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Issue Details: First known date: 1994... 1994 The Well-Scrubbed Desert : Poems
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Notes

  • Dedication: To my parents.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Cook, Belconnen area, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory,:Polonius Publications , 1994 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Tongue-Tiedi"What do I say", Robert Verdon , single work poetry (p. 5)
Sitting on a Walli"It was my fourth birthday.", Robert Verdon , single work poetry (p. 5)
Poor, 1958i"Poor, 1958", Robert Verdon , single work poetry (p. 6-7)
Red Glassi"garden in a handkerchief", Robert Verdon , single work poetry (p. 7)
You as a Mirror Paintingi"I, on your glass lawn", Robert Verdon , single work poetry (p. 8)
Illuminationi"An April sun", Robert Verdon , single work poetry (p. 9)
Spring Raini"The rain has stopped;", Robert Verdon , single work poetry (p. 10)
Autumn Cityi"autumn sparkles like polished gold", Robert Verdon , single work poetry (p. 11)
Rogue Suni"Low", Robert Verdon , single work poetry (p. 12)
Singularityi"one bush", Robert Verdon , single work poetry (p. 13)
Reformi"standing on the endless corner", Robert Verdon , single work poetry (p. 14)
Co-Dependencei"The torturer must believe", Robert Verdon , single work poetry (p. 14)
Edgei"To the thinnest branches flock the birds, and the", Robert Verdon , single work poetry (p. 15)
I Saw Death While Out Ridingi"On the ridge-pole of our world,", Robert Verdon , single work poetry (p. 16)
Sarajevoi"Glass raindrops.", Robert Verdon , single work poetry (p. 16)
Androgynei"Male and female made he me", Robert Verdon , single work poetry (p. 17)
Peppercress Walli"reddish snow clouds at nine", Robert Verdon , single work poetry (p. 18-19)
Lovei"Love you sleepy tiger", Robert Verdon , single work poetry (p. 19)
Blindnessi"Yesterday's light", Robert Verdon , single work poetry (p. 20)
Apparitioni"You", Robert Verdon , single work poetry (p. 20)
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Works about this Work

Three Polonius Poets Mark O'Flynn , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July no. 172 1995; (p. 44)
— Review of The Well-Scrubbed Desert : Poems Robert Verdon , 1994 selected work poetry ; Clear Hills, Empty Sky Russell Erwin , 1994 selected work poetry ; Do Fish Get Seasick : A Collection of Damn Bus Poems Lizz Murphy , 1994 selected work poetry
Variety, Verve in These Four New Canberra Poets Peter Pierce , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 25 March 1995; (p. C12)
— Review of Bright Stars and Dark Matter Dorothy Shaw , 1994 selected work poetry ; I for Icarus Danielle Stewart , 1994 selected work poetry ; Do Fish Get Seasick : A Collection of Damn Bus Poems Lizz Murphy , 1994 selected work poetry ; The Well-Scrubbed Desert : Poems Robert Verdon , 1994 selected work poetry
Untitled Norman Talbot , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: Muse , December no. 137 1994; (p. 34)
— Review of The Well-Scrubbed Desert : Poems Robert Verdon , 1994 selected work poetry
Variety, Verve in These Four New Canberra Poets Peter Pierce , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 25 March 1995; (p. C12)
— Review of Bright Stars and Dark Matter Dorothy Shaw , 1994 selected work poetry ; I for Icarus Danielle Stewart , 1994 selected work poetry ; Do Fish Get Seasick : A Collection of Damn Bus Poems Lizz Murphy , 1994 selected work poetry ; The Well-Scrubbed Desert : Poems Robert Verdon , 1994 selected work poetry
Untitled Norman Talbot , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: Muse , December no. 137 1994; (p. 34)
— Review of The Well-Scrubbed Desert : Poems Robert Verdon , 1994 selected work poetry
Three Polonius Poets Mark O'Flynn , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July no. 172 1995; (p. 44)
— Review of The Well-Scrubbed Desert : Poems Robert Verdon , 1994 selected work poetry ; Clear Hills, Empty Sky Russell Erwin , 1994 selected work poetry ; Do Fish Get Seasick : A Collection of Damn Bus Poems Lizz Murphy , 1994 selected work poetry
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