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Issue Details: First known date: 1988... 1988 The Habit of Balance
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Wollongong, Wollongong area, Illawarra, South Coast, New South Wales,:Five Islands Press , 1988 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Wombati"Shivering with the fear and need of love", Ron Pretty , single work poetry (p. 7)
Cardigani"Cardigan,", Ron Pretty , single work poetry (p. 8)
Junglei"There's always shouting, slamming doors,", Ron Pretty , single work poetry (p. 9)
Midwinter Crossingi"Cresting the last ridge of the range", Ron Pretty , single work poetry (p. 10)
The Cactus Peoplei"I ache because I am", Ron Pretty , single work poetry (p. 11)
Night Out with Cattlei"Driving back over the black paddocks", Ron Pretty , single work poetry (p. 12)
The Riveri"the statue of his lover stands in the river", Ron Pretty , single work poetry (p. 13-14)
St Pauli"Marion on Sunday goes to church", Ron Pretty , single work poetry (p. 15)
Suburban Aubadei"Late in the night and early in the morning", Ron Pretty , single work poetry (p. 16)
Night of the Bonfirei"When I was twelve, and in my last religious phase", Ron Pretty , single work poetry (p. 17)
The Stonei"Condemned by silence to his annual death", Ron Pretty , single work poetry (p. 18)
And Something Elsei"And something else again", Ron Pretty , single work poetry (p. 19)
Ipecinei"I dreamed the word", Ron Pretty , single work poetry (p. 20)
On Windang Bridgei"He watches from the corner of his eye", Ron Pretty , single work poetry (p. 22)
Fleur de Lisi"She adored her father; but when", Ron Pretty , single work poetry (p. 23)
Vinespacei"If you take a tree and sketch it", Ron Pretty , single work poetry (p. 24-25)
Verbsi"A city is a verb, as a cloud is", Ron Pretty , single work poetry (p. 26)
Judithi"She can't avoid the vacuum", Ron Pretty , single work poetry (p. 27)
Towards the Endi"Towards the end he", Ron Pretty , single work poetry (p. 28-29)
Growing Painsi"His", Ron Pretty , single work poetry (p. 30)
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