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  • Author:agent Adam Aitken http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/aitken-adam
Issue Details: First known date: 1996... 1996 In One House
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Pymble, Turramurra - Pymble - St Ives area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson HarperCollins Australia , 1996 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Protocol of Eveningi"He wanted to ask her", Adam Aitken , single work poetry (p. 40-41)
Tracker's Huti"The goldfields finance a botanic effect", Adam Aitken , single work poetry (p. 42)
The Cometi"Evening in Uluru, driving back too fast", Adam Aitken , single work poetry (p. 44)
Road to Lovinai"descending", Adam Aitken , single work poetry (p. 47-49)
Mandalay Forti"Their fortress walls remind us the British", Adam Aitken , single work poetry (p. 50-51)
A Thousand Stepsi"A thousand steps to climb", Adam Aitken , single work poetry (p. 52)
A Short History of Pagani"A single change of ruler made the currency useless", Adam Aitken , single work poetry (p. 53-54)
Note: Epigraph: The pagoda is finished and the great country ruined. Burmese Proverb
Mandalay 1985i"In our best King's English we enquire", Adam Aitken , single work poetry (p. 55)
Sohbraji"No cell holds his Tantric meditations, the cursing", Adam Aitken , single work poetry (p. 56)
Making Meriti"Yesterday we heard Pol Pot's gunfire", Adam Aitken , single work poetry (p. 57)
Flirting in Cambodia the Choice is Endlessi"They were people of belief", Adam Aitken , single work poetry (p. 58)
The Bats of Angkor Wati"They are unmoved", Adam Aitken , single work poetry (p. 59-60)
The Disappearancei"If he takes you to a place of fundamentals", Adam Aitken , single work poetry (p. 61)
Note: Epigraph: 'prophets die better at a distance' Michael Dransfield, Parthenogenesis
Sailing to Byzantiumi"Byzantium: east meets west in search of fame", Adam Aitken , single work poetry (p. 62-63)
Days of Black and White (Gilligan's Island)i"My friends after school", Adam Aitken , single work poetry (p. 67-69)
Note: Epigraph: 'so far and no safari...' Mark O'Connor
Pyrmont and the Docksi"I admired his skill with black coffee,", Adam Aitken , single work poetry (p. 70-71)
African Cashewsi"African cashews-", Adam Aitken , single work poetry (p. 72)
Neighboursi"I patch holes in the speech acquiring parts", Adam Aitken , single work poetry (p. 73)
Greek Cheesesi"Some days they are my only contact with the Greeks.", Adam Aitken , single work poetry (p. 74-75)
Empire of Signsi"In the tepid dusk of March", Adam Aitken , single work poetry (p. 76)
Note: 'Here war is harmless like a monument' W. H. Auden, Sonnets from China
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