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  • Author:agent Philip Salom http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/salom-philip
Issue Details: First known date: 1987... 1987 Sky Poems
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Fremantle, Fremantle area, South West Perth, Perth, Western Australia,:Fremantle Press , 1987 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Sky Arrivali"Never mind how you got here, or why.", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 13)
Instructions for Living in the Skyi"This is the new world: a sphere and its envelope", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 14-16)
The Disabled and the Ones of Paini"Have risen from the stubborn world of objects,", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 17-18)
Smithy's Dreami"This bridge he risks each Friday after the pub.", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 19)
Paradisei"When they first appear on the sky-", Philip Salom , single work poetry satire (p. 20-22)
Migrants in the Skyi"At times, by endless concentration (you feel mad", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 23-24)
Remarks About Your Otheri"Now the woman in red approaches.", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 25-26)
A Little Bit of Colouri"The sky is blue astonishment, a seamless packed blue,", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 27)
Being There Perhaps, or Not Quitei"He's made himself the wall of heaven: salvation's", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 28-29)
Touch-Up Artisti"The work persists: to find each one of you,", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 30)
Seeing Gallipoli from the Skyi"To remember the veterans with my child-illusion:", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 31-33)
Dreami"Two honest men beside him, in tuxedos,", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 34)
Three Angles On Absorptioni"He saw it in the windmill when he went to feed the horses", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 35)
A Dreamer to His Observeri"There is nothing beneath the floor but sky.", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 36)
Speech Makingi"The room swirls in front of me like wind in a dark forest.", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 37-38)
Narcissus Considers Himselfi"It is not enough to simply live inside my body,", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 39-40)
Epigrams for Performers in the Skyi"The world lies in place like the lines of a glib play.", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 41-42)
Note: Six numbered stanzas.
Balcony Scene with Variationsi"After two delicious visits by her men, each leaving", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 44-45)
Bicentennial - Living Other Livesi"Which lives shall emerge from the waters? Kelly, the armour", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 46-48)
The Meetingi"They hold their bodies in the strangest ways", Philip Salom , single work poetry (p. 49)
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