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* Contents derived from the 2000 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Deckchair on the Titanici"Swag-bellied pendent canvas", single work poetry (p. 21)
- Pristina, single work short story (p. 22-32)
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Everyday Ophelia
Everyday Opheliai"In deep bathwater I am Ophelia mad from love",
single work
poetry
(p. 33)
Note: With title: Everyday Ophelia
- Too Yellow to Undoi"This heady time of year the wattles flood,", single work poetry (p. 47-50)
- Sisyphus and the Thunderstorm, single work short story (p. 51-57)
- Boys in Paini"Swaying through loftier air,", single work poetry (p. 58-59)
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Changing Countries, Changing Focus,
single work
review
— Review of Changing Countries 2000 selected work autobiography short story criticism poetry ; (p. 60-62) - Disencumberedi"Well beyond the point where it stops being true", single work poetry (p. 63)
- Friendly Advicei"What I remembered about him was he had", single work poetry (p. 64)
- The Mountain, the Bridge, single work short story (p. 66-67)
- Sister Spider The Canticle of Sister Spideri"This large, sedentary spider", single work poetry (p. 68)
- Rainbow Lorikeetsi"They're like punks", single work poetry (p. 69)
- A Fish-Like Boat in a Water-Like Landscape, single work prose (p. 70-79)
- Bluenights, single work short story (p. 80-84)
- I Want to See the World Beginning (for Louis, Aged Four)i"In the earthy world the first day is opening.", single work poetry (p. 85)
- An End and a Beginning, single work short story (p. 86-91)
- Joseph's Coati"Dubious gift", single work poetry (p. 105)
- II (from Illuminations)i"She loves a museum - let's do the tour", extract poetry (p. 106)
- VIII (from Illuminations)i"When asked to explain those dragonfly leaps", extract poetry (p. 106)
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A Sense of Direction,
single work
short story
(p. 107-113)
Far away from the ocean, Gerald finds a dead water bird that reminds him of his childhood town. His strange magnetic imbalance means that he has difficulty navigating, and magnetic instruments such as watches stop working around him, leaving him adrift in space and time and unable to hold down a job.
Feeling a kinship with the lost bird, he preserves its corpse and brings it to first a vet, then a university ornithologist to identify it. It turns out to be an Arctic tern. Gerald decides to have it preserved, and finds himself appreciating his life outside the clutches of space and time for the first time.
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