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* Contents derived from the St Leonards, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,:Paper Bark Press , 2002 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.

Foreword, John Kinsella , single work column (p. 5-7)

"A man's life, viewed vulnerably naked, is" Reflecting on the Male of the Species"A man's life is laid out vulnerably naked in", Rodney Hall , single work poetry (p. 19-20)

Note: With first line: A man's life, viewed vulnerably naked, is

Missing Person"My father died when I was six months old and people started right in", Rodney Hall , single work poetry (p. 21-22)

Kyrie "They have gone down now into themselves" Introitus"They have gone down now", Rodney Hall , single work poetry (p. 23)

A Coastal Reqiuem, Rodney Hall , sequence poetry (p. 23-28)

Gloria"For half a mile the scales of phosphorus float", Rodney Hall , single work poetry (p. 24)

Credo "Once dead so I believe" Lachrymosa"Once dead", Rodney Hall , single work poetry (p. 25)

Sanctus"A cloud is etched in wrinkles on my empty hand", Rodney Hall , single work poetry (p. 26)

Benedictus"We name the island Water and the mountain Wind", Rodney Hall , single work poetry (p. 27)

Agnus Dei"(My gumboots rubberstamp the mud with moons and cubes of air)", Rodney Hall , single work poetry (p. 28)

The Climber"Here I stand, the rainstorm", Rodney Hall , single work poetry (p. 33-34)

Rat's Eye"Up from the oranged evening river,", Rodney Hall , single work poetry (p. 35)

Youth-Manhood-Middle Age"These aren't the hands I had ten years ago,", Rodney Hall , single work poetry (p. 36)

First Life Cycle"See where enlightenment of spirit", Rodney Hall , single work poetry (p. 37-38)

Forty Beads on a Hangman's Rope : Fragments of Memory, Rodney Hall , sequence poetry (p. 37-51)

Second Life Cycle"The holy one", Rodney Hall , single work poetry (p. 39-40)

Third Life Cycle"She has heavy eyelids, plaited hair,", Rodney Hall , single work poetry (p. 41-43)

Fourth Life Cycle"Carve my head from cedar wood", Rodney Hall , single work poetry (p. 44-47)

Death in Public"The summerhouse--too lavish anyhow--", Rodney Hall , single work poetry (p. 48-49)

Death in Private"The goddess sang", Rodney Hall , single work poetry (p. 50-51)

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Light and Landscapes Barry Hill , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 19-20 July 2003; (p. 12)
— Review of Skinned by Light : Poems 1989 - 2002 Anthony Lawrence , 2002 selected work poetry ; The Owner of My Face : New and Selected Poems Rodney Hall , 2002 selected work poetry ; Bestiary Coral Hull , 2002 selected work poetry ; The Long Moment Kate Fagan , 2002 selected work poetry

A Fresh Look at the Flamboyant Verse of Rodney Hall Geoff Page , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 30 November 2002; (p. 18)
— Review of The Owner of My Face : New and Selected Poems Rodney Hall , 2002 selected work poetry

Trafficking in the Unsaid Peter Steele , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 245 2002; (p. 37-38)
— Review of The Owner of My Face : New and Selected Poems Rodney Hall , 2002 selected work poetry ; Collected Poems : 1961-2002 Les Murray , 2002 selected work poetry

Bodily Presence from Top to Toe Kerryn Goldsworthy , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 28-29 September (p. 11)
— Review of The Owner of My Face : New and Selected Poems Rodney Hall , 2002 selected work poetry