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* Contents derived from the Pymble, Turramurra - Pymble - St Ives area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson , 1992 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.

Empty Rooms"I have been the ghost of empty rooms,", Alister Kershaw , single work poetry (p. 3)

The Huntsman"Now it is dawn, the deer at the lost stream,", Alister Kershaw , single work poetry (p. 4)

Rain"The suicidal rain", Alister Kershaw , single work poetry (p. 5)

Dragonfly"Mandarin", Alister Kershaw , single work poetry (p. 6)

Strange Learning"We have mastered a strange learning,", Alister Kershaw , single work poetry (p. 7)

No Praise"There can be no praise, no offering of old songs-", Alister Kershaw , single work poetry (p. 8)

Three Mysteries"Now this aghast heart that feared to be", Alister Kershaw , single work poetry (p. 9)

Recognition"It is when I close my eyes I see", Alister Kershaw , single work poetry (p. 10)

Two Lives"You watch with my eyes", Alister Kershaw , single work poetry (p. 11)

Since We are So Dismayed"Since we are so dismayed then let there be", Alister Kershaw , single work poetry (p. 12)

Avowal"Think, there could never be the seasons' shields", Alister Kershaw , single work poetry (p. 13)

This Folly, Distance"Night is its own disciple; it forewarns", Alister Kershaw , single work poetry (p. 14)

Brother Silences"Not again the revelation of a gesture", Alister Kershaw , single work poetry (p. 15)

Emperor Night"Tonight the questing clouds are come", Alister Kershaw , single work poetry (p. 16)

Unguarded House"I may not again deny this faith", Alister Kershaw , single work poetry (p. 17)

Last Rite"Except by the closed shutter,", Alister Kershaw , single work poetry (p. 18)

"The suns are hammered nightwards as they slumber," Lands in Force (Integration, Disintegration, Summation.)"The suns are hammered nightwards as they sleep,", Alister Kershaw , single work poetry (p. 21-24)

The Chance by Gestures"No thunder seeks the panic in my skull;", Alister Kershaw , single work poetry (p. 25)

Note: Dedication: To Michael Keon

"You were an assault of dark light" In Memory of Peter Warlock"You of the waves", Alister Kershaw , single work poetry (p. 26)

Night Music"You were, perhaps, crying out then,", Alister Kershaw , single work poetry (p. 27)

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Two Schools of Poetry Andrew Lansdown , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , March vol. 38 no. 3 1994; (p. 81-82)
— Review of Collected Poems Alister Kershaw , 1992 selected work poetry

Old Angers and Satires Shine Through Keith Russell , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The Newcastle Herald , 12 December 1992; (p. 44)
— Review of Collected Poems Alister Kershaw , 1992 selected work poetry