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Issue Details: First known date: 1984... 1984 The Day the River
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Contents

* Contents derived from the St Lucia, Indooroopilly - St Lucia area, Brisbane - North West, Brisbane, Queensland,:University of Queensland Press , 1984 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
From this Ramshackle Housei"overlooking the creek", Cornelis Vleeskens , single work poetry (p. 3-8)
Salted Herringi"Even this", Cornelis Vleeskens , single work poetry (p. 9-22)
An Unscheduled Stopoveri"All that is fair enough, except", Cornelis Vleeskens , single work poetry (p. 23)
A Perfectly Natural Cravingi"The storm, of course, was much too violent", Cornelis Vleeskens , single work poetry (p. 23)
The One that Got Awayi"A feeble call for help from somewhere in the hills", Cornelis Vleeskens , single work poetry (p. 24)
The Historical Context: 1958i"It wasn't until after the Second World War", Cornelis Vleeskens , single work poetry (p. 24-25)
This Frail Craft, This Poemi"is only words and disjointed images grubbed out", Cornelis Vleeskens , single work poetry (p. 25)
Those Kings Cross Nights : A Historical Romance (i.m. Andrew Rose d.1973)i"And so again below the belt", Cornelis Vleeskens , single work poetry (p. 26-29)
Acres (for Michael Witts)i"John's irrigating: acres", Cornelis Vleeskens , single work poetry (p. 30-31)
Sea-Eaglei"You see it at first as just another diversion.", Cornelis Vleeskens , single work poetry (p. 35)
Night Drivingi"We're gaining too much speed in monosyllabic overdrive,", Cornelis Vleeskens , single work poetry (p. 36)
Three Poems from The Book of Changes : 1 : TUNi"The sky surrounds a mountain peak", Cornelis Vleeskens , single work poetry (p. 37-38)
Three Poems from The Book of Changes : 2 : K'UEIi"Flames leap toward the branches of a tree", Cornelis Vleeskens , single work poetry (p. 39)
Three Poems from The Book of Changes : 3 : YUi"Sheet-lightning brightens the night", Cornelis Vleeskens , single work poetry (p. 40)
Only these Words (Some Notes on the Three Poems their Writing their Nights) : The First Poemi"I would hold you against the cold", Cornelis Vleeskens , single work poetry (p. 41)
Only these Words (Some Notes on the Three Poems their Writing their Nights) : The Second Poemi"Another raging night of westerlies", Cornelis Vleeskens , single work poetry (p. 41)
Only these Words (Some Notes on the Three Poems their Writings their Nights) : The Third Poemi"Movement", Cornelis Vleeskens , single work poetry (p. 42)
Touching on Red Cedar : 1 : Opening Upi"A busy-ness filters through the tree-line", Cornelis Vleeskens , single work poetry (p. 43)
Touching on Red Cedar : 2 : Naming the Riveri"His Excellency the Governor,", Cornelis Vleeskens , single work poetry (p. 44)
Touching on Red Cedar : 3 : The Ninety-Eight Floodi"We'd always thought the house", Cornelis Vleeskens , single work poetry (p. 45)
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