y separately published work icon Dog Fox Field : Poems selected work   poetry  
  • Author:agent Les Murray http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/murray-les
Issue Details: First known date: 1990... 1990 Dog Fox Field : Poems
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Contents

* Contents derived from the North Ryde, Ryde - Gladesville - Hunters Hill area, Northwest Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson , 1990 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Transposition of Clermonti"After the Big Flood, we elected", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 1-2)
Febi"Seedy drytime Feb,", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 3-4)
March : Masculeene, Cried the Bullsi"Bang! it was autumn,", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 5-6)
April : the Idyll Wheeli"And so we've come right round the sun", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 7-8)
The Liberated Plaguei"So it's back to window shopping", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 9-10)
Two Rainsi"Our farm is in the patched blue overlap", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 11)
To the Soviet Americansi"The working class, the working class,", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 12)
Low Down Sandcastle Bluesi"You can't have everything, I said as we drank tea.", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 13)
Prefacei"An east-running valley where two hooded creeks make junction", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 14-15)
The Emerald Dovei"We ought to hang cutout hawk shapes", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 16-17)
Cave Divers Near Mount Gambieri"Chenille-skinned people are counting under the countryside", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 18)
The Tin Wash Dishi"Lank poverty, dank poverty", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 19)
The Inverse Transportsi"Two hundred years, and the bars", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 20-21)
The Billionsi"At the whizz of a door screen", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 22-23)
The Narrabri Reservationi"On the road to the Nandewars", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 24-25)
The Up-to-Date Scarecrow (for Melissa Gordon)i"With my mouldy felt hat and my coat pinned shut", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 26)
The Cows on Killing Dayi"All me are standing on feed. The sky is shining.", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 27-28)
The Pole Barnsi"Unchinked log cabins, empty now, or stuffed with hay", Les Murray , single work poetry humour (p. 29-30)
The 1812 Overture at Topkapi Sarayi"The Rosary in Turkish, and prayers for the Sultan.", Les Murray , single work poetry
From the royal palace at Topkapi Saray the mother of the Sultan concludes her prayers and reads a letter from her son about his treaty with the Czar to combine forces against Napoleon.
 (p. 31-33)
From the Other Hemispherei"To stoop and insert", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 34-35)
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