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The first collection of poems by Peter Minter.

Notes

Dedication: for Simone, closest reader.
Epigraph: Do not play fast and loose with the facts of this world. / John Berryman (appears on last page)

* Contents derived from the Wollongong, Wollongong area, Illawarra, South Coast, New South Wales,:Five Islands Press , 1995 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.

View St."Beside a paddock's dry rot perimeter", Peter Minter , single work poetry (p. 5)

Historical Phenomena"Sun thick baked grass and young red gums", Peter Minter , single work poetry (p. 6)

Low Down Myall Lake, Mayer's Point Church, Peter Minter , sequence poetry (p. 6-7)

Eliminating God""I knew then the frail escheat", Peter Minter , single work poetry (p. 7)

Tour Guide Remebering Her Father"As you fly above the hills", Peter Minter , single work poetry (p. 8-9)

The Fishermen"At the tip of Stockton breakwater", Peter Minter , single work poetry (p. 10)

Triptych from Stockton Breakwater, Peter Minter , sequence poetry (p. 10-12)

The Shipwreck"A pelican balances its awkward grace", Peter Minter , single work poetry (p. 11)

The River"Fans of surging river plume and fold against", Peter Minter , single work poetry (p. 12)

Vortex"From the languid centre of this", Peter Minter , single work poetry (p. 13)

The Skull we Hold Between Us"I look closely at the skull", Peter Minter , single work poetry (p. 14)

Troubled Well"I see your inference: the sky's", Peter Minter , single work poetry (p. 15)

The Rhythm in a Dorsal Fin"Sunlight through broad blue april sky", Peter Minter , single work poetry (p. 16-17)

Trolling"I too strive for an accurate description, not", Peter Minter , single work poetry (p. 18)

Afternoon Swim, 22/11/91"The curve of your arm", Peter Minter , single work poetry (p. 19)

On the Sand"by the dam we make", Peter Minter , single work poetry (p. 20)

Scene One"Right at the point", Peter Minter , single work poetry (p. 21)

Scene Two"Yesterday we hunted for the pure", Peter Minter , single work poetry (p. 22-23)

Scene Three"Experience comes permeated like this.", Peter Minter , single work poetry (p. 24)

Scene Four"We look toward the northern headland where,", Peter Minter , single work poetry (p. 25)

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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Publisher: Five Islands Press

Wollongong, Wollongong area, Illawarra, South Coast, New South Wales,: Five Islands Press , 1995 .

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Extent: 32p.

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Copyright date.

ISBN: 1875604324 (pbk)

Series: New Poets Series : Series 3 Series 3 : New Poets Publishing Program Five Islands Press (publisher), 1995 series - publisher

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A Sunday Morning Chat with Peter Minter Debbie Comerford (interviewer), 2001 single work interview
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies in the 21st Century 2001; (p. [30]-45)

Untitled Liz Posmyk , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Muse , February no. 148 1996; (p. 34-35)
— Review of Rhythm in a Dorsal Fin Peter Minter , 1995 selected work poetry

A New Series from Five Islands Press Ivor Indyk , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 179 1996; (p. 45-46)
— Review of Whisper Dark Karen Attard , 1995 selected work poetry ; Bitter Suite Mark Reid , 1995 selected work poetry ; Ultimately Female Sue L. Nicholls , 1995 selected work poetry ; Rhythm in a Dorsal Fin Peter Minter , 1995 selected work poetry ; Hair and Skin and Teeth Lisa Jacobson , 1995 selected work poetry ; Zoetrope : We See Us Moving M. T. C. Cronin , 1995 selected work poetry

Poetry in Search of Religion Jim Tulip , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Voices , Autumn vol. 6 no. 1 1996; (p. 117-125)
— Review of Mind in Need of a Desert Alec Choate , 1995 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems : 1956-1994 Chris Wallace-Crabbe , 1995 selected work poetry ; Bitter Suite Mark Reid , 1995 selected work poetry ; Ultimately Female Sue L. Nicholls , 1995 selected work poetry ; Rhythm in a Dorsal Fin Peter Minter , 1995 selected work poetry ; Hair and Skin and Teeth Lisa Jacobson , 1995 selected work poetry ; Zoetrope : We See Us Moving M. T. C. Cronin , 1995 selected work poetry ; Whisper Dark Karen Attard , 1995 selected work poetry ; The Present Tense Gwen Harwood , 1995 selected work short story poetry prose ; Making Country Barrett Reid , 1995 selected work poetry ; Eating the Sun Lawrence Bourke , 1995 selected work poetry

Untitled Liz Posmyk , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Muse , February no. 148 1996; (p. 34-35)
— Review of Rhythm in a Dorsal Fin Peter Minter , 1995 selected work poetry

A Sunday Morning Chat with Peter Minter Debbie Comerford (interviewer), 2001 single work interview
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies in the 21st Century 2001; (p. [30]-45)

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