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Issue Details: First known date: 2005... 2005 The Earth of Us
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Notes

  • Dedication: For my lover, unrestrained, who has returned; and for my mother, for her bravery, in confronting both mortality and living...
  • Epigraph: An ash time of feather-light remains.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:Domain , 2005 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Trouble Sleepingi"Trouble sleeping", Melissa Petrakis , single work poetry (p. 1)
Asphalt Daysi"Walking", Melissa Petrakis , single work poetry (p. 2)
Stilledi"Note this state:", Melissa Petrakis , single work poetry (p. 3)
Sleeping Alonei"Turning the sunlight", Melissa Petrakis , single work poetry (p. 4)
Days of Raini"The heat is gone", Melissa Petrakis , single work poetry (p. 5-6)
Perspective Foreshortenedi"And in perspective", Melissa Petrakis , single work poetry (p. 7)
Vaulted Harvesti"Touch your flesh to mine", Melissa Petrakis , single work poetry (p. 8)
Unfetteredi"I bleed.", Melissa Petrakis , single work poetry (p. 9)
Rice Graini"a matchbox-sized perception", Melissa Petrakis , single work poetry (p. 10-12)
Mud Flat Dryingi"Come lover, come", Melissa Petrakis , single work poetry (p. 13)
Tips to Bodyi"through the whorls", Melissa Petrakis , single work poetry (p. 14)
Coal-Hardi"It is at those times", Melissa Petrakis , single work poetry (p. 15-16)
To Hold Firmi"You are Chilean born", Melissa Petrakis , single work poetry (p. 17)
Predawni"In the time when", Melissa Petrakis , single work poetry (p. 19-20)
Saying Iti"At my stable door", Melissa Petrakis , single work poetry (p. 21)
Our Housei"Our house is a quiet home on a quiet street", Melissa Petrakis , single work poetry (p. 22-23)
Casting off the Wolfi"He is a small grey cloud", Melissa Petrakis , single work poetry (p. 24-25)
Deep in Wateri"The lips are kept", Melissa Petrakis , single work poetry (p. 26-27)
Sometimesi"Sometimes I will stand", Melissa Petrakis , single work poetry (p. 28)
Lazy Closuresi"Brand of toothpaste", Melissa Petrakis , single work poetry (p. 29)

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