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Issue Details: First known date: 1996... 1996 Australian Skin, Suffolk Bones
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Burnie, Burnie area, Northwest Tasmania, Tasmania,:Hamlet Publishing , 1996 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Bones Under These Palmsi""The bones in my palms," I type rapidly.", Norman Talbot , single work poetry (p. 3)
Photographi""I wouldn't," says she, "have my photograph took.", Norman Talbot , single work poetry (p. 5)
The Hen Sonnetsi"The first thing I remember is the sun's", Norman Talbot , single work poetry (p. 6-7)
Webi"My little wool hand", Norman Talbot , single work poetry (p. 8)
Mum in a Photographi"A photograph - she didn't let many", Norman Talbot , single work poetry (p. 9)
Plumpoemi"Flicking plumstones out of the tree", Norman Talbot , single work poetry (p. 10)
Ducklings in a Stormi"Our home was locked inside the sky", Norman Talbot , single work poetry (p. 11)
The Middle Room, 1943i"Four doors. Too many", Norman Talbot , single work poetry (p. 12-14)
Enemy Parachutes in the Second World War: 1940i""Enemy" was action, poetry mere dreaming.", Norman Talbot , single work poetry (p. 15)
Christmas at Aunt Ivy'si"At Ivy Lodge Farm, all Christmas through the war,", Norman Talbot , single work poetry (p. 16)
Romani Chovahanee (for Mother English, Mother Lee, Mother Gascoigne)i"Three old women who'd laugh, sing in an unknown tongue,", Norman Talbot , single work poetry (p. 17)
Sex in Primary Schooli"My big cousin said she was years older", Norman Talbot , single work poetry (p. 17)
The Smithy (for Charlie Steggle and Frank Talbot)i""Farriers too. That was mostly my job till the tractors.", Norman Talbot , single work poetry (p. 18-19)
Summer Poem - The Moati"Summer sings to barb the light air into living.", Norman Talbot , single work poetry (p. 20)
Autumn Poem - Swallows & Swiftsi"The Swallow is stained with Christ's blood", Norman Talbot , single work poetry (p. 20)
Winter Poem - Leaves of Grassi"God is it sweeps & trembles the old grass", Norman Talbot , single work poetry (p. 21)
Spring Poem - Images for Kent Gardieni"Leaves hold onto the brink of air -", Norman Talbot , single work poetry (p. 22)
I Never Saw a Ghost, Not Everi"Not even in graveyards, where there's plenty dead.", Norman Talbot , single work poetry (p. 23)
Dogi"The dream takes him", Norman Talbot , single work poetry (p. 23)
Harvest Rabbitsi"They're shudders through the stiff stems of the wheat.", Norman Talbot , single work poetry (p. 24)
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