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y The Best Australian Poetry 2006 anthology poetry

Editor: Judith Beveridge

Issue Details: First known date: 2006... 2006 The Best Australian Poetry 2006

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Contents

* Contents derived from the St Lucia, Indooroopilly - St Lucia area, Brisbane - North West, Brisbane, Queensland,:University of Queensland Press , 2006 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.

A Visitation"All night wild fire burned in the tree-tops", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 1-2)

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The Fight"To talk plainly, now, about the day or the people crossing it.", Luke Beesley , single work poetry (p. 3-4)

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Rabbit"Life shivers between yourself and us: help us to stretch", Judith Bishop , single work poetry (p. 5-6)

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Man on the Moon"Hardly a feature in the evening sky", Stephen Edgar , single work poetry (p. 7-9)

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The Lenten Veil"A shift of the peripheral distracts the weather", Danny Gentile , single work poetry (p. 10-11)

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Ardent"Something glides on the smile of the knife", Jane Gibian , single work poetry (p. 12-13)

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Low at the Edge of the Sands"they told me I wouldn't find you", Kevin Gillam , single work poetry (p. 14-15)

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Iris"I will not give this day to God, or to God's ilk,", Alan Gould , single work poetry (p. 16-17)

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Water"Die as much as you want. An inch", Philip Hammial , single work poetry (p. 18-19)

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The Taste of Hours"Tonight the husk of depression", Jennifer Harrison , single work poetry (p. 20)

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About the Self"I'm somewhere near the Norfolk coast", Martin Harrison , single work poetry (p. 21-22)

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The Word"Say wood and everything is clean again", Kevin Hart , single work poetry (p. 23)

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Non-Core Promise"The either or toward election dates,", Philip Harvey , single work poetry (p. 24-25)

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Labyrinth"In the caves at Lascaux last century, fooprints", Dominique Hecq , single work poetry (p. 26-27)

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At the Temple of Sisters"You ask me to decipher its meaning.", Judy Johnson , single work poetry (p. 28-30)

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Travelling with the Wrong Phrase Books, Jean Kent , sequence poetry (p. 31-37)

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Visiting Melbourne"I stop. Someone has called my name with", Andy Kissane , single work poetry (p. 38-42)

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Equation"The kookaburra begets the sacred kingfisher", Anthony Lawrence , single work poetry (p. 43-44)

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Finishing School"I know that my pupil is imperfect.", Emma Lew , single work poetry (p. 45)

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The Tongue"The tongue is the ego's horse", Kate Llewellyn , single work poetry (p. 46-47)

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