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Issue Details: First known date: 1992... 1992 Smiling Treason
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Strawberry Hills, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,:New Endeavour Press , 1992 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
A Pisces Pairedi"I am the leathery kelp", Rod Usher , single work poetry (p. 9)
Surfing Out of Seasoni"White winter bleached the morning", Rod Usher , single work poetry (p. 10)
Force Fieldi"Oilskinned man", Rod Usher , single work poetry (p. 11)
Estuaryi"Quietly flows the fattened Barwon,", Rod Usher , single work poetry (p. 12-13)
If Only...i"I would point you", Rod Usher , single work poetry (p. 14)
Summer of the Dismissed Traini"The train shuddered blue", Rod Usher , single work poetry (p. 15)
Home Tectonicsi"Soft membrane and fontanelle", Rod Usher , single work poetry (p. 16)
Forties-Forties Visioni"Suddenly the apogee", Rod Usher , single work poetry (p. 17)
That Day of the Weeki"Shipwrecked on this Sunday bed", Rod Usher , single work poetry (p. 18)
Lanced (for Angela)i"He has written of love", Rod Usher , single work poetry (p. 19)
Banking, Inflation, Moonlighti"A gilding moon", Rod Usher , single work poetry (p. 20)
Writers Festivali"I found a hair of yours", Rod Usher , single work poetry (p. 21-23)
Home on the Edgei"The night plays like a stoned saxophonist", Rod Usher , single work poetry (p. 24)
The Blood's Wild Tree (for Judith Wright)i"The land that built your heart", Rod Usher , single work poetry (p. 27)
Tooli"How long since you held", Rod Usher , single work poetry (p. 28)
Keeper of the Park (for John Druce)i"A man lies on the sea's green lap.", Rod Usher , single work poetry (p. 29)
Swimmer Meets Stingrayi"The rolled elephant", Rod Usher , single work poetry (p. 30)
Jewelsi"Profligate she stands,", Rod Usher , single work poetry (p. 31)
Golden Daysi"When the groundwork was laid by God", Rod Usher , single work poetry (p. 32-33)
It's Just Not Cricketi"One can wonder about the willow", Rod Usher , single work poetry (p. 34)
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