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Issue Details: First known date: 1969... 1969 The Towers of Earth : Poems of the Blue Mountains
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Elizabethan Press , 1969 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Pulpit Rocki"A pinnacle, a place for eagles", Amy Cumpston , single work poetry (p. 9)
The She-Oak Nullah Nullahi"The black man stood before the universe", Amy Cumpston , single work poetry (p. 10-11)
The Old Coroboree Groundi"In olden days, as children always say,", Amy Cumpston , single work poetry (p. 12)
The Old Mount York Roadi"To come, Mrs Hawkins, in the golden dusk", Amy Cumpston , single work poetry (p. 13)
The Golddiggers on the Marchi"You scarcely troubled the wind", Amy Cumpston , single work poetry (p. 14)
Sir Henry Parkesi"If ghosts are with us, they are the ghosts of the famous", Amy Cumpston , single work poetry (p. 15)
The Bell Road at Nighti"Winding our way up gorge and steep", Amy Cumpston , single work poetry (p. 16-17)
De Faure's Rock, Mount Wilsoni"Stand and feel the aeons hum", Amy Cumpston , single work poetry (p. 18-19)
Mount Irvine Roadi"Look north and far along the Great Divide", Amy Cumpston , single work poetry (p. 20)
Boy at Apple Cottagei"Down by the creek a child is watching for birds", Amy Cumpston , single work poetry (p. 21)
The Cliff Climbersi"They live on the astronomical alps of the world", Amy Cumpston , single work poetry (p. 22)
Firefighters at Mt Victoria Lookouti"They stood in the bush, in the dry afternoon", Amy Cumpston , single work poetry (p. 23)
Mt Irvinei"No landscape in the world has kin to this,", Amy Cumpston , single work poetry (p. 24-25)
Mel Ward's Museumi"We have been free so long we do not know", Amy Cumpston , single work poetry (p. 26)
Slide Night in the Village Halli"Through a damp and drizzling night", Amy Cumpston , single work poetry (p. 27)
The Cyprus Grove, Blackheathi"Best servant of all is surely", Amy Cumpston , single work poetry (p. 28)
Death of a Treei"Murder is being done that causes no shout,", Amy Cumpston , single work poetry (p. 29)
The Hawkesbury Flood from Penrith Bridgei"The murderous waters pour grimly on", Amy Cumpston , single work poetry
The poet wonders why science and engineering cannot overcome the threat of floods on the Hawkesbury: '...surely there is science and skill enough / to dam the dykes and free this ravaged land.'
 (p. 30)
The Hawki"The hawk, the hawk was there,", Amy Cumpston , single work poetry (p. 31)
Snakes at Blackheathi"I've learned not to be afraid", Amy Cumpston , single work poetry (p. 32-33)
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