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Issue Details: First known date: 2006... 2006 The Best Australian Poetry 2006
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'In making her selection of the best 40 poems from Australia’s literary journals, Beveridge – one of Australia’s leading poets – has searched for poems that enact ‘a serious showdown between the word and the poet’. Passionate, vigorous and filled with visitations and mysterious narratives, The Best Australian Poetry 2006 is the liveliest gathering of Australian poetry. '  (Publication summary)

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* Contents derived from the St Lucia, Indooroopilly - St Lucia area, Brisbane - North West, Brisbane, Queensland,:University of Queensland Press , 2006 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
A Visitationi"All night wild fire burned in the tree-tops", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 1-2)
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The Fighti"To talk plainly, now, about the day or the people crossing it.", Luke Beesley , single work poetry (p. 3-4)
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Rabbiti"Life shivers between yourself and us: help us to stretch", Judith Bishop , single work poetry (p. 5-6)
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Man on the Mooni"Hardly a feature in the evening sky", Stephen Edgar , single work poetry (p. 7-9)
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The Lenten Veili"A shift of the peripheral distracts the weather", Danny Gentile , single work poetry (p. 10-11)
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Ardenti"Something glides on the smile of the knife", Jane Gibian , single work poetry (p. 12-13)
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Low at the Edge of the Sandsi"they told me I wouldn't find you", Kevin Gillam , single work poetry (p. 14-15)
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Irisi"I will not give this day to God, or to God's ilk,", Alan Gould , single work poetry (p. 16-17)
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Wateri"Die as much as you want. An inch", Philip Hammial , single work poetry (p. 18-19)
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The Taste of Hoursi"Tonight the husk of depression", Jennifer Harrison , single work poetry (p. 20)
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About the Selfi"I'm somewhere near the Norfolk coast", Martin Harrison , single work poetry (p. 21-22)
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The Wordi"Say wood and everything is clean again", Kevin Hart , single work poetry (p. 23)
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Non-Core Promisei"The either or toward election dates,", Philip Harvey , single work poetry (p. 24-25)
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Labyrinthi"In the caves at Lascaux last century, fooprints", Dominique Hecq , single work poetry (p. 26-27)
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At the Temple of Sistersi"You ask me to decipher its meaning.", Judy Johnson , single work poetry (p. 28-30)
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Travelling with the Wrong Phrase Books, Jean Kent , sequence poetry (p. 31-37)
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Visiting Melbournei"I stop. Someone has called my name with", Andy Kissane , single work poetry (p. 38-42)
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Equationi"The kookaburra begets the sacred kingfisher", Anthony Lawrence , single work poetry (p. 43-44)
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Finishing Schooli"I know that my pupil is imperfect.", Emma Lew , single work poetry (p. 45)
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The Tonguei"The tongue is the ego's horse", Kate Llewellyn , single work poetry (p. 46-47)
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[Review] The Best Australian Poems 2006 [and] The Best Australian Poetry 2006 Bill Tully , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: Voice : A Journal of Comment and Review , March no. 21 2007; (p. 51-54)
— Review of The Best Australian Poems 2006 2006 anthology poetry extract ; The Best Australian Poetry 2006 2006 anthology poetry
Alive and Barking Jennifer Strauss , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February no. 288 2007; (p. 41-42)
— Review of The Best Australian Poetry 2006 2006 anthology poetry ; The Best Australian Poems 2006 2006 anthology poetry extract
Poetry Oliver Dennis , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 17 November no. 5407 2006; (p. 33)
— Review of The Best Australian Poetry 2006 2006 anthology poetry
Mustering a Mob - Or Running Free Geoff Page , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 16 December 2006; (p. 12)
— Review of The Best Australian Poetry 2006 2006 anthology poetry ; The Best Australian Poems 2006 2006 anthology poetry extract
Tremblings and Raw-Knuckle Poems Barry Hill , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 9-10 December 2006; (p. 15)
— Review of The Best Australian Poetry 2006 2006 anthology poetry ; The Best Australian Poems 2006 2006 anthology poetry extract
Books Non-Fiction Jaya Savige , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 14 - 15 October 2006; (p. 24)
— Review of The Best Australian Poetry 2006 2006 anthology poetry
Poetry's Annual Check-Up Peter Pierce , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 4-5 November 2006; (p. 37)
— Review of The Best Australian Poetry 2006 2006 anthology poetry ; The Best Australian Poems 2006 2006 anthology poetry extract
Transports of Delight Lyn McCredden , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 18 November 2006; (p. 23)
— Review of The Best Australian Poetry 2006 2006 anthology poetry ; The Best Australian Poems 2006 2006 anthology poetry extract
Tremblings and Raw-Knuckle Poems Barry Hill , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 9-10 December 2006; (p. 15)
— Review of The Best Australian Poetry 2006 2006 anthology poetry ; The Best Australian Poems 2006 2006 anthology poetry extract
Mustering a Mob - Or Running Free Geoff Page , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 16 December 2006; (p. 12)
— Review of The Best Australian Poetry 2006 2006 anthology poetry ; The Best Australian Poems 2006 2006 anthology poetry extract
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