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Issue Details: First known date: 1997... 1997 The Shifting Shore
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Geelong, Geelong City - Geelong East area, Geelong area, Geelong - Terang - Lake Bolac area, Victoria,:
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Americas,:Mattoid Publications Grange Press , 1997 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
"Make the cavity shine: that was the first of your tasks," Alfred Crusoe, Apartment #8i"That was the first of tasks: make the cavity shine,", Ian Reid , single work poetry (p. 25-26)
No Entryi"Brassy-bright, small, worn smooth, and lower down", Ian Reid , single work poetry (p. 27-29)
Elsewherei"A lash falls into your eye, and sight is blurred", Ian Reid , single work poetry (p. 30-32)
"The old retainers are surrounding you." Hanging Oni"The old retainers are surrounding him.", Ian Reid , single work poetry (p. 33-34)
"A long and steep descent: he picks his way" The Past as a Basin: West Headi"A long and steep descent: I pick my way", Ian Reid , single work poetry (p. 35)
The Present as a Basin : Collaroyi"Past a tide-rinsed rock-edged pool where the old still play", Ian Reid , single work poetry (p. 39)
Measuresi"Would it seem later like opening a dance, a book?", Ian Reid , single work poetry (p. 40)
Prospectsi"Look up from your pumpkin soup through this future window", Ian Reid , single work poetry (p. 41)
An Exchangei"Finally leaving the hesitant shore,", Ian Reid , single work poetry (p. 42-43)
Meeting Upi"Would you rather be defined", Ian Reid , single work poetry (p. 44)
Evening Outi"Here the great western leveller unfolds", Ian Reid , single work poetry (p. 45)
A Real Estate Agenti"You can make the old Waurn Ponds Motel", Ian Reid , single work poetry (p. 48)
September Weddingi"First light cracks. Before the sun can touch", Ian Reid , single work poetry (p. 49)
Reclamationi"How to enlarge an island: cut it down", Ian Reid , single work poetry (p. 50)
Reprievei"Take your future for a walk", Ian Reid , single work poetry (p. 51)
Yallingup After a Yeari"Last time your gaze was fixed on the bursting sea.", Ian Reid , single work poetry (p. 52)
The Shifting Shorei"High seas are on the move again - not sudden", Ian Reid , single work poetry (p. 53-55)
Valery's Graveyard by the Sea "This tranquil roof-top, now traversed by doves," Le Cimetiere Marini"Ce toit tranquille, où marchent des colombes,", Paul Valery , Ian Reid (translator) single work poetry (p. 61-67)
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