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y separately published work icon As It Was... selected work   autobiography  
  • Author:agent Bruce Beaver http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/beaver-bruce
Issue Details: First known date: 1979... 1979 As It Was...
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Contents

* Contents derived from the St Lucia, Indooroopilly - St Lucia area, Brisbane - North West, Brisbane, Queensland,:University of Queensland Press , 1979 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The First Paradoxical Memoryi"Your earliest memory may be of something", Bruce Beaver , single work poetry (p. 3-10)
The Dilemmai"Not being able to exact revenge is painfully frustrating to Christian", Bruce Beaver , single work poetry biography (p. 11-16)
The Happiest Days Etc., Bruce Beaver , single work biography (p. 17-21)
Raisons d'Etre, Bruce Beaver , single work prose biography (p. 23-26)
The Event, Bruce Beaver , single work prose biography (p. 27-29)
The First Death, Bruce Beaver , single work prose biography (p. 30-33)
Flying, Bruce Beaver , single work prose biography (p. 35-38)
Anodynes, Bruce Beaver , single work prose biography (p. 39-42)
Dying, Bruce Beaver , single work biography (p. 43-46)
Crises, Bruce Beaver , single work prose (p. 47-50)
Breakthroughsi"My grandmother died when I was nineteen and ready", Bruce Beaver , single work poetry biography (p. 51-55)
The Poemsi"The poems come", Bruce Beaver , single work poetry biography (p. 59-66)
Pea Pickingi"To realise the futility of pea-picking", Bruce Beaver , single work poetry (p. 69-72)
Hunting Birdsi"At first there was merely the picking off of the smallest birds", Bruce Beaver , single work poetry biography (p. 73-75)
Silo Treadingi"At silo filling time the air was similarly wet", Bruce Beaver , single work poetry (p. 77-79)
Herding Cowsi"At gut-rumbling five a.m. summer or winter", Bruce Beaver , single work poetry (p. 81-84)
Country Dancesi"At country dances then the dead moved and jigged", Bruce Beaver , single work poetry (p. 85-87)
Ploughing and Swearingi"This was the first farmland and house that I ever knew. It was my uncle's", Bruce Beaver , single work poetry biography (p. 89-92)
Birds and Beastsi"At my first farm up from the river flat", Bruce Beaver , single work poetry (p. 93-97)
The Troubled Ascenti"Climbing alone the hill near the farm to get away from it all:", Bruce Beaver , single work poetry (p. 98-100)
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