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The poems are collected in five sections: Yoola and the Seven Sisters, pp.1-14; The Flowering West, pp.15-22; Grendel, pp.23-28; For Joan, pp.29-42; Curracarong Creek, pp.43-50.
Includes epigraph: 'From moors, under misty cliffs, / Grendel, God's anger, gangan.' Beowulf

* Contents derived from the Brisbane, Queensland,:Jacaranda Press , 1967 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.

Desert Tribesmen"The naked old men of the desert walk", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 2)

Note: With title: The Old Men

The Water-Lubra and the Lotus-Bird"Out of the river comes a girl", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 3-5)

Yoola and the Seven Sisters, Minyanderri , single work prose Indigenous story (p. 6-7)

The Battle of Wallaga Lake"Black duck was Merriman's totem", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 8-10)

Myth of the Flying-Foxes"Wuka, the red flying-foxes, as men went once.", Roland Robinson , Kuworpita , single work poetry (p. 11-12)

Note: With first line: Wuka, the red flying-foxes, once went as men.

Jarrangulli"Hear that tree-lizard singin' out,", Percy Mumbulla , Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 13)

The Devil's Marbles"Gibbous the moon that is rising over this valley", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 16)

Note: First line reads: Gibbous moon rising out of this boulder-

Kimberley Drovers"I am drained out. All day I have driven", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 17-18)

The Pioneers "I am camped above the Fitzroy River Crossing," The Fitzroy River Crossing"Camped above the Fitzroy River Crossing", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 19-20)

Note: Title: The Pioneers. First line appears as: Camped above the Fitzroy River Crossing,

The Flowering West"The scene becomes red sand. It is thickly sown", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 21-22)

Note: First line appears as: The scene becomes red sand, thickly sown

The Demon"There is a flame, a secret flower of flame,", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 24)

And I Broke Branches Once"And I broke branches once to make my bed,", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 25)

Grendel"Under massed clouds, the emerging moon,", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 26)

Note: First line appears as: Under the massed and moving clouds with the moon

Sundowner"Unshaven old sundowner, in shake-down overcoat,", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 27)

Note: First line appears as: Old sundowner, in shake-down overcoat,

Concert"The Russian coloratura", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 30)

Three Poems for Joan: Nude"Sunk in the pillow", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 32)

The Seed Goes Home"Cave-man locked in her thighs.", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 33)

The Child"In this stone", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 34)

The Ledge"End of the long", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 35)

"A corrugated-iron shack. One room." The Cradle"Galvanised, corrugated iron shack,", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 36)

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Passion and the Prosaic : Australian Poetry, 1968 Max Richards , 1969 single work review
— Appears in: Meanjin Quarterly , Winter vol. 28 no. 2 1969; (p. 268-281)
— Review of Elijah's Ravens : Poems Hal Porter , 1968 selected work poetry ; Behind My Eyes : Poems B. A. Breen , 1968 selected work poetry ; A Voyage of Lions and Other Poems Geoffrey Lehmann , 1968 selected work poetry ; The Law of Karma : A Progression of Poems Rodney Hall , 1968 selected work poetry ; Windmill Country Dorothy Hewett , 1968 selected work poetry ; My Beachcombing Days : Ninety Sea Sonnets John Blight , 1968 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems 1942-1968 David Campbell , 1968 selected work poetry ; Poems for a Female Universe Norman Talbot , 1968 selected work poetry ; Segments of the Bowl Robert Clark , 1967 selected work poetry ; I Learn by Going : Poems Craig Powell , 1968 selected work poetry ; A Suit for Everyman Eric Irvin , 1968 selected work poetry ; New Impulses in Australian Poetry 1968 anthology poetry ; Citizens of Mist Roger McDonald , 1968 selected work poetry ; Grendel Roland Robinson , 1967 selected work poetry ; Open at Random : Poems Bruce Beaver , 1967 selected work poetry ; Sheaf Tosser and Other Poems Eric Rolls , 1967 selected work poetry ; Showground Sketchbook and Other Poems Nancy Keesing , 1968 selected work poetry ; After the Assassination and Other Poems R. A. Simpson , 1968 selected work poetry ; The Rock and the Pool Margaret Irvin , 1967 selected work poetry ; The Autobiography of a Gorgon and Other Poems Rodney Hall , 1968 selected work poetry

Poems Here and There Elizabeth Marsh , 1968 single work review
— Appears in: Westerly , October no. 3 1968; (p. 52-57)
— Review of A Taste of Salt Water : Poems Thomas Shapcott , 1967 selected work poetry ; Segments of the Bowl Robert Clark , 1967 selected work poetry ; The Rock and the Pool Margaret Irvin , 1967 selected work poetry ; Grendel Roland Robinson , 1967 selected work poetry ; An Eye for a Tooth : Poems Bruce Dawe , 1968 selected work poetry ; Poems Soft and Loud Geoffrey Dutton , 1967 selected work poetry

Public Worlds: Private Places : A Review of Recent Australian Poetry S. E. Lee , 1968 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 28 no. 2 1968; (p. 145-160)
— Review of Elijah's Ravens : Poems Hal Porter , 1968 selected work poetry ; An Eye for a Tooth : Poems Bruce Dawe , 1968 selected work poetry ; The Rock and the Pool Margaret Irvin , 1967 selected work poetry ; Grendel Roland Robinson , 1967 selected work poetry ; Poems Soft and Loud Geoffrey Dutton , 1967 selected work poetry ; Hammers and Seagulls : Poems Victor Williams , 1966 selected work poetry ; Collected Poems 1936-1967 Douglas Stewart , 1967 selected work poetry ; Bungalow and Hurricane : new poems David Rowbotham , 1967 selected work poetry ; The Dolphin Dorothy Auchterlonie , 1967 selected work poetry ; Segments of the Bowl Robert Clark , 1967 selected work poetry ; East of Living J. M. Couper , 1967 selected work poetry ; The Rebel General Chris Wallace-Crabbe , 1967 selected work poetry

Poet as Mimic Vivian Smith , 1967 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 25 November vol. 89 no. 4577 1967; (p. 83-84)
— Review of Grendel Roland Robinson , 1967 selected work poetry

[Review] Grendel A. C. Lyons , 1967 single work review
— Appears in: Twentieth Century , vol. 22 no. 1967-1968; (p. 270-272)
— Review of Grendel Roland Robinson , 1967 selected work poetry

[Review] A Taste of Salt Water [et al] Alan Brissenden , 1967 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 14 October 1967; (p. 14)
— Review of A Taste of Salt Water : Poems Thomas Shapcott , 1967 selected work poetry ; An Island South Vivian Smith , 1967 selected work poetry ; Grendel Roland Robinson , 1967 selected work poetry ; Collected Poems 1936-1967 Douglas Stewart , 1967 selected work poetry

[Review] Grendel Bruce Beaver , 1967 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 4 November 1967; (p. 21)
— Review of Grendel Roland Robinson , 1967 selected work poetry

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