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Is part of Mattara Poetry Prize Anthology series - publisher
Issue Details: First known date: 1991... 1991 The Sea's White Edge
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Springwood, Blue Mountains, Sydney, New South Wales,:Butterfly Books , 1991 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
A Morning's Killi"Down old sandstone steps in dawn dark", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 11)
Night Lessoni"I watched right through dark", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 12)
January 9th : Cape Leeuwin, Western Australia (from Freshwater / Saltwater Sonnets)i"Caddis larvae build underwater homes using sticks", John Bennett , single work poetry (p. 13)
February 20th : "God's Highway," Zimbabwe (from Freshwater / Saltwater Sonnets)i"Overseas aid frames empty hills, wind-wrecked windmills'", John Bennett , single work poetry (p. 14)
April 28th : Venice (from Freshwater / Saltwater Sonnets)i"Supper of red wine and lemon chicken on a bench outside", John Bennett , single work poetry (p. 15)
May 19th : En Route Stockholm to Helsinki (from Freshwater / Saltwater Sonnets)i"Axiom: truth lies in the visible spectrum? With really", John Bennett , single work poetry (p. 16)
July 21st : Dublin Bay (from Freshwater / Saltwater Sonnets)i"The sea is nowhere divisible. The sunken sky", John Bennett , single work poetry (p. 17)
October 11th : Puget Sound, Seattle (from Freshwater / Saltwater Sonnets)i"Caught the ferry onto the last frontier, the body", John Bennett , single work poetry (p. 18)
November 10th : Caye Ambergris, Belize (from Freshwater / Saltwater Sonnets)i"Noon boils. I drop out of sight of the hot sky", John Bennett , single work poetry (p. 19)
November 20th : Havana (from Freshwater / Saltwater Sonnets)i"Going to seed in a display of SOCIOLISMO O MUERTE", John Bennett , single work poetry (p. 20)
December 28th : Sydney (from Freshwater / Saltwater Sonnets)i"Emerging, having lost a day in the spin of a world", John Bennett , single work poetry (p. 21)
National Geographic Photosi"Almost invisible, the screen", Judith Bishop , single work poetry (p. 22-23)
The Memorial Poem : Compare Callimachus, Palatine Anthology 7.80i"Callimachus wrote a valedictory for his dead friend, the poet.", John Bray , single work poetry (p. 24)
March / Stormi"Lightning explodes", Caroline Caddy , single work poetry (p. 25-26)
Driving with Daddyi"My father drives hard", Yvette Christianse , single work poetry (p. 27-29)
Willow Pattern (for Jessie Beale) (from Willow Pattern: A Sequence)i"This is her gold-rimmed willow pattern plate", Charlotte Clutterbuck , single work poetry (p. 30-31)
A Long Brown Cloak (for Judith)i"That first day, years ago, at Heathrow,", Charlotte Clutterbuck , single work poetry (p. 32)
Words Fly Through Space : Department of Oriental Antiquities, The Louvre Museumi"Words defy conventional laws of time", Sarah Day , single work poetry (p. 33-34)
Windsurfer : Dickey Beachi""Speed and decisiveness." Traversing the bay", Geoffrey Dutton , single work poetry (p. 35-36)
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Kite Sunday : Currimundi Beachi"On a breezy evening, tied", Geoffrey Dutton , single work poetry (p. 37-38)
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