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Issue Details: First known date: 1993... 1993 The Long Drowning
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Wollongong, Wollongong area, Illawarra, South Coast, New South Wales,:Scarp Productions Five Islands Press , 1993 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
This is the Long Drowningi"the slow walk home (you take each fingertip, in turn, between your", Melissa Curran , single work poetry (p. 4)
Broken Sleepi"sarah, you're frightened of the night -", Melissa Curran , single work poetry (p. 5)
Reader, I Loved Himi"kill them", Melissa Curran , single work poetry (p. 6-8)
Dogmai"i would love - yes - even you - yes - even your", Melissa Curran , single work poetry (p. 9)
Bad Weather (for Sarah Kirsch)i"he asked for the sea", Melissa Curran , single work poetry (p. 10)
Conversationsi"this is the "parisian" cafe", Melissa Curran , single work poetry (p. 11-12)
Poem Ending with a Line by Suzanne Gardinieri"the love tongue of your flesh", Melissa Curran , single work poetry (p. 13)
Shei"writes like a man. that. is she writes. not like a. man but like.", Melissa Curran , single work poetry (p. 14)
Confessionali"the goat doesn't care about my broken heart. it's difficult to", Melissa Curran , single work poetry (p. 15)
Make Me a Riveri"make me a river and call it the path of your hear/say, it is in your", Melissa Curran , single work poetry (p. 16)
Misconceptionsi"it's the hair, it's always the hair. it confuses him. when he reads about", Melissa Curran , single work poetry (p. 17)
Ropei"these black kisses are criminal", Melissa Curran , single work poetry (p. 18)
The Tourist Drivei"piccadilly neon was never more enticing", Melissa Curran , single work poetry (p. 19)
Distractions : A Dialogue with Edith Sodergran's (a Decision)i"edith is asking: shall you be silent, like everything else? (the stillness", Melissa Curran , single work poetry (p. 20)
Returning to the Cityi"christ! the riots", Melissa Curran , single work poetry (p. 21)
Switzerlandi"that night it was cold/ dreaming/ oh, nicole!/ that he held rosemary", Melissa Curran , single work poetry (p. 22)
Beate Beatrix (after Rossetti)i"he gives me", Melissa Curran , single work poetry (p. 23-24)
Octoberi"my breasts are drawn with rivers,", Melissa Curran , single work poetry (p. 25)
In Your Zen Heaveni"we burn we drown for love of a man we hold all of", Melissa Curran , single work poetry (p. 26)
Exchangei"he tells me i'd make a bad mother and i say "i never actually loved", Melissa Curran , single work poetry (p. 27)
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