the Corner Near the Street Vendor's Voicei"Mauve bitumen light", John Millett , single work poetry (p. 13)
The Man from Dunbarton Steel Inc.i"Felix Haufmann, born Berlin 1935,", John Millett , single work poetry (p. 14-15)
Race Day at Cooper's Crossingi"Meg first saw Ivan at Cooper's Crossing,", John Millett , single work poetry (p. 16)
Poem to a Woman from Groningeni"Tonight, when the wind touches you,", John Millett , single work poetry (p. 17)
The Croesus Cement Companyi"Evan Green, pensioner, retired cement worker,", John Millett , single work poetry (p. 18)
Hard Rideri"Ivan's Gold Wing led the International Transtar", John Millett , single work poetry (p. 19)
Lawyer and Downes Syndrome Clienti"The client looks across Marc Callaghan's desk:", John Millett , single work poetry (p. 20-21)
Letter to an Unknown Womani"I know you-", John Millett , single work poetry (p. 22)
Mother and Child in Planet Parki"In this picnic-basket park", John Millett , single work poetry (p. 23)
Meg and Ivan in the Tea and Coffee Lanei"No matter whether it's sunny or a storm", John Millett , single work poetry (p. 24-25)
Rapei"The old woman feels a screwdriver", John Millett , single work poetry (p. 26)
Parque Eduardo VII, Lisboni"The gypsies - there were four of them", John Millett , single work poetry (p. 27)
Lake Poem - Slag Heap in Foregroundi"I have written your name on the", John Millett , single work poetry (p. 28)
Margaret Ann Greeni"Lawyers live by violence -", John Millett , single work poetry (p. 29-30)
Jean in the Shadow of a Night Hunteri"When I was a January man", John Millett , single work poetry (p. 31)
Meg's 4th Lifei"In hospital after the smash,", John Millett , single work poetry (p. 32)

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Alternative title: The Nine Lives of Big Meg O'Shannessy: poems

Works about this Work

After Poetry (6) : A Quarterly Account of Recent Poetry Graham Rowlands , 1990 single work criticism
— Appears in: Overland , Spring no. 120 1990; (p. 36-40)
After Poetry (6) : A Quarterly Account of Recent Poetry Graham Rowlands , 1990 single work criticism
— Appears in: Overland , Spring no. 120 1990; (p. 36-40)
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