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Issue Details: First known date: 2016... 2016 The Best Australian Poems 2016
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:Black Inc. , 2016 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Introduction, Sarah Holland-Batt , single work essay (p. xi)
Patioi"At any moment", Martin Harrison , single work poetry (p. 1)
Black Winged Stiltsi"Two long, plaited, clouds of cotton-wool fog", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 2-3)
In the Billy Sing Bagdad Bar-and-Grilli"I’d heard the director didn’t need an Asian to play him,", Adam Aitken , single work poetry (p. 4)
[Untitled]i"–this light exists –that dark", Jordie Albiston , single work poetry (p. 5)
Advanced Souvlakii"A Kookaburra sits on the cage", Chris Andrews , single work poetry (p. 6)
Learning Bundjalung on Tharawali"Above his desk it is written:", Evelyn Araluen , single work poetry (p. 7-8)
A Panegyric for Toadsi"These slum-lords of burrows and tree-hollows", Judith Beveridge , single work poetry (p. 9)
Dark Hearti"I look in here—this", Ken Bolton , single work poetry (p. 11-16)
Discovered in a Rock Pooli"A star-shaped object rising up", Peter Boyle , single work poetry (p. 17-18)
There and Theni"Friends in a field, their shadows running long into the untilled ground, and I’m busy", Michael Brennan , single work poetry (p. 19)
Waiting on Imran Khani"I knew they were trouble the moment they walked in.", Lisa Brockwell , single work poetry (p. 20-21)
The Pigi"Who would write of a pig", David Brooks , single work poetry (p. 22)
Sireni"We walk past the ruined past", Kevin Brophy , single work poetry (p. 23-25)
Suspended Beliefi"(vision in a Guangzhou wet market)", Lachlan Brown , single work poetry (p. 26-27)
Rooibosi"the day goes by", Pamela Brown , single work poetry (p. 28-33)
Car Loveri"It can be healing to walk the vacant streets", Michelle Cahill , single work poetry (p. 35)
Cloaca Maximai"Any, every, thing that was exposed", Elizabeth Campbell , single work poetry (p. 36)
Axe Derbyi"Never were knuckle-men.", Bonny Cassidy , single work poetry (p. 37)
Plan Bi"Plan A: find man sympathetic to children but who loves me best of all.", Julie Chevalier , single work poetry (p. 38)
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