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Dedication: For Andrew and Elizabeth
Epigraph: 'There rises the sudden laughter, Of children in the foliage, Quick now, here, now, always -' T. S. Eliot

* Contents derived from the Wollongong, Wollongong area, Illawarra, South Coast, New South Wales,:Five Islands Press , 2002 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.

Eating Durian with Chandra"We stopped round midnight at a hawker's stall", Jan Owen , single work poetry (p. 11)

Gamelan"A single brown and orange beetle", Jan Owen , single work poetry (p. 12)

The Fireflies, Jan Owen , sequence poetry (p. 12-16)

The Mosquito Net"Under the net - another lost soul.", Jan Owen , single work poetry (p. 13)

The Night Market"We'd come to play at domesticity,", Jan Owen , single work poetry (p. 13-14)

The River"Clearly we were being shadowed", Jan Owen , single work poetry (p. 15)

The Herb Garden"We met here once, under these betel palms.", Jan Owen , single work poetry (p. 15-16)

Carp with Suckerfish"The pond carp shine in the sunlight, milling for place,", Jan Owen , single work poetry (p. 17)

Water Caltrops with Butterfly"The caltrops are too stale to boil with salt.", Jan Owen , single work poetry (p. 18)

The Screen"Late at night", Jan Owen , single work poetry (p. 19)

Scales"From the damp sweet earth", Jan Owen , single work poetry (p. 20)

The Pool"The azan again", Jan Owen , single work poetry (p. 21)

Giants"The cempedaks dangle like killer", Jan Owen , single work poetry satire humour (p. 22)

The Letter"She's finished it", Jan Owen , single work poetry (p. 23)

Salaks"The fruit of the Zalacca Palm", Jan Owen , single work poetry (p. 24)

Limes"Limau, the Malay word, open as the snarl", Jan Owen , single work poetry (p. 25)

From the Balcony"Two gin and tonics on a marble table,", Jan Owen , single work poetry (p. 26)

Cafe"At Starbucks", Jan Owen , single work poetry (p. 27)

Puduraya"If you've done time on platform 22", Jan Owen , single work poetry (p. 28)

Musk Nut"Six nutmeg trees grow in the garden here,", Jan Owen , single work poetry (p. 29)

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Untitled Humphrey Hartney , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Five Bells , Autumn vol. 12 no. 2 2005; (p. 44-45)
— Review of Timedancing Jan Owen , 2002 selected work poetry

Untitled T. M. Collins , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Studio : A Journal of Christians Writing , Spring no. 96 2004; (p. 36)
— Review of Timedancing Jan Owen , 2002 selected work poetry

What We Actually See: New Poetry Kerry Leves , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 175 2004; (p. 91-95)
— Review of Jabiluka Honey : New and Selected Poems Richard Hillman , 2003 selected work poetry ; Curving My Eyes to Almonds Liat Kirby , 2001 selected work poetry ; Timedancing Jan Owen , 2002 selected work poetry ; Holiday Coast Medusa Rebecca Edwards , 2002 single work novel ; Lost in the Foreground Stephen Edgar , 2003 selected work poetry ; City and Stranger : Poems Aileen Kelly , 2002 selected work poetry ; Medium Security Louise Wakeling , 2002 selected work poetry ; A Tasmanian Paradise Lost : A Poem Graeme Hetherington , 2003 selected work poetry ; The Weight of Irises Nicolette Stasko , 2003 selected work poetry

Untitled Louise Oxley , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Famous Reporter , December no. 28 2003; (p. 60-63)
— Review of Timedancing Jan Owen , 2002 selected work poetry

"...Quince Tree, Birds, Light Shows, Rains, Everything" David McCooey , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 63 no. 1 2003; (p. 213-220)
— Review of Ships on Fire Robert Drummond , 2002 selected work poetry ; Hothouse Tracy Ryan , 2002 selected work poetry ; Timedancing Jan Owen , 2002 selected work poetry ; Anything the Landlord Touches Emma Lew , 2002 selected work poetry

A Slick of Past Lisa Gorton , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 249 2003; (p. 56-57)
— Review of Timedancing Jan Owen , 2002 selected work poetry ; Medium Security Louise Wakeling , 2002 selected work poetry

Mature Poet's Serious Playfulness Geoff Page , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 26 April 2003; (p. 5a)
— Review of Timedancing Jan Owen , 2002 selected work poetry

Phrase and Fable Jennifer Harrison , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Island , Autumn no. 92 2003; (p. 87-91)
— Review of Timedancing Jan Owen , 2002 selected work poetry ; The Islanders Andrew Sant , 2002 selected work poetry

Untitled Louise Oxley , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Famous Reporter , December no. 28 2003; (p. 60-63)
— Review of Timedancing Jan Owen , 2002 selected work poetry

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