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Dedication: Dedicated to all Artists, acknowledging their dedication and obsession with their art and life's work, and with the frustration of finding an appreciative, enthusiastic public. The world goes round well enough without us who are redundant and ridiculous in the Age of Electronic Entertainment.
Author's note: Definitions. Found objects are objects that are found. They are not necessarily lost, and many wait only our finding them. Here are a few of the objects I've found, and into poetry finely ground.

* Contents derived from the Creswick, Creswick area, Creswick - Daylesford area, Ballarat - Bendigo area, Victoria,:Plantain Park , 1988 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.

Bricks"Bricks are neat, and complete.", Bridh Hancock , single work poetry humour (p. 6)

Brushes"Measured abrasion for every occasion:", Bridh Hancock , single work poetry humour (p. 7)

A Cuppa"Hot cup of tea, oh, hot cup of tea,", Bridh Hancock , single work poetry humour (p. 8)

Ceilings"I like ceilings.", Bridh Hancock , single work poetry humour (p. 9)

Dead Cat"Pussy cat, pussy cat, what do you see", Bridh Hancock , single work poetry (p. 10)

Fox Fire"Fungi feeding on", Bridh Hancock , single work poetry (p. 10)

Galvanised Iron"Here's a poem in praise of a great Australian;", Bridh Hancock , single work poetry humour (p. 11-12)

Gum-Boots - You Beauts!"Gumboots are great and I don't mean sorta.", Bridh Hancock , single work poetry humour (p. 12)

A Gumtree I Met and Still Remember"It grew on the broad proud banks of a might central Australian river,", Bridh Hancock , single work poetry (p. 13)

Manners"Once a pleasant and common enough discovery,", Bridh Hancock , single work poetry humour (p. 14)

Old Fence Posts"Old fence posts", Bridh Hancock , single work poetry (p. 14)

Old Phone Books"The old phone book, nailed to the wall,", Bridh Hancock , single work poetry (p. 15)

Plastic Rubbish Bins"Plastic garbage bins becoming their replacement's contents.", Bridh Hancock , single work poetry humour (p. 15)

Spring Steel"Simple shapes with little to do:", Bridh Hancock , single work poetry (p. 15)

Seven Meditations On the Poem of a Pear"Peering up and back through our cloudy surrounds,", Bridh Hancock , single work poetry (p. 16)

The Stinger"Read each sign.", Bridh Hancock , single work poetry humour (p. 17)

Teddy Bear"Mary had a teddy.", Bridh Hancock , single work poetry humour (p. 17)

Thongs"You cop no chop when you're a thong.", Bridh Hancock , single work poetry humour (p. 18)

U-Pipes"Wet egresses;", Bridh Hancock , single work poetry humour (p. 19)

Weeds"I think that I shall never read", Bridh Hancock , single work poetry humour (p. 19)

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Nature Versus Culture Tim Prenzler , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , April vol. 10 no. 1 1991; (p. 67-68)
— Review of Poppy Drusilla Modjeska , 1990 single work novel ; The Bluebird Cafe Carmel Bird , 1990 single work novel ; Found Objects Bridh Hancock , 1988 selected work poetry ; Parnassus Mad Ward: Michael Dransfield and the New Australian Poetry Livio Dobrez , 1990 selected work criticism ; Fire-Stick Farming : Selected Poems 1972-90 Mark O'Connor , 1990 selected work poetry