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  • Author:agent Les Murray http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/murray-les
Issue Details: First known date: 2002... 2002 Poems the Size of Photographs
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Potts Point, Kings Cross area, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,:Duffy and Snellgrove , 2002 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Touchdowni"The great airliner has been filled", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 32)
"In the shed it's bumped verticals" The Cut-Outi"In the shed it's all verticals,", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 33)
History of The Enlightenmenti"Faith was a dream technology", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 34)
Visitori"He knocks at the door", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 35)
Mythologyi"A stupefying peak crack", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 36)
Clothing as Dwelling as Shouldered Boati"Propped sheets of bark converging", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 37)
Starry Nighti"In the late nineteenth century", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 38)
The Kettle's Bubble-Making Floori"Who remembers the bitter", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 39)
Big Bangi"If everything is receding", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 40)
Worker Knowledgei"The very slight S of an adze handle", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 41)
Jellyfishi"Globe globe globe globe", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 42)
To Fly in Just Your Suiti"Humans are flown, or fall;", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 43)
The Great Cuisine Cleaver Dance Sonneti"Juice-wet black steel", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 44)
Lace Curtaini"All politeness, all endearments", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 45)
Creole Exami"How old were you when you first", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 46)
The Hewersi"He used the older Irish profanity:", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 47)
Laggan Cemeteryi"Sheep are like legal wigs", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 48)
The Paint Housei"That house on the riverbank", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 49)
Hoon Hooni"Hoon, hoon, that blowfly croon:", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 50)
A Countrymani"On the long flats north of the river", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 51)
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