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* 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 House"overlooking the creek", Cornelis Vleeskens , single work poetry (p. 3-8)

Salted Herring"Even this", Cornelis Vleeskens , single work poetry (p. 9-22)

An Unscheduled Stopover"All that is fair enough, except", Cornelis Vleeskens , single work poetry (p. 23)

A Perfectly Natural Craving"The storm, of course, was much too violent", Cornelis Vleeskens , single work poetry (p. 23)

The One that Got Away"A feeble call for help from somewhere in the hills", Cornelis Vleeskens , single work poetry (p. 24)

The Historical Context: 1958"It wasn't until after the Second World War", Cornelis Vleeskens , single work poetry (p. 24-25)

This Frail Craft, This Poem"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)"And so again below the belt", Cornelis Vleeskens , single work poetry (p. 26-29)

Acres (for Michael Witts)"John's irrigating: acres", Cornelis Vleeskens , single work poetry (p. 30-31)

Sea-Eagle"You see it at first as just another diversion.", Cornelis Vleeskens , single work poetry (p. 35)

Night Driving"We're gaining too much speed in monosyllabic overdrive,", Cornelis Vleeskens , single work poetry (p. 36)

Three Poems from The Book of Changes : 1 : TUN"The sky surrounds a mountain peak", Cornelis Vleeskens , single work poetry (p. 37-38)

Three Poems from The Book of Changes : 2 : K'UEI"Flames leap toward the branches of a tree", Cornelis Vleeskens , single work poetry (p. 39)

Three Poems from The Book of Changes : 3 : YU"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 Poem"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 Poem"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 Poem"Movement", Cornelis Vleeskens , single work poetry (p. 42)

Touching on Red Cedar : 1 : Opening Up"A busy-ness filters through the tree-line", Cornelis Vleeskens , single work poetry (p. 43)

Touching on Red Cedar : 2 : Naming the River"His Excellency the Governor,", Cornelis Vleeskens , single work poetry (p. 44)

Touching on Red Cedar : 3 : The Ninety-Eight Flood"We'd always thought the house", Cornelis Vleeskens , single work poetry (p. 45)

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Welcome Diversity K. F. Pearson , 1985 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 70 1985; (p. 25-26)
— Review of The Truth about Unicorns Doris Brett , 1984 selected work poetry ; The Day the River Cornelis Vleeskens , 1984 selected work poetry

Looking in and Outwards Susan McKernan , 1985 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 13 April 1985; (p. 18)
— Review of Slow Tennis : Poems: 1980-1983 Gary Catalano , 1984 selected work poetry ; The Day the River Cornelis Vleeskens , 1984 selected work poetry

The Tree as a Tennis Ball, Clipping the Horizon's Net Judith Rodriguez , 1985 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 21 December 1985; (p. 26)
— Review of Slow Tennis : Poems: 1980-1983 Gary Catalano , 1984 selected work poetry ; The Day the River Cornelis Vleeskens , 1984 selected work poetry ; India Ink : A Collection of Prose Poems Written in India Vicki Viidikas , 1984 selected work poetry short story

High and Low : Ranges of New Poetry Frank Kellaway , 1985 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , July no. 99 1985; (p. 70-72)
— Review of Breakfasts in Shanghai Julian Croft , 1984 selected work poetry ; At the Institute for Total Recall Michael Sariban , 1984 selected work poetry ; The Day the River Cornelis Vleeskens , 1984 selected work poetry ; Your Shadow : (Poems 1980-83) Kevin Hart , 1984 selected work poetry ; Pillows on the Thorn Jean Lang , 1984 selected work poetry ; Manners of an Astronaut Gig Ryan , 1984 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems : 1963-1983 Marjorie Pizer , 1984 selected work poetry ; Dark Cottage Paul Hasluck , 1984 selected work poetry ; The Truth about Unicorns Doris Brett , 1984 selected work poetry ; Slow Tennis : Poems: 1980-1983 Gary Catalano , 1984 selected work poetry ; The Night Parrot Dorothy Porter , 1984 selected work poetry ; Statues Don't Bleed Mal Morgan , 1984 selected work poetry