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Issue Details: First known date: 1992... 1992 Mother Waits for Father Late
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Contents

* Contents derived from the South Fremantle, Fremantle area, South West Perth, Perth, Western Australia,:Fremantle Press , 1992 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
A Dream Songi"Inconceivably Andrew sang of night", Andrew Burke , single work poetry (p. 40)
Twenty-First Anniversaryi"Last night I caught a mouse", Andrew Burke , single work poetry (p. 41-43)
Room Servicei"This quiet morning", Andrew Burke , single work poetry (p. 44)
Making Love at Mary'si"Awake from snoring away", Andrew Burke , single work poetry (p. 45)
Poemi"Dew falls at noon", Andrew Burke , single work poetry (p. 46)
On Finding a Gift of Carrots at Our Doorstepi"Store-bought carrots have", Andrew Burke , single work poetry (p. 47-48)
Winding the Clock Backi"It is gone yet you bring it all back.", Andrew Burke , single work poetry (p. 49-50)
Fatheri"Tonight your blood rises to high tide in me", Andrew Burke , single work poetry (p. 51)
Mother Waits for Father Latei"Mother sitting at the long kitchen table", Andrew Burke , single work poetry (p. 52-54)
More Boozei"Looking to buy more booze", Andrew Burke , single work poetry (p. 55)
The Family Album (for Olive Hale)i"Tricks of light and mirrors", Andrew Burke , single work poetry (p. 56-59)
Poem for Pixii"You take me tamely if I let it be,", Andrew Burke , single work poetry (p. 60-61)
This Precarious Acti"She wears a hatrack of faces, all moody.", Andrew Burke , single work poetry (p. 62)
Sunday Roasti"In this room I surround myself", Andrew Burke , single work poetry (p. 63-64)
Diary of a Bad Backi"From the library", Andrew Burke , single work poetry (p. 65-67)
A Night at the Beachi"crowded with people", Andrew Burke , single work poetry (p. 68-69)
The Present Peacei"Let us start", Andrew Burke , single work poetry (p. 70)
Birthday Angelsi"My childhood favourite", Andrew Burke , single work poetry (p. 72)
Hallway Chair at Mother'si"Every time I arrive at mother's", Andrew Burke , single work poetry (p. 73)
Boarding School Days "Our Lady of Lourdes stood stony white" Boarding School Angelsi"We genuflected before Our Lady of Lourdes", Andrew Burke , single work poetry (p. 74)
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