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Issue Details: First known date: 1990... 1990 This Side of Silence : Poems 1987-1990
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:Longman Cheshire , 1990 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
From the Outseti"From the outset I think I thought it strange", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 1)
Old Woodi"I can't help liking old wood, the way", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 2)
Waltzing Toyotai"A swagman parked his camper-van by the Billabong Motel;", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 3)
Two Songs for a Bicentenary Year : Ii"Program me 'Aussie' so I can", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry humour (p. 4)
Two Songs for a Bicentenary Year : IIi"O for the wings of a wombat", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry humour (p. 5)
Holiday Resorti"Throughout the night that sound kept us awake", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 6)
On First Being the Subject of a Question in a Late Afternoon Television Quiz Programmei"Now that I have become famous in the Andy Warhol sense of the word,", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 7)
A Sixties Readingi"Not so much now, but then", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 8)
A Tiger's Tale (for Gwen Harwood)i"I dream I stand once more", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 9-10)
The True Believersi"At the ground early with the trusty thermos,", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 11)
For David Kilmartin (In Memoriam 1969-1989)i"There will be silences where you enter, smiling,", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 12)
The Mills of Godi"I hate to see you slowing up, as you must,", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 13)
On a New Neighbour's Loss (for Gloria)i"One of the reasons why I love you so", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 14)
The Capeweedi"It was as if that early memory", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 15)
Katrina's Wedding : 27 January 1990i"As I began to walk down the aisle", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 16)
A Mother Visitingi"Sometimes, she thinks, we have a burden laid on us", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 17)
Precedenti"How lovely is the sunlight that we see", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 18)
Wimpi"In his eyes there lurks the fear that follows", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 19)
Mementosi"In a box in her mother's room she found them then;", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 20)
Last Seen 12.10 a.m. ...i"What price the doggedness of one loving family", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 21)
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