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Notes

This book is in four numbered parts:
- 1 Homecomings
- 2 Original Sin
- 3 Driving Into Distance
- 4 Contemplating Chaos.
The arrangement, titles and number of the poems in this selection is different from that in Lea's earlier thesis with the same title.
Dedication: For my mother and her mother and for my daughter.
Epigraph: That I might fly away / that I might fly away where the ships / that I might fly away where the ships of pine wood pass between the dark cliffs.

* Contents derived from the St Lucia, Indooroopilly - St Lucia area, Brisbane - North West, Brisbane, Queensland,:University of Queensland Press , 2001 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.

Homecomings"Pretend there still are homecomings.", Bronwyn Lea , single work poetry (p. 3-4)

California Morning"We're restless again, you and I, up at six", Bronwyn Lea , single work poetry (p. 5)

The Greek Foot"Nature in her wisdom has formed the human feet", Bronwyn Lea , single work poetry (p. 6)

Seven Feet & Where They're From, Bronwyn Lea , sequence poetry (p. 6-13)

The Chinese Foot"The bandage wraps figure eights", Bronwyn Lea , single work poetry (p. 7)

The Portuguese Foot"Her feet are the same ivory", Bronwyn Lea , single work poetry (p. 8)

The Indian Foot"The mehendiwalli sifts the twigs and stems", Bronwyn Lea , single work poetry (p. 9)

The Aboriginal Foot"One day a Kuniya rock python", Bronwyn Lea , single work poetry (p. 10)

The American Foot"The anatomical narrative takes", Bronwyn Lea , single work poetry (p. 11)

Monologue on Bob Hope Blvd"Firm hand, he says, holding mine.", Bronwyn Lea , single work poetry (p. 26-27)

Drought"Except for the stones", Bronwyn Lea , single work poetry (p. 28)

Leaving West End"At the bus stop", Bronwyn Lea , single work poetry (p. 29-30)

Betty Blue"I loved you like I loved my mother", Bronwyn Lea , single work poetry (p. 31)

Girls' Night on Long Island"We drink vodka martinis", Bronwyn Lea , single work poetry (p. 32-33)

Australia Day"On the blackboard", Bronwyn Lea , single work poetry (p. 34)

Handing Back Time"I am tired of deciding", Bronwyn Lea , single work poetry (p. 35-38)

Christmas Day"Even the bells of San Blas cannot wake him", Bronwyn Lea , single work poetry (p. 41)

Driving into Distance"The poet says that the psychologist says, that", Bronwyn Lea , single work poetry (p. 42-44)

A Rush of Butterflies"Jacaranda - still", Bronwyn Lea , single work poetry (p. 45-47)

Grandiflora"It was a rose with a grandiose name", Bronwyn Lea , single work poetry (p. 48)

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The Luxurious Image Sarah Perrier , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 16 no. 2 2002; (p. 197-198)
— Review of Flight Animals Bronwyn Lea , 2001 selected work poetry

[Review] Flight Animals Stephen Lawrence , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Studies , no. 75 2002; (p. 171-172) JAS Review of Books , November no. 10 2002;
— Review of Flight Animals Bronwyn Lea , 2001 selected work poetry

Three Poets Judith Beveridge , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Island , Summer no. 88 2002; (p. 90-97)
— Review of Flight Animals Bronwyn Lea , 2001 selected work poetry ; Fishwife Meredith Wattison , 2001 selected work poetry ; Heroic Money Gig Ryan , 2001 selected work poetry

Tracing Love Affairs Gig Ryan , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 30 March 2002; (p. 9)
— Review of The Inland Sea Barry Hill , 2001 selected work poetry ; Duty Geraldine McKenzie , 2001 selected work poetry ; Flight Animals Bronwyn Lea , 2001 selected work poetry

Passionate For Poetry Rosemary Sorensen , 2002 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Courier Mail , 16 February 2002; (p. 7)

The Luxurious Image Sarah Perrier , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 16 no. 2 2002; (p. 197-198)
— Review of Flight Animals Bronwyn Lea , 2001 selected work poetry

New Poet Produces a Collection of Unusual Merit Geoff Page , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 1 December 2001; (p. 17)
— Review of Flight Animals Bronwyn Lea , 2001 selected work poetry

Four Poets Kris Hemensley , 2001-2002 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January no. 237 2001-2002; (p. 72-73)
— Review of Sensual Horizon Martin Langford , 2001 selected work poetry ; Behind the Moon Jacob G. Rosenberg , 2000 selected work poetry ; Flight Animals Bronwyn Lea , 2001 selected work poetry ; My Sister and Silence Bev Roberts , 2001 selected work poetry