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Issue Details: First known date: 1998... 1998 Memory Shell
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Wollongong, Wollongong area, Illawarra, South Coast, New South Wales,:Five Islands Press , 1998 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Earthi"I weed without a trowel, searching all morning for the deep-hooked", Lucy Dougan , single work poetry (p. 5)
Prosperoi"You're back to grit again. I expected some scant powder", Lucy Dougan , single work poetry (p. 5)
Anniversary, Lucy Dougan , sequence poetry (p. 5-6)
The Back of My Neck (Your Hand)i"Let it mark my space, how I might move, what I might think and", Lucy Dougan , single work poetry (p. 6)
A Skipping Poem About the Place I Grew Upi"The Green world at a house named Cathay", Lucy Dougan , single work poetry (p. 7)
Against Lawnsi"There's a door in the day", Lucy Dougan , single work poetry (p. 8)
John Clarei"Finally someone spoke to me about it", Lucy Dougan , single work poetry (p. 9)
Memory Shelli"Ridged and peach-lipped, they rest indifferent", Lucy Dougan , single work poetry (p. 10)
My Father in His Thornproof Jacket from Cavani"Imagine his two hands", Lucy Dougan , single work poetry (p. 11)
Hairsi"I wanted to leave a curl of dark", Lucy Dougan , single work poetry (p. 12)
Advicei"Leave the windows open", Lucy Dougan , single work poetry (p. 13)
Initiationi"This is about blood travelling", Lucy Dougan , single work poetry (p. 13)
Possessioni"Learn to read the waether map", Lucy Dougan , single work poetry (p. 13)
Demon Lover Suite, Lucy Dougan , sequence poetry (p. 13-14)
The Price of Civilisationi"Did you call the posse at your door", Lucy Dougan , single work poetry (p. 14)
Scar on the First Day I Met Youi""Look, it's only a paper cut," he soothes", Lucy Dougan , single work poetry (p. 15-16)
Note: Dedication: for Tim
The Novice Embalmer's Arti"preserves love's trace", Lucy Dougan , single work poetry (p. 17)
Begettings (Shelbourne)i"It was a flat on the highway. You felt in touch with everything", Lucy Dougan , single work poetry (p. 18)
Having Himi"In the hospital my passion was white, shrouded. I could hear the", Lucy Dougan , single work poetry (p. 18)
The Train Homei"when the girls, laughing, swung out from the carriage, more than", Lucy Dougan , single work poetry (p. 18-19)
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