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The anthology of poems was drawn from the entries of the 2018 ACU Prize for Poetry awarded on 6th September in Melbourne.
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* Contents derived from the
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- The First Yeari"Our doctor says that all that crying is just what babies do", single work poetry (p. 1-4)
- Lute Musici"As you nuzzle at my breast, you hold me:", single work poetry (p. 5-6)
- The Singeri"our mother sits opposite me fearful and frail", single work poetry (p. 7-8)
- Window Washeri"Straggly connoisseur, collector of bones", single work poetry (p. 9)
- Extended , Familyi"I've known four generations,", single work poetry (p. 10-12)
- Fledglingi"I think of you, as I sit beneath the", single work poetry (p. 13-14)
- The Jacaranda Nursing Home, single work poetry (p. 15-17)
- Intersectionsi"Between the green and the next green", single work poetry (p. 18)
- The Afternoon Shifti"Daily, she shuffles the length", single work poetry (p. 19)
- Visiting Bonnegillai"I stand in the bright summer light", single work poetry (p. 21)
- Pondicherryi"My patience runs like time in transit. Where it pools,", single work poetry (p. 22)
- Athene Noctuai"Your memory brings no warmth, Minerva", single work poetry (p. 23-25)
- Numberedi"Fours years since Pete died", single work poetry (p. 26)
- Human Lookingi"so much can go wrong. Ulcers or lesions.", single work poetry (p. 27-29)
- You See : Romantici"You see, Keats found breath at line's end", single work poetry (p. 30-31)
- The Art : Ultramarinei"There's always art, they tell you. You look blank. It's an art.", single work poetry (p. 32-33)
- My Father's Languagei"My father appeared to me as a silence", single work poetry (p. 34-37)
- Riptidei"Cradle my bones in your tender hands", single work poetry (p. 38-39)
- Eyes of the Otheri"Parliament is sitting late this evening. Debate", single work poetry (p. 40-42)
- Cyprus, 1985i"Night under the trellis of a grapevine", single work poetry (p. 43-46)
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