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Dedication: For Ernestine

* Contents derived from the Geelong, Geelong City - Geelong East area, Geelong area, Geelong - Terang - Lake Bolac area, Victoria,:Whitmore Press , 2013 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.

The Violet Bed"I found your insulin pen in the violet bed", Lucy Todd , single work poetry (p. 1)

Fragments"I remember the blue chipped sink filled with warm water", Lucy Todd , single work poetry (p. 2)

When He Rushes It"I smell paper and spirits", Lucy Todd , single work poetry (p. 3)

I Don't Know Why"she pressed so hard upon my head", Lucy Todd , single work poetry (p. 4)

Orchid"between thumb and knuckle", Lucy Todd , single work poetry (p. 5)

Black Waters"I will swim out into black waters", Lucy Todd , single work poetry (p. 6)

Flooding"from the roof of my father's house", Lucy Todd , single work poetry (p. 7)

Skin and Flowers"mud hitches up over your shoulders", Lucy Todd , single work poetry (p. 8)

Gone Away"I notice how thin his wrists are", Lucy Todd , single work poetry (p. 9)

As If They Were Shells"his chest was like a clean white card", Lucy Todd , single work poetry (p. 10)

Spying"Bertha would lead me down", Lucy Todd , single work poetry (p. 11)

Milk"I spilt the milk", Lucy Todd , single work poetry (p. 12)

Talk"in the still heat of summer", Lucy Todd , single work poetry (p. 13)

Grandma's Garden"I made a quilt once", Lucy Todd , single work poetry (p. 14)

Each Day"memory grows heavy on her", Lucy Todd , single work poetry (p. 15)

Thirst"I held a poem in my mind as I walked", Lucy Todd , single work poetry (p. 16)

Juliet Jackson"I first saw your grave on a still day", Lucy Todd , single work poetry (p. 17)

Variations on a Poem by Donald Justice"I will die in Windsor in the gardens", Lucy Todd , single work poetry (p. 18-19)

Throwing Blind"her elbows ache as she forms the foot", Lucy Todd , single work poetry (p. 20)

Contamination"houses were buried in their garden dirt", Lucy Todd , single work poetry (p. 21)

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Review Short : Lucy Todd’s Listening to the Mopokes Go Amy Brown , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , December no. 44.0 2013;
— Review of Listening to the Mopokes Go Lucy Todd , 2013 selected work poetry