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* Contents derived from the Thumb Creek, Macksville area, Nambucca area, Mid North Coast, New South Wales,:Garravembi Press , 1991 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.

Artisan"Timber has a ring about it.", John K. Murphy , single work poetry (p. 5)

Artist"On a limb in the island of swamps", John K. Murphy , single work poetry (p. 6)

Magdalen"High riding in your life the wizard's thrust,", John K. Murphy , single work poetry (p. 7)

Farmer"It's not the acres of toil that churn the blood", John K. Murphy , single work poetry (p. 8)

Aborigine"You wail like reedy Eden in the wind;", John K. Murphy , single work poetry (p. 9)

Olive Tree"Like Newton dropping a wonder from a height", John K. Murphy , single work poetry (p. 10)

Facing the Stars"North of Wentworth, where sheep are saltbush-crunchers", John K. Murphy , single work poetry (p. 11)

Auckland"They march, hoisting their flags like countries' sails,", John K. Murphy , single work poetry (p. 12-13)

Axeman's Wife"Wally, you split tough mountain ash", John K. Murphy , single work poetry (p. 14)

Shrine"The heritage of flowers dims to dust", John K. Murphy , single work poetry (p. 15)

Anzac"In sheets of cold the fallen lie,", John K. Murphy , single work poetry (p. 16)

Hospital"Comfort me in this hushed room", John K. Murphy , single work poetry (p. 17)

Samaritan"She's up at half past four, checking the pulse", John K. Murphy , single work poetry (p. 18)

Salvation Army"Winds blast the night with pace", John K. Murphy , single work poetry (p. 19)

Mountaineer"In foothills of the top mountain", John K. Murphy , single work poetry (p. 20-21)

The Candidate"Votes are loose out there, unspooled; he tightens up,", John K. Murphy , single work poetry (p. 22)

The Gift"Grown old, I stoop in a stubbled paddock,", John K. Murphy , single work poetry (p. 23)

The Shearing"The shearers' ute clicks towards Tooborac.", John K. Murphy , single work poetry (p. 24)

T B"We took our ritual rests, hot food", John K. Murphy , single work poetry (p. 25)

The Vine"Kneeling, tending her patch of Lebanon", John K. Murphy , single work poetry (p. 26)

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Some New Poetry of 1991 S. K. Kelen , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , March vol. 52 no. 1 1992; (p. 173-177)
— Review of Mottled Shallows : Selected Verse of John K. Murphy John K. Murphy , 1991 selected work poetry

Poetry: a National Pastime that is Taken for Granted S. K. Kelen , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 8 February 1992; (p. C4)
— Review of Folds in the Map Andrew Taylor , 1991 selected work poetry ; Holding the Golden Apple : Love Poems Margaret Diesendorf , 1985 selected work poetry ; Surviving the Shadow Terry Gillmore , 1990 selected work poetry ; A Madder Dance Sarah Day , 1991 selected work poetry ; Mottled Shallows : Selected Verse of John K. Murphy John K. Murphy , 1991 selected work poetry ; Plain Dreaming : New and Selected Poems Joyce Lee , 1991 selected work poetry ; Bald Hill with Gliders : Poems Ron Pretty , 1991 selected work poetry ; Red Dirt Tim Thorne , 1991 selected work poetry

Untitled Paul Grover , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Studio : A Journal of Christians Writing , Summer (1991-1992) no. 45 1991; (p. 36)
— Review of Songs of the Gold Fields S. Le Maitre , 1866 selected work poetry ; Mottled Shallows : Selected Verse of John K. Murphy John K. Murphy , 1991 selected work poetry