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Issue Details: First known date: 2013... 2013 The Best Australian Poems 2013
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Collingwood, Fitzroy - Collingwood area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,:Black Inc. , 2013 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
A Denizeni"The octopus is dead", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 1)
A Dire Seasoni"A star had appeared in the night sky,", Judith Beveridge , single work poetry (p. 2-3)
A Disasteri"Here, too, some ground has been cleared", Chris Edwards , single work poetry (p. 4)
A Quick Drink at the Bari"Nothing mystical, it's like 'hey have an aspirin'", Dan Disney , single work poetry (p. 5)
An Ordinary Evening in Newtowni"Camperdown’s for dogs,", Laurie Duggan , single work poetry (p. 6-7)
And Then a Cup of Teai"The Captain had a kipper from a previous daring breakfast", Mal McKimmie , single work poetry (p. 8)
Another Chardin in Need of Cleaningi"Forearmed is foredefeated,", Ann Vickery , single work poetry (p. 9)
Note: Author note: after Frank O'Hara
As Flames Were My Only Witnessi"After three days of wind pounding the midriff of hills", Russell Erwin , single work poetry (p. 10)
As in the Future Wheni"a big computer was doing the thinking", Jal Nicholl , single work poetry (p. 11)
At Lericii"Darkly at anchor", David Malouf , single work poetry (p. 12-13)
Autoethnographici"And still the feeling hadn't left us, something had", Michael Brennan , single work poetry (p. 14-15)
Basic Hut Methodologyi"take your platform boots off", Ella O'Keefe , single work poetry (p. 16-17)
Black Throated Finchi"By the pool, their fingernail-sized gullets undulate briskly", B. R. Dionysius , single work poetry (p. 18)
Blind Spoti"Slip id to lop its", Justin Clemens , single work poetry (p. 19)
Bringing You Homei"You've stained my sleep again and your tiny clothes", Susan Fealy , single work poetry (p. 20)
Bushfire Approachingi"I am ready to evacuate if need be.", John Kinsella , single work poetry (p. 21-24)
Chimneyi"By day it sdoes its thick and heinous work,", Maria Takolander , single work poetry (p. 25)
From : Chinatownsi"Over and over you study the menus, the recipes, the difficult names", Kim Cheng Boey , single work poetry (p. 26)
City Workers During Morning Rush Hour, Collins Street, Melbourne, 2012i"Perhaps not fully awake you exit Parliament Station, alight from trams.", Peter Bakowski , single work poetry (p. 27)
Closed on Mondaysi"too nice", Pamela Brown , single work poetry (p. 28-33)
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