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  • Author:agent Graham Rowlands http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/rowlands-graham
Issue Details: First known date: 1992... 1992 Selected Poems
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Kent Town, Norwood, Payneham & St Peters area, Adelaide - North / North East, Adelaide, South Australia,:Wakefield Press , 1992 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Livesi"As the elegant table-leg of the eagle", Graham Rowlands , single work poetry (p. 1)
Archaeologistsi"They try to put together a dislocated past", Graham Rowlands , single work poetry (p. 2)
Doughnutsi"Squeezed and puffed and paddled round in oil", Graham Rowlands , single work poetry (p. 3)
Elusivei"You are too elusive for them, snake", Graham Rowlands , single work poetry (p. 4)
The Needi"She would come to him a dozen times a day,", Graham Rowlands , single work poetry (p. 5)
Zarathustra in a Jeti"A paranoid pilot at the controls.", Graham Rowlands , single work poetry (p. 6)
Twenty-One Yearsi"Twenty-one singles fold in my hand,", Graham Rowlands , single work poetry (p. 7-8)
Shadowsi"I grew in my mother's shadow", Graham Rowlands , single work poetry (p. 9)
Fathersi"Santa Claus, my father, would arrive with toys", Graham Rowlands , single work poetry (p. 10)
Visitingi"Not professionally trained, just trying to be friends,", Graham Rowlands , single work poetry (p. 11)
Prince Charmingi"I have problems with Prince Charming.", Graham Rowlands , single work poetry (p. 12)
Galilei Galileo Said Galileo Galileii"When the Church was centre of human compass", Graham Rowlands , single work poetry (p. 13)
Marking Secondary School Papersi"Surfies paddle out their boards,", Graham Rowlands , single work poetry (p. 14)
Reunioni"Now they're left alone in brown and mustard slacks.", Graham Rowlands , single work poetry (p. 15-16)
Infidelityi"What is your memory of a woman?", Graham Rowlands , single work poetry (p. 17)
Headmasteri"He saw them as test tubes in their racks,", Graham Rowlands , single work poetry (p. 18-19)
Climaxi"As if opposition to the very act", Graham Rowlands , single work poetry (p. 20)
Trinity Againi"He grew into Greek muscles tanning in the sun", Graham Rowlands , single work poetry (p. 21)
T.S. Eliot's Impersonalityi"Dante's skeletal fingers gripped his hand", Graham Rowlands , single work poetry (p. 22)
Willpower Willpoweri"My father never forgot the chaff bags", Graham Rowlands , single work poetry (p. 23)
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