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Editor's note: Introduction...This anthology has its origins in the growing realization that my own poems on the first world war are merely part of an emerging mosaic of Australian poems which by now covers the major outlines of the war itself and its aftermath...The poems have been selected and arranged to reflect the progress of the war itself and to illustrate how almost every aspect of Australia's involvement - from recruitment to commemoration - has now been written about.' Geoff Page. (pp.9-10)

* Contents derived from the Canberra, Australian Capital Territory,:Australian War Memorial , 1983 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.

A New England Farm, August 1914"August is the windy month,", Les Murray , single work poetry war literature (p. 12)

Lament for the Country Soldiers"The king of honour, louder than of England", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 14-15)

After Monday, 21 September, 1914 A.D."My khaki uncles marched the streets", Hal Porter , single work poetry (p. 16)

Christ at Gallipoli"Bit weird at first,", Geoff Page , single work poetry satire (p. 18)

1915"Up they go, yawning,", Roger McDonald , single work poetry war literature (p. 20-21)

Bondi Afternoon 1915 : Elioth Gruner"The wind plays through the painted weather.", Geoff Page , single work poetry (p. 22)

The Last Anzac Muster"RAP the knuckle-bone,", Roger McDonald , single work poetry war literature (p. 24-29)

The Shapes of Gallipoli, Chris Wallace-Crabbe , extract poetry (p. 30-36)

Night, Day, Metal, Water, Roger McDonald , extract poetry (p. 38)

Visiting Anzac in the Year of Metrication"Gelibolu, Chanakkale-", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 40-43)

From Pozieres"Wind, drizzle, the big brooms scour Picardy.", Alan Gould , single work poetry (p. 44)

Report from Champagne Country"Such green-gold days: old vines knot in the sun, and Pol de Limbourg's", David Malouf , single work poetry (p. 46-50)

'17"Is my gallant taken? Captain and lover lost", Alan Wearne , single work poetry (p. 52)

Home Front"After the morning in Martin Place", Geoff Page , single work poetry (p. 54)

Bardo Thodol (1918)"wait, the light", John Tranter , single work poetry war literature (p. 56)

Before the Armistice"Every man was dead", R. A. Simpson , single work poetry (p. 58)

Trench Dreams"...of Paris as it will be when we rise", Geoff Page , single work poetry (p. 60)

Letters"The top of their heads", Geoff Page , single work poetry (p. 62-63)

Harney"So when I got back to Australia", Geoff Page , single work poetry (p. 64)

Troop Train Returning"Beyond the Divide", Les Murray , single work poetry (p. 66-68)

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A Blameless Boyhood : Australian Poetry About the Great War Andrew Taylor , 1987 single work criticism
— Appears in: Westerly , June vol. 32 no. 2 1987; (p. 55-61)

"Innocence Had Lost its Voice" : Poetry of the Great War Andrew Taylor , 1987 single work criticism
— Appears in: Reading Australian Poetry 1987; (p. 171-186)

War Poetry : Myth as De-formation and Re-formation Andrew Taylor , 1985 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October vol. 12 no. 2 1985; (p. 182-193)

Shadows of the Past Peter Pierce , 1984 single work review
— Appears in: Island Magazine , Autumn-Winter no. 18/19 1984; (p. 103-104)
— Review of Shadows from Wire : Poems and Photographs of Australians in the Great War 1983 anthology poetry ; Shadows of Our Dreaming : A Celebration of Early Australia Anne Fairbairn , 1983 selected work poetry

Distant Perspective of War Michael Sharkey , 1983 single work review
— Appears in: The Toowoomba Chronicle , 11 August 1983;
— Review of Shadows from Wire : Poems and Photographs of Australians in the Great War 1983 anthology poetry

Poets Deaf to the City's Siren Song Martin Duwell , 1983 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian Magazine , 17-18 September 1983; (p. 15)
— Review of The Younger Australian Poets 1983 anthology poetry ; Shadows from Wire : Poems and Photographs of Australians in the Great War 1983 anthology poetry

Untitled Michael Sharkey , 1983 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 53 1983; (p. 23)
— Review of Shadows from Wire : Poems and Photographs of Australians in the Great War 1983 anthology poetry

Fields of Blood Remembered in Great War Poems and Pictures Veronica Sen , 1983 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 30 July 1983; (p. 15)
— Review of Shadows from Wire : Poems and Photographs of Australians in the Great War 1983 anthology poetry

Untitled 1983 single work review
— Appears in: This Australia , Summer (1983-1984) vol. 3 no. 1 1983; (p. 95)
— Review of Shadows from Wire : Poems and Photographs of Australians in the Great War 1983 anthology poetry

"Innocence Had Lost its Voice" : Poetry of the Great War Andrew Taylor , 1987 single work criticism
— Appears in: Reading Australian Poetry 1987; (p. 171-186)

A Blameless Boyhood : Australian Poetry About the Great War Andrew Taylor , 1987 single work criticism
— Appears in: Westerly , June vol. 32 no. 2 1987; (p. 55-61)

War Poetry : Myth as De-formation and Re-formation Andrew Taylor , 1985 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October vol. 12 no. 2 1985; (p. 182-193)

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