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Issue Details: First known date: 2002... 2002 Loneliness
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Wollongong, Wollongong area, Illawarra, South Coast, New South Wales,:Five Islands Press , 2002 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
An Apology Without Reservation to the Wolf, the Bear, and the Molei"To you wolf", Maurice Strandgard , single work poetry (p. 9-10)
Note: Epigraph: 'He weighed her schoolbag with rocks and threw it into the dam also.' - Sydney Morning Herald, 22-8-92.
Asylumi"Will you please observe through the wire", Mehmet al Assad , single work poetry (p. 11)
Note: Author note: Published under the pseudonym, Mehmet al-Assad. This poem has now become better known than anything else that I have written.
The Silver-Eyei"The elderly ladies", Maurice Strandgard , single work poetry (p. 12)
A Sane Mani"We have been taught", Maurice Strandgard , single work poetry (p. 13)
Note: Author note: Grigory Pasko, a Russian naval officer, filmed a tanker dumping solid and liquid nuclear wastes off the Russian coast. He has since been held in solitary confinement for over six months. - Amnesty International report, 1997
Time and Spacei"About space", Maurice Strandgard , single work poetry (p. 14)
Note: Dedication: In memory of President Sukarno's guards, executed twenty-four years after having been sentenced.
There Worldi"What were those dreams Frank?", Maurice Strandgard , single work poetry (p. 15)
Note: Epigraph: 'Its there world when I cant have dreams cause they make me pay.' Frank the poet. Graffiti. Former Richmond High School. 1979.
Inhumani"Having read some reports", Maurice Strandgard , single work poetry (p. 16-17)
John Shaw Neilson Dictates His Poetry to His Sister Anne During a Period of Blindness.i"Those passing schoolgirls", Maurice Strandgard , single work poetry (p. 18-19)
'Hardly Any Job Is so Bad That a Starving Man Won't Tackle It.'i"He repeatedly buried", Maurice Strandgard , single work poetry (p. 20-21)
Note: Epigraph [with reference to title]: - John Shaw Neilson: Autobiography
'...Then She Was Probably a Lass Called Florence Case, Who Worked as a Letter Carrier at the Sea Lake Post Office.'i"So quietly light", Maurice Strandgard , single work poetry (p. 22-3)
Note: Epigraph [with reference to title]: - From John Shaw Neilson by Cliff Hanna.
'Every Morning I Used to Meet the School-Girls Coming Up to the Old High School...I Used to Think Those Girls Were Remarkably Beautiful.'i"Add to their list of infamies", Maurice Strandgard , single work poetry (p. 24-5)
Note: Epigraph [with reference to title]: - John Shaw Neilson: Autobiography.
'...And Their Ships Had a Reputation for Piety, Over-Crowding and a High Fatality Rate. The John Davies Was to Be No Exception.'i"Two by two", Maurice Strandgard , single work poetry (p. 26-7)
Note: Epigraph [with reference to title]: 'Jock'. Cliff Hanna. Epigraph: 'But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot...' Genesis 8:9
Behold, I Was Born in Iniquity; and in Sin Did My Mother Conceive Me.i"In the mornings", Maurice Strandgard , single work poetry (p. 28)
Note: Epigraph [with reference to title]: - Psalms 15:5
'I Can Remember Hundreds of Hungry Looking Men Coming to the Office Looking for Work; and Women, Sometimes In Tears Begging for Jobs for Their Husbands,'i"Leaving the house", Maurice Strandgard , single work poetry (p. 29)
Note: Epigraph [with reference to title]: - John Shaw Neilson: Autobiography.
The Poet John Shaw Neilson Answers His Sister.i"Her bell rang faintly", Maurice Strandgard , single work poetry (p. 30-31)
The Farm Buriali"Difficult ground", Maurice Strandgard , single work poetry (p. 32-3)
Half-heartedi"I'd introduce you to my better half", Maurice Strandgard , single work poetry (p. 34)
Hard to Telli"It's hard to tell", Maurice Strandgard , single work poetry (p. 35)
Note: Epigraph: 'I don't think it could have been two hundred bodies. It's hard to tell with arms and legs and heads all mixed up.' From a statement made by the Regional Commander, Aceh Province, Indonesia, 1994.
Looking Backi"It was always summer", Maurice Strandgard , single work poetry (p. 36)
They Are Gonei"Now that they are gone", Maurice Strandgard , single work poetry (p. 37)
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