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Issue Details: First known date: 1998... 1998 The Vigilant Heart
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Contents

* Contents derived from the St Lucia, Indooroopilly - St Lucia area, Brisbane - North West, Brisbane, Queensland,:University of Queensland Press , 1998 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Tongues of Firei"I want words which are scalpel sharp", Catherine Bateson , single work poetry (p. 3)
Scenes from a Marriagei"I had been starless and blind,", Catherine Bateson , single work poetry (p. 4-5)
My Treacherous Hearti"You feel so overwritten you're like a palimpsest;", Catherine Bateson , single work poetry (p. 6)
On Bukowski and Babiesi"These days Meditate Through Labour", Catherine Bateson , single work poetry (p. 7)
Ultrasound Scan, Eighteen Weeksi"The head I was expecting, the rest was blurred", Catherine Bateson , single work poetry (p. 8)
Thirty-Eight Weeksi"These sleepless nights the dreads line up in a queue", Catherine Bateson , single work poetry (p. 9)
This is a Poem...i"This is a poem written on the long afternoon", Catherine Bateson , single work poetry (p. 10)
Late Night Critique of Sexton and Plathi"All week the mad dead have circled my sleep, creeping", Catherine Bateson , single work poetry (p. 11)
Stories Like Dicei"This is how it happened; it was an afternoon in early winter. He was", Catherine Bateson , single work poetry (p. 12-13)
When You Leavei"We never have enough time", Catherine Bateson , single work poetry (p. 14)
In the Tattooist's Parlour : Something Nearly Grandi"The first one I saw; a faded mermaid in popeye blues and greens,", Catherine Bateson , single work poetry (p. 15)
In the Tattooist's Parlour : All Love Storiesi"Here's Rowena, just past the age of consent", Catherine Bateson , single work poetry (p. 15-16)
In the Tattooist's Parlour, Catherine Bateson , single work poetry (p. 15-18)
In the Tattooist's Parlour : Art Schooli"Art School -- Dad uncomfortably proud, Mum", Catherine Bateson , single work poetry (p. 16-17)
In the Tattooist's Parlour : The Apprenticeshipi"Where's the teacher? Watching reruns of Star Trek.", Catherine Bateson , single work poetry (p. 17-18)
In the Tattooist's Parlour : Learning the Tradei"My final student year I brought in three clients,", Catherine Bateson , single work poetry (p. 18)
Visiting the Bookshop (for Shelton Lea)i"I spent my dreaming years between stacks of books", Catherine Bateson , single work poetry (p. 19)
Letter to a Dead Friendi"While you were dying I was somewhere else;", Catherine Bateson , single work poetry (p. 20-21)
Love Poemi"There were lovers whose names were like the soft", Catherine Bateson , single work poetry (p. 22-23)
For Christopher All the Lost Childreni"All the lost children slipping like stars", Catherine Bateson , single work poetry (p. 25)
Note: With title: For Christopher
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