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y separately published work icon Subhuman Redneck Poems selected work   poetry  
  • Author:agent Les Murray http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/murray-les
Issue Details: First known date: 1996... 1996 Subhuman Redneck Poems
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Potts Point, Kings Cross area, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,:Duffy and Snellgrove , 1996 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Family Farmers' Victoryi"White grist that turns people black", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 9-10)
A Brief Historyi"We are the Australians. Our history is short.", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 11-12)
Where Humans Can't Leave and Mustn't Complaini"Where humans can't leave, and mustn't complain,", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 13)
Green Rose Tani"Poverty is still sacred. Christian", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 14-15)
The Say-But-the-Word Centurion Attempts a Summaryi"That numinous healer who preached Saturnalia and paradox", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 16-17)
Dead Trees in the Dami"Castle scaffolding tall in moat,", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 18)
Rock Musici"Sex is a Nazi. The students all knew", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 19)
The Rolloveri"Some of us primary producers, us farmers and authors", Les Murray , single work poetry satire (p. 20)
Late Summer Firesi"The paddocks shave black", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 21)
Cornichei"I work all day and hardly drink at all.", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 22-23)
Suspended Vesselsi"Here is too narrow and brief:", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 24-25)
The Water Columni"We had followed the catwalk upriver", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 26)
The Beneficiariesi"Higamus hogamus", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 27)
The Maenadsi"Four captured a man. When he grasped what they meant to do", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 28)
The Portrait Headi"How Jews may have pioneered sculpture under Pharaoh's knout:", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 29)
Phrygia, Birthplace of Embroideryi"When Mida, no less deserving of mercy or better for", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 30)
Like Wheeling Stacked Wateri"Dried nests in the overhanging limbs", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 31-32)
Wallis Lake Estuaryi"A long street of all blue windows,", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 33)
The Sand Coast Sonnets, Les Murray , sequence poetry (p. 33-38)
Twin Towns Historyi"The northern shore used to be framed up", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 34)
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