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Dedication: To the glory of God
Poems from this work have appeared in numerous journals, magazines and newspaers. The selections from this work which have appeared in Meanjin, Quadrant and the Adelaide Review have appeared with this collective title.

* Contents derived from the Potts Point, Kings Cross area, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,:Duffy and Snellgrove , 2002 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.

The New Hieroglyphics"In the World language, sometimes called", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 1-3)

On the Borders"We're driving across tableland", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 4)

The Annals of the Sheer"Like a crack across a windscreen", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 5-6)

Ernest Hemingway and the Latest Quake"In fact the Earth never stops moving", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 7-8)

The Images Alone"Scarlet as the cloth draped over a sword,", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 9)

Rooms of the Sketch Garden"Women made the gardens, in my world", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 10-12)

Angophora Floribunda"That country seemed one great park", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 13-14)

At the Falls"High mountain plateau edged", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 15)

True Yarn"A man approaches the edge of his life, which has miscarried.", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 16)

An Australian Legend"It is the time of day", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 17-18)

The Engineer Formerly Known as Strangelove"Mein Fuhrer, the called me Doctor Strangelove", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 19-21)

The Tin Clothes"This is the big arrival", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 22)

The Successive Arms"A drunk man in a rank shirt", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 23)

Judged Worth Evacuating"Vertical war, north of my early childhood", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 24)

The Moon Man"Shadowy kangaroos moved off", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 25)

Succour"Refugees, derelicts - but why classify", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 26)

Predawn in Health"The stars are filtering through a tree", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 27)

The Antipodes of India"Out in country like a Lincolnshire", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 28)

Robert Fergusson Night"All the Fergussons are black", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 29-30)

Note: Dedication: For the commemoration at St Andrews University, October 2000

To Dye For"A razor whetting silt and alluvium", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 31)

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Publisher: Duffy and Snellgrove

Potts Point, Kings Cross area, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Duffy and Snellgrove , 2002 .

Extent: 106p.
ISBN: 1876631236

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Publisher: Carcanet

Manchester,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,: Carcanet , 2002 .

Extent: 107p.
ISBN: 1857546091 (pbk.)
Publisher: Farrar Straus and Giroux

New York (City), New York (State),
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United States of America (USA),
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Americas,: Farrar Straus and Giroux , 2003 .

Extent: x, 115p.p.
ISBN: 0374235201

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Post vom glibbrigen Globus : Neue Gedichte des Australiers Les Murray Nico Bleutge , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: Suddeutsche Zeitung , 7-8 July no. 154 2007; (p. 16)
— Review of Poems the Size of Photographs Les Murray , 2002 selected work poetry

[Review] Collected Poems : 1961-2002 and Poems the Size of Photographs Katherine Gallagher , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Studies , Winter vol. 19 no. 2 2004; (p. 269-270)
— Review of Collected Poems : 1961-2002 Les Murray , 2002 selected work poetry ; Poems the Size of Photographs Les Murray , 2002 selected work poetry

[Review] Poems the Size of Photographs Andrew DuBois , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Harvard Review , Fall no. 25 2003;
— Review of Poems the Size of Photographs Les Murray , 2002 selected work poetry

[Review] Collected Poems : 1961-2002 and Poems the Size of Photographs Katherine Gallagher , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Studies , Winter vol. 18 no. 2 2003; (p. 233-234)
— Review of Poems the Size of Photographs Les Murray , 2002 selected work poetry ; Collected Poems : 1961-2002 Les Murray , 2002 selected work poetry

Curious Climates and Hidden Identities David Kennedy , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: The London Magazine , February/March 2003; (p. 121-125)
— Review of Poems the Size of Photographs Les Murray , 2002 selected work poetry

'I Find a Space for it Somehow' : New Poetry Lucy Dougan , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 47 no. 2002; (p. 177-192)
— Review of What the Painter Saw in Our Faces Peter Boyle , 2001 selected work poetry ; Bestseller M. T. C. Cronin , 2001 selected work poetry ; The Learning Curve John Foulcher , 2002 selected work poetry ; Afterimages Robert Gray , 2002 selected work poetry prose ; The Clothes-Prop Man : Poems from the South Para Reservoir Martin R. Johnson , 2002 selected work poetry ; Poems the Size of Photographs Les Murray , 2002 selected work poetry ; Darker and Lighter Geoff Page , 2001 selected work poetry ; Other Worlds : Poems 1997-2001 Dorothy Porter , 2001 selected work poetry ; Fiery Waters Robyn Rowland , 2001 selected work poetry ; Hothouse Tracy Ryan , 2002 selected work poetry ; Flying Blind Debbie Westbury , 2002 selected work poetry

A Taste on the Mind William Wootten , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 24 January no. 5208 2003; (p. 28)
— Review of Poems the Size of Photographs Les Murray , 2002 selected work poetry