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Issue Details: First known date: 1981... 1981 Selected Poems
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Contents

* Contents derived from the St Lucia, Indooroopilly - St Lucia area, Brisbane - North West, Brisbane, Queensland,:University of Queensland Press , 1981 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
A Nearby Ladyi"She poured phenyl onto the footpath", R. A. Simpson , single work poetry (p. 24)
Mrs Harvey Visits the Aboriginal Fertility Cavei"Twelve years married", R. A. Simpson , single work poetry (p. 25)
Gavini"I wonder where he's gone.", R. A. Simpson , single work poetry (p. 26)
Squizzy Taylori"These days I know", R. A. Simpson , single work poetry (p. 27)
Albert Jacka VCi"The Turks looked up at him", R. A. Simpson , single work poetry (p. 28-29)
Bystander: Anzac Dayi"At dawn they come and stand,", R. A. Simpson , single work poetry (p. 33)
The Roomi"Here where your arms are white,", R. A. Simpson , single work poetry (p. 34)
New Year's Eve: St Kildai"The sea is blank and like the unborn year:", R. A. Simpson , single work poetry (p. 35)
Civil War House: Englandi"Contempt has gone for this calamity:", R. A. Simpson , single work poetry (p. 36)
Religious Procession: Florencei"Behind untroubled glass", R. A. Simpson , single work poetry (p. 37)
Stray Cat [1981]i"You see down fifteen years", R. A. Simpson , single work poetry (p. 38)
First Form Sciencei"You walk up from the aisle,", R. A. Simpson , single work poetry (p. 39)
To a Patient in a Catholic Hospitali"No visitor can reach the ward", R. A. Simpson , single work poetry (p. 40)
To a Young Girli"I see you rise and stretch and yawn", R. A. Simpson , single work poetry (p. 41)
Clowns and Acrobatsi"The faces laugh at clowns who fall and run", R. A. Simpson , single work poetry (p. 42)
The Death of the Devili"The Devil, with a gesture understood", R. A. Simpson , single work poetry satire (p. 45)
Landscapei"The river is a thought that pours slowly", R. A. Simpson , single work poetry (p. 46)
Todayi"For many years I struggled with the Church", R. A. Simpson , single work poetry (p. 47)
Discoveriesi"Across long wastes as if in search of love", R. A. Simpson , single work poetry (p. 48)
Sleep-Walkeri"With childhood in her eyes", R. A. Simpson , single work poetry (p. 49)
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