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Issue Details: First known date: 2008... 2008 The Best Australian Poems 2008
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:Black Inc. , 2008 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Letter to Joanne Kygeri"I've always wanted to use the word 'sempiternal' -", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 1-2)
Marco Poloi"Maybe it's the natural", Ali Alizadeh , single work poetry (p. 3-5)
A Different Partyi"You missed the best night. Guess Who was there. She goes,", Chris Andrews , single work poetry (p. 6)
Use for Places Left Over after Planning and Constructioni"Repudiate the old sorrows. Laughter, rebuke.", Louis Armand , single work poetry (p. 7)
Herons at Duski"This is the time of day when the light runs down the sky", Judith Beveridge , single work poetry (p. 8)
T/herei"This is not a place for candles, or the scent of red cedar", Judith Bishop , single work poetry (p. 9-10)
No Morei"No more wandering up and down the mountain", Kim Cheng Boey , single work poetry (p. 11)
Facebooki"Veronica is painting her nails.", James Bradley , single work poetry (p. 12)
Train Traini"first glimpsed", Pamela Brown , single work poetry (p. 13-17)
Roadi"i have nothing exciting to tell", Joanne Burns , single work poetry (p. 18)
Pleasure Again Comes (Likei"pleasure again comes (like", Grant Caldwell , single work poetry (p. 19)
Danger: Lantanai"Was I hoping to find my way to the creek, loud", Ross Clark , single work poetry (p. 20-21)
Broken Housei"This house has been broken by incoherent words.", Jennifer Compton , single work poetry (p. 22)
Those Adamant Shapesi"You teach each other what language unlocks", Nathan Curnow , single work poetry (p. 23)
H2i"Home is, then the heart is.", Toby Davidson , single work poetry (p. 24)
Tuk-Tuki"San Francisco, O San Francisco:", Joel Deane , single work poetry (p. 25-27)
Falkland Islands Wolf : Dusicyon Australisi"How we got here nobody knows; Holocene men", B. R. Dionysius , single work poetry (p. 28)
Poems a Long Way After Bashoi"I breathe the leaves of the basil", Rosemary Dobson , single work poetry (p. 29)
Waysidei"My body wants", Lucy Dougan , single work poetry (p. 30-31)
Approximatelyi"came out like a man blind & black", Robert Drummond , single work poetry (p. 32-34)
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