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Issue Details: First known date: 1989... 1989 The Asphalt and the Stars
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Ainslie, North Canberra area, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory,:Rathbarry Press , 1989 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Dawn Servicei"At this hour", Frank McMahon , single work poetry (p. 28)
Mount Ainslie Draini"A mud-and-nothing place at first, a scar", Frank McMahon , single work poetry (p. 29)
Black Paintingi"Nothing there at first except a square", Frank McMahon , single work poetry (p. 30)
Untitled Paladinoi"This predatory leech-like creature leers", Frank McMahon , single work poetry (p. 30)
Some Future Festivali"You'll need no plaque or marble now. You saw", Frank McMahon , single work poetry (p. 31)
Nemesisi"This rain will bring them out. Now, garden-shoed", Frank McMahon , single work poetry (p. 31)
Demolished Barbecuei"It had to go of course the new", Frank McMahon , single work poetry (p. 32)
Thistle Seeds (for my Grandson)i"An ancestor once said that if you hold", Frank McMahon , single work poetry (p. 32)
Cleaning Guttersi"I lost it underneath the barge-boards when", Frank McMahon , single work poetry (p. 33)
Autumn Haikui"Sun and claret run", Frank McMahon , single work poetry (p. 33)
Putting the Cats Out into Aprili"These creatures seem to see the underside", Frank McMahon , single work poetry (p. 34)
-All Things Considered, Manages Quite Welli"They're tiny plastic plugs, it's called", Frank McMahon , single work poetry (p. 35)
Lecture - Irish History (for Michael Collins)i"From talk", Frank McMahon , single work poetry (p. 36)
Science Itemi"They hope to clone the fibres in their eyes.", Frank McMahon , single work poetry (p. 36)
Lullaby (for Ellen)i"Close your eyelids, feel them fall.", Frank McMahon , single work poetry (p. 37)
Winter Meetingi"I like it best on winter rally-days.", Frank McMahon , single work poetry (p. 38-39)
Piper in a Sligo Car Parki"A racial memory set to music steers", Frank McMahon , single work poetry (p. 42)
Trio-Clonakilty Pub, County Corki"A melody as old as love", Frank McMahon , single work poetry (p. 43)
Drunk with a Dry-Ginger Bottlei"Oblivion like this was never gained", Frank McMahon , single work poetry (p. 43)
To a Galah in Leeds Castlei"You've changed your view I see. The road", Frank McMahon , single work poetry (p. 44-45)
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