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Alternative title: Flow; Friendly Street Reader : 25
Issue Details: First known date: 2001... 2001 Friendly Street Reader : Twenty-Five : Flow
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'Flow is a title, a signpost not a theme. Flow is a word which describes a way of reading across, with or beside the poetry. Flow is an illustration of the way the editors have selected, collated, and edited this collection of the 104 best poems read during the year 2000 at Australia's longest running poetry venue - Friendly Street Poets.' (Publication summary)

Contents

* Contents derived from the Adelaide, South Australia,: Kent Town, Norwood, Payneham & St Peters area, Adelaide - North / North East, Adelaide, South Australia,:Friendly Street Poets ,Wakefield Press , 2001 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Sea Lifei"Sometimes we swim", Pam Makin , single work poetry (p. 1)
The Blue Wooli"hung entangled", Lidija Šimkute , single work poetry (p. 2)
Broadwayi"The best kept secret in Adelaide", Tasma Juliet Ockenden , single work poetry (p. 3)
Twoi"We walk the beach", Judy Dally , single work poetry (p. 4)
Community on Noticei"The local laundromat has a noticeboard", Tasma Juliet Ockenden , single work poetry (p. 5)
Mondayi"Monday returning - I walked into silence", K. M. Mann , single work poetry (p. 6)
Note: By K*m Mann
Now That We Are Partingi"rain has returned", Lidija Šimkute , single work poetry (p. 7)
Water Reflects my Facei"A renga sentence", Shen , single work poetry (p. 8-9)
Sleep Precepts : Diving to Deep City's Precinctsi"The second law of thermodynamics doesn't always have the last say -", Patrick O'Donohue , single work poetry (p. 10-11)
Better Don'ti"Apparently", K. M. Mann , single work poetry (p. 12-13)
Note: By K*m Mann.
Loose Parts of Strange Braveryi"The Dancing Bear Man boogies with his teddy bear", Andrew Lau , single work poetry (p. 14-15)
Sometimes the Beach Gets Depressedi"I gather in this dark place", Richard Hillman , single work poetry (p. 16-17)
Lord Chesterfield to John Howardi"My Dear Friend", Erica Jolly , single work poetry (p. 18-19)
Sugari"Mum's got", John McGee , single work poetry (p. 20)
Pieces of the Puzzlei"I am red ochre", David Adès , single work poetry (p. 21)
Malleei"we came through the dry emptiness with sky", Marc Murrell , single work poetry (p. 22-23)
Note:

Epigraph:
The emptiness is not the stranded
endless plains but knowing that you are completely
alone in a desert full of strangers.
Michael Dransfield

Renewali"Do you know the name of the plants", Shen , single work poetry (p. 24-25)
Gardeni"your son & my daughter", Rory Harris , single work poetry (p. 26)
Bathing with Serpentsi"she filled the bath with fruit", Tess Driver , single work poetry (p. 27)
Tropismi"life would be easier", Anna Brooks , single work poetry (p. 28)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Adelaide, South Australia,: Kent Town, Norwood, Payneham & St Peters area, Adelaide - North / North East, Adelaide, South Australia,: Friendly Street Poets ; Wakefield Press , 2001 .
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      Extent: 105p.
      ISBN: 186254543X
      Series: y separately published work icon Friendly Street Poetry Reader Friendly Street Poets 1977- Z1201437 1977- series - publisher

      'The annual anthology publishes a selection of poems by FSP members. All original poems read by members of Friendly Street Poets at an official FSP meeting, whether in the city or at a regional centre, are eligible to be selected for publication in the anthology.' (Trove)

      Number in series: 25
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