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  • Author:agent Robert Adamson http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/adamson-robert
Issue Details: First known date: 1970... 1970 Canticles on the Skin
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Illumination Press , 1970 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Proemi"Dirty hypodermics rattle in the glovebox : morphine flows", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 2)
The Imitatori"Central station slides by, I sit here stranded in a window pane.", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 3-7)
Envoii"Watch him, serving out his year in this neutral atmosphere-", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 8)
Comes From Insidei"Don't pity this naked mind that walks like a monk", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 9)
The Rebel Angel (for Michael Driscoll)i"Shit off with this fake dome of a life.", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 10)
Demimondainei"Down along my mirror sided town", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 11)
Canticles on the Skini"thwack the tight skin once - wait, this act", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 12-14)
Jerusalem Bayi"I walked through a solitude of mist by a river reflecting", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 16-17)
Through a Trammel of Livesi"The delta of his years holds only time;", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 18)
Toward Abstraction : Possibly a Gull's Wingi"The most disconcerting feature is an absolute flatness", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 19)
The Squid Shoalsi"I finger papers in a morning blaze", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 20)
The Harbour Braces Itselfi"It is early, the harbour braces itself", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 21)
Blown Glass and Picture Tubei"Come on, let tell of it in here, under the yellow", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 22-23)
Not Musici"Not music. No", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 24)
Between the Silver and the Glass Between the Silver and the Glass Surfacei"Because we are old, ornamental questions cannot hold us-", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 26)
Elegy for Imitation Glassi"Tomorrow? I slowly tilt the rim and watch dark liquid flow", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 27-28)
Your Magazine Husbandi"Finally after strolling along", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 29-31)
There Are Heroes in My Bookcasei"Let the room consume you", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 32)
Stupra / Ataraxia (for Francis Webb)i"Huddled forward incanting over books through weeks, nothing's", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 33)
Francis Thompsoni"Morning, standing stockstill above the moving Thames", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 34)
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