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Alternative title: Friendly Street Poetry Reader : 30
Issue Details: First known date: 2006... 2006 Friendly Street Poetry Reader : Thirty
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'Rob Walker and Louise Nicholas select the best 100 poems read at Friendly Street Poets in 2005 - its thirtieth year.' (Back cover)

Contents

* Contents derived from the Kent Town, Norwood, Payneham & St Peters area, Adelaide - North / North East, Adelaide, South Australia,:Friendly Street Poets ,Wakefield Press , 2006 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Wisdom Comei"All because poetry is dangerous, insidious and cantankerous -", Avalanche , single work poetry (p. viii)
An Attempt at The Bulleti"I had a heart", Adeeb Kamal Ad-Deen , Aabdulwahed Muhammed (translator) Adeeb Kamal Ad-Deen (translator) single work poetry (p. 1)
Counting the Daysi"Separation is a knockout punch:", David Adès , single work poetry (p. 2)
Measuring the Man : In Memory of Ray Stuarti"I tried to measure the man -", David Adès , single work poetry (p. 3)
The Art of Reading Cloudsi"When I was nine", Gaetano Aiello , single work poetry (p. 4-5)
Delta Nightclubi"When the wine sets in, she imagines", Jude Aquilina , single work poetry
Marine life used as a metaphor for people at the nightclub and social activity.
(p. 6)
Note: Alternate first line in this publication: When the gin sets in and the
Haikui"Drops of liquid light", Maeve Archibald , single work poetry (p. 7)
Untitledi"This sudden yellow", Maeve Archibald , single work poetry (p. 7)
Hospice Lotus Pondi"You move in and out of sleep", Henry Ashley-Brown , single work poetry (p. 8)
Inheriting My Father's Toolboxi"There's a trick to opening this toolbox", Avalanche , single work poetry (p. 9)
Connectionsi"Afternoons a blind woman would travel", Elaine Barker , single work poetry (p. 10)
Silent Conversationi"Unable to talk, they sit", Anthony J. Bennett , single work poetry (p. 11)
Libby Angel's Dogi"on our way in we notice a set of disembodied piano keys", Robert Bloomfield , single work poetry (p. 12)
The Black Hills of Dakotai"Old friends, we pace", Mary Bradley , single work poetry (p. 13)
Anzac Day at Port Willungai"Grey clouds are suspended on a solemn afternoon,", Val Braendler , single work poetry (p. 14)
Sleeping in Short Grassesi"The sun weighs on my eyelids", Belinda Broughton , single work poetry (p. 15)
The Connectioni"She died naked.", Belinda Broughton , single work poetry (p. 16)
The Embalming of Ultima Pavori"A children's park in the Western suburbs,", John Brydon , single work poetry (p. 17-18)
Epigrami"on the gentle slope", Kon Calembakis , single work poetry (p. 19)
The Making of a Landscapei"start with a horizontal line", Graham Catt , single work poetry (p. 20)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Kent Town, Norwood, Payneham & St Peters area, Adelaide - North / North East, Adelaide, South Australia,: Friendly Street Poets ; Wakefield Press , 2006 .
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      Extent: ix, 115p.p.
      ISBN: 1862547025
      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: 30

Works about this Work

This Week's Selections Katharine England , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 3 June 2006; (p. 10)

— Review of Friendly Street Poetry Reader : Thirty 2006 anthology poetry
This Week's Selections Katharine England , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 3 June 2006; (p. 10)

— Review of Friendly Street Poetry Reader : Thirty 2006 anthology poetry
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