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y separately published work icon The Birdsville Track and Other Poems selected work   poetry  
  • Author:agent Douglas Stewart http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/stewart-douglas
Issue Details: First known date: 1955... 1955 The Birdsville Track and Other Poems
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson , 1955 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Wombati"Ha there! old pig, old bear, old bristly and gingery", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 1)
Mosquito Orchidi"Such infinitesimal things,", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 2)
Mignonette Orchidi"Beetle, beetle and beetle,", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 3)
Crow's Nesti"Never since the stringybarks stiffened to telegraph poles", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry satire (p. 4)
Firetail Finchesi"Flit flit flit they cry in their bright voices", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 5)
Christmas Bellsi"See them, the wild children", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 6)
Foxesi"I saw a fine fox, I saw a fine fox,", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 7)
Frogsi"Down in the bush beside the creek", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 8)
Flowering Bloodwoodsi"There is a wave you cannot see", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 9)
Crab and Cicadai"Some flying-fish then? Some green fantastic lobster?", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 10)
Brindabellai"Once on a silver and green day, rich to remember,", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 11)
Bird's-Eyei"Some careless happiness in things", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 12)
The Brown Snakei"I walked to the green gum-tree", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 13)
The Riversi"Somewhere in the middle of the ocean every lost river", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 14-15)
The Last of Snowi"It is the last of the snow", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 16)
Spider-Gumsi"Where winter's snow and crashing rains", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 17-18)
White Cockatooi"Now they have left the moon out over the paddock", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 19)
Murrumbidgeei"Water with a dark-green dorsal-fin", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 20)
The Night of the Mothsi"The giant moths like sparrows! So many drowned", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 21)
The Leaf-Hopperi"Even now while I speak", Douglas Stewart , single work poetry (p. 22)
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