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y separately published work icon The Spider in the Corner selected work   poetry   satire   humour  
Issue Details: First known date: 1989... 1989 The Spider in the Corner
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Traralgon, La Trobe Valley, Gippsland, Victoria,:Robin Hillard , 1989 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Black Swansi"No. I don't like the way these swans", Robin Hillard , single work poetry (p. 4)
Justicei"A fly", Robin Hillard , single work poetry (p. 4)
The Ogre's Wifei"It's all my fault", Robin Hillard , single work poetry (p. 5)
Fast Foodi"Commercially age the wine", Robin Hillard , single work poetry (p. 5)
Obsessioni"The gnome in the bottom of my mind is black", Robin Hillard , single work poetry (p. 6)
Cati"Cat,", Robin Hillard , single work poetry (p. 6)
Spideri"That spider in the corner has come to the end", Robin Hillard , single work poetry satire (p. 7)
7 O'Clocki"The end of the world", Robin Hillard , single work poetry (p. 7)
Authorityi"Old men", Robin Hillard , single work poetry satire (p. 8)
Mrs Noahi"Come child, help my old bones up the hill", Robin Hillard , single work poetry satire (p. 9)
Untitledi"I hate snakes...", Robin Hillard , single work poetry humour (p. 10)
Botched Jobi"You might as well chuck out", Robin Hillard , single work poetry (p. 10)
Snow Whitei"Here, inside myself, a glass", Robin Hillard , single work poetry (p. 11)
The Princei"I rather wish they'd given me a name", Robin Hillard , single work poetry satire (p. 12)
Fossili"This", Robin Hillard , single work poetry (p. 12)
Athenai"Well, you did it, and only Zeus knows why", Robin Hillard , single work poetry (p. 13)
Glassi"Foetus in a jar", Robin Hillard , single work poetry (p. 14)
Elegyi""Why bother writing poems to the dead?", Robin Hillard , single work poetry satire (p. 14)
Was it Rabbie Burnsi"Was it Rabbie Burns who said", Robin Hillard , single work poetry (p. 15)
Mermaidi"Sea cow", Robin Hillard , single work poetry satire (p. 15)
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