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  • Author:agent Vivian Smith http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/smith-vivian
Issue Details: First known date: 1995... 1995 New Selected Poems
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Pymble, Turramurra - Pymble - St Ives area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson , 1995 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Bedlam Hillsi"Corroded flat as hills allow,", Vivian Smith , single work poetry (p. 2)
Bird Sanctuaryi"I came down to the tideless bay", Vivian Smith , single work poetry (p. 3)
Old Men are Facts : The Ship's Graveyard, Risdon, Tasmaniai"When I was a boy I heard the sea upstairs in a shell.", Vivian Smith , single work poetry (p. 4-5)
Fishermen, Winteri"In the bay across the broken threshold sand", Vivian Smith , single work poetry (p. 6)
Winter Foreshorei"The drilling wind, the whittling air", Vivian Smith , single work poetry (p. 7)
Aloes and Seai"The aloes stand along the shore", Vivian Smith , single work poetry (p. 8)
Penguin : Near Fluted Capei"You strut above the littered shore", Vivian Smith , single work poetry (p. 9)
Fishermen, Drowned Beyond the West Coasti"Someone said dead men make islands in the sea", Vivian Smith , single work poetry (p. 10)
Man with Greyhoundsi"A man walks greyhounds on the morning frost.", Vivian Smith , single work poetry (p. 11)
In Summer Raini"While summer rain makes green the air", Vivian Smith , single work poetry (p. 12)
Deserted Bandstand, Kingston Beachi"Turning from the sketched pines", Vivian Smith , single work poetry (p. 13-14)
Portuguese Laurel Floweringi"Distance can put beauty on", Vivian Smith , single work poetry (p. 15)
The Last Summeri"The hawk with heavy-lidded eyes", Vivian Smith , single work poetry (p. 16)
Late Autumn Dovei"O see where settling now and taking shape", Vivian Smith , single work poetry (p. 17)
Equinoxi"Hills, the slow anxiety of change,", Vivian Smith , single work poetry (p. 18)
Praying Mantisi"O yogi, mantis, preying leaf", Vivian Smith , single work poetry (p. 19)
The Other Meaningi"There is another meaning here--in birds", Vivian Smith , single work poetry (p. 20)
Alceste's Resolution Alceste (to Gwen Harwood)i""My need too for beginnings drove me here", Vivian Smith , single work poetry (p. 21)
The Shadowi"Something in the landscape", Vivian Smith , single work poetry (p. 22)
Thylacinei"They'll not find him in the hills", Vivian Smith , single work poetry (p. 23)
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