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Dedication: To Mary-Ellen, with love.
Epigraph: 'Alarmed within by the distant thunder of the god, bewildered from without by an irresistible excess of appearances, the object of such violent treatment has only just room to stand on the narrow space between two worlds, until suddenly a neutral little event inundates his monstrous condition with innocence.' Rainer Maria Rilke.

* Contents derived from the South Fremantle, Fremantle area, South West Perth, Perth, Western Australia,:Fremantle Press , 1991 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.

An Old Samurai Arranges Flowers"Outside, hailstones rattle like my breath;", Shane McCauley , single work poetry (p. 11)

Ganges"Brahma's thoughts are fragrant.", Shane McCauley , single work poetry (p. 12)

Narcissus"Eyelids closed, the bespattered head", Shane McCauley , single work poetry (p. 13)

Singapore Singer"At this point we have not quite", Shane McCauley , single work poetry (p. 14)

Chinese Grave"Gods stand guard, faces", Shane McCauley , single work poetry (p. 15)

Han Boatman"It is night and all is stars,", Shane McCauley , single work poetry (p. 16)

The Butterfly Man"If Heaven is within you, it can", Shane McCauley , single work poetry (p. 17-26)

Vietnamese Exiles"In such words, all the barnacles", Shane McCauley , single work poetry (p. 27)

A Home in the Countryside"Bubbling red light, green shadows, black", Shane McCauley , single work poetry (p. 28)

Nite Club"Light swings like blades", Shane McCauley , single work poetry (p. 29)

Piano Bar"White piano top: focus of isolations,", Shane McCauley , single work poetry (p. 30)

Her Afternoon Off"Something of the gift-wrapped look", Shane McCauley , single work poetry (p. 31)

Ecstasy"It is to believe eternity, perhaps", Shane McCauley , single work poetry (p. 32-33)

The Murderer"In the take-away chicken shop", Shane McCauley , single work poetry (p. 34)

Deaths in Custody"Another one reported this morning,", Shane McCauley , single work poetry (p. 35)

Aboriginal Students"They carve a darkness out of the wind,", Shane McCauley , single work poetry (p. 36)

The Disappeared"Behind the photographs", Shane McCauley , single work poetry (p. 37)

Hospital"It is, despite the queue of reasons", Shane McCauley , single work poetry (p. 38-39)

Ahmed the Headsman"How did I become an executioner,", Shane McCauley , single work poetry (p. 40)

Gallipoli"Nothing barren that has sustained the blood", Shane McCauley , single work poetry (p. 41)

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Caught in the Draught : Burning Bush and Blowing Wind Veronica Brady , 1994 single work criticism
— Appears in: Caught in the Draught: On Contemporary Australian Culture and Society 1994; (p. 221-232)

Romanticism, Vision and Humanity Beate Josephi , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Voices , Spring vol. 1 no. 3 1991; (p. 104-107)
— Review of The Butterfly Man Shane McCauley , 1991 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems 1970-1989 Robert Adamson , 1990 selected work poetry

[Review] The Butterfly Man [etc] David Kelly , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: OzMuze , May vol. 1 no. 8 1991; (p. 8-10)
— Review of The Butterfly Man Shane McCauley , 1991 selected work poetry ; New and Selected Poems 1960-1990 Bruce Beaver , 1991 selected work poetry biography ; Beauty Is the Straw : Poems Amy Witting , 1991 selected work poetry ; Caboolture Steven Herrick , 1990 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems Dorothy Hewett , 1991 selected work poetry ; The Empire of Grass : Twenty-Eight Poems: 1983-1989 Gary Catalano , 1991 selected work poetry

[Review] The Butterfly Man Diane Fahey , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Westerly , September vol. 36 no. 3 1991; (p. 120-122)
— Review of The Butterfly Man Shane McCauley , 1991 selected work poetry

Magic of Symbols is Posed, Pointed Thomas Shapcott , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 4 May 1991; (p. 7)
— Review of The Butterfly Man Shane McCauley , 1991 selected work poetry ; Paper Weight John Foulcher , 1991 selected work poetry ; The Grasshopper Heart Andrew Lansdown , 1991 selected work poetry ; Peniel Kevin Hart , 1991 selected work poetry

Imagist with a Human Heart Geoff Page , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 16 November 1991; (p. C8)
— Review of Monster Love Jeri Kroll , 1990 selected work poetry ; The Grasshopper Heart Andrew Lansdown , 1991 selected work poetry ; The Butterfly Man Shane McCauley , 1991 selected work poetry

The Idiom of Blood Kris Hemensley , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 129 1991; (p. 30-31)
— Review of The Butterfly Man Shane McCauley , 1991 selected work poetry ; For Crying Out Loud Chris Wallace-Crabbe , 1990 selected work poetry

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