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Issue Details: First known date: 1992... 1992 Selected Poems 1939-1990
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Contents

* Contents derived from the St Lucia, Indooroopilly - St Lucia area, Brisbane - North West, Brisbane, Queensland,:University of Queensland Press , 1992 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Selected Poems 1939-1990 : Introduction, Martin Duwell , single work criticism biography (p. xv-xxiv)
Canefieldsi"These green ribbons will not tell you all; but listen-", John Blight , single work poetry (p. 3)
The Parrotsi"They were peculiar preachers, wise-spoken birds", John Blight , single work poetry (p. 4)
The Hurricane Lanterni"She might have been the bush pub's slattern,", John Blight , single work poetry (p. 5)
Iti"It is outside and cannot come", John Blight , single work poetry (p. 6)
The Old Pianisti"I listened, for old times sake, but - old frame", John Blight , single work poetry (p. 7)
To a Farmer, Fencingi"Where hides the spider, mortal or machine,", John Blight , single work poetry (p. 8)
The Songi"Softly the song speaks, stranger from the shadow", John Blight , single work poetry (p. 9)
To a Crowi"You're made inquiries at the gate,", John Blight , single work poetry (p. 10-11)
Night in the Parki"White moths at the park gate mantling a pale street light", John Blight , single work poetry (p. 12)
The Belli"I could not bend this mind, this skull-cold mind on mine", John Blight , single work poetry (p. 13)
To a Dead Treei"How would you look in a steel-grey suit,", John Blight , single work poetry (p. 14)
Four Horsesi"Four horses have all day long across the plain", John Blight , single work poetry (p. 15)
Going to Bedi"I have disclosed to you one half myself", John Blight , single work poetry (p. 16)
Becalmedi"Above and below the ship...deep...blue:", John Blight , single work poetry (p. 19-20)
The Cat-o'-Nine-Tails'i"Given the cat, it was not only that he ran", John Blight , single work poetry (p. 21)
The Turnipi"Once weeding, when I pulled a skull", John Blight , single work poetry (p. 22)
Sea-Madnessi"The rocks' black sheep grazing beside the sea", John Blight , single work poetry (p. 23)
Bride Shipi"Alone I walk again the harbour shore", John Blight , single work poetry (p. 24-25)
Crowi"Perhaps blown over by a hellish wind -", John Blight , single work poetry (p. 26)
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