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Bruce Dawe is donating his royalties from sales of Towards a War to an internationally-recognised charity for exclusive use in its Iraq and Region Humanitarian Appeal. Publisher Rob Riel of Picaro Press is matching this gesture dollar for dollar.

(Source: Cordite no.18 May, 2004. Review of Towards a War by Martin Downey.)
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* Contents derived from the Warners Bay, Warners Bay - Jewells area, Lake Macquarie area, Central Coast, New South Wales,:Picaro Press , 2003 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.

Sun and Moon"Should you be walking early you may see", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 2)

Show-Time (Texas-style)""Me an' mah posse, now we've finally got", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 3)

A Dog in Time"If world peace were as easy to achieve", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 4-5)

On the Brink : 12th February 2003"Many will find themselves punished", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 6-7)

Vielleicht"Perhaps it will be a short war", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 8-9)

After Sari"Like America, long privileged by sea,", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 10-11)

Entracte"Now that the preliminary words troop off", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 12-13)

Mowing the Lawn"Shakespeare was right: who is there better placed", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 14-15)

Agenda"'The Christian will be slaughtered with the Jew,", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 16-17)

The US $125 Billion Dollar Question"Watching daylong the news", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 18-19)

Contradictions"Not even that passionate plea", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 20-21)

Pax Americana"Who is divine enough to help us manage", Bruce Dawe , single work poetry (p. 22-23)

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Unusual Work if You Can Get It Brian Musgrove , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Coppertales : A Journal of Rural Arts , no. 10 2006; (p. 95-98)
— Review of Wagtail 2001- series - publisher poetry ; Some Beliefs of Mine and Other Poems Peter Bakowski , 2003 selected work poetry ; Unusual Work 2005- periodical (17 issues); Towards a War : Twelve Reflections Bruce Dawe , 2003 selected work poetry

Martin Downey Reviews Bruce Dawe Martin Downey , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , May no. 18 2004;
— Review of Towards a War : Twelve Reflections Bruce Dawe , 2003 selected work poetry