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Author's note: In memory of Maureen Jones 1950-2007 'She can feel no stir of joy when her girl sings'
Epigraph: The Suns Light when he unfolds it Depends on the Organ that beholds it. William Blake, The Gates of Paradise

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Waking"Here it is again, light hoisting its terrible bells.", Emma Scully Jones , single work poetry (p. 1)

Farming"The pearls were empire animals.", Emma Scully Jones , single work poetry (p. 2-3)

Tiger in the Menagerie"No one could say how the tiger got into the menagerie.", Emma Scully Jones , single work poetry (p. 4)

Zoos for the Living (a ballad)"An then I saw the drowned town of Admaminaby.", Emma Scully Jones , single work poetry (p. 5-7)

Subcontinental Postcard"When the sun, that gradual sepoy", Emma Scully Jones , single work poetry (p. 8)

Goldfish"The sea's not wide but if full.", Emma Scully Jones , single work poetry (p. 9)

Daphne"And if I was changed, what was the difference?", Emma Scully Jones , single work poetry (p. 10)

Painting"Everyone's souls, which didn't exist, were playing up,", Emma Scully Jones , single work poetry (p. 11-12)

Window"His sadness was double,", Emma Scully Jones , single work poetry (p. 13)

The Mind"flares out -", Emma Scully Jones , single work poetry (p. 14)

Conversation"'Oh this and that. But for various reasons' -", Emma Scully Jones , single work poetry (p. 15-16)

Equator"On the old ships,", Emma Scully Jones , single work poetry (p. 17)

Hush"No one in the city.", Emma Scully Jones , single work poetry (p. 18)

Winnowing"It was a definite change, a migration.", Emma Scully Jones , single work poetry (p. 19-20)

Sperm Song"Where was I, that first night, when the moon", Emma Scully Jones , single work poetry (p. 21)

Creator"I felt, with a pang, a second self", Emma Scully Jones , single work poetry (p. 22-24)

A Literary History"Candles - why wave your hands around that way?", Emma Scully Jones , single work poetry (p. 25)

Pieta"Baby, you sure look sick.", Emma Scully Jones , single work poetry (p. 26-27)

Tenants"That beast in the laburnum, that lion in the bee", Emma Scully Jones , single work poetry (p. 28)

Waiting"The rain perturbs the panes. Only the wind", Emma Scully Jones , single work poetry (p. 29-32)

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Reviews Shelley O'Reilly , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Island , Autumn no. 124 2011; (p. 73-78)
— Review of The Striped World Emma Scully Jones , 2009 selected work poetry ; The Darwin Poems Emily Ballou , 2009 selected work poetry ; Folk Tunes Alan Gould , 2009 selected work poetry ; Marriage for Beginners : And Other Poems Catherine Bateson , 2009 selected work poetry ; Piano Hill Ross Bolleter , 2009 selected work poetry ; Out to Lunch Andy Kissane , 2009 selected work poetry

Brieflings Les Wicks , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Famous Reporter , no. 42 2011; (p. 79-85)
— Review of Authentic Local Pamela Brown , 2010 selected work poetry ; The Striped World Emma Scully Jones , 2009 selected work poetry ; Dark Bright Doors Jill Jones , 2010 selected work poetry ; Pirate Rain Jennifer Maiden , 2009 selected work poetry ; Letters Chris Mansell , 2009 selected work poetry ; In Conversation with the River : Poems Christopher Kelen , 2010 selected work poetry

Poetry Review Essay Shane McCauley , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Indigo , Summer no. 5 2010; (p. 136-142)
— Review of Poems : 1980-2008 Jan Owen , 2008 selected work poetry ; The Ghost Poetry Project Nathan Curnow , 2009 selected work poetry ; The Striped World Emma Scully Jones , 2009 selected work poetry ; The Darwin Poems Emily Ballou , 2009 selected work poetry ; Autographs : 56 Poems in Prose Alex Skovron , 2006 selected work poetry ; Beautiful Waste : Poems by David McComb David McComb , 2009 selected work poetry ; Motherlode : Australian Women's Poetry 1986 - 2008 2009 anthology poetry

Emma Jones : The Striped World Martin Duwell , 2009 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Review , vol. 4 no. 2009;
— Review of The Striped World Emma Scully Jones , 2009 selected work poetry

Undercover Susan Wyndham , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 7-8 November 2009; (p. 26)

Poets World is Worlds Apart Christopher Bantick , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 2 - 3 May 2009; (p. 21)
— Review of The Striped World Emma Scully Jones , 2009 selected work poetry

Boundaries Are Blurred in a World Turned Inside Out Jaya Savige , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 16-17 May 2009; (p. 28-29)
— Review of The Striped World Emma Scully Jones , 2009 selected work poetry

Untitled Anthony Lynch , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 312 2009; (p. 63)
— Review of The Striped World Emma Scully Jones , 2009 selected work poetry

Patterned, Incantatory Insights on Emptiness Lisa Gorton , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 13 June 2009; (p. 28)
— Review of The Striped World Emma Scully Jones , 2009 selected work poetry

Deeper Looks at Myths and Mysteries Extend Geoff Page , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 8 August 2009; (p. 14)
— Review of Fire Season Kate Middleton , 2009 selected work poetry ; The Striped World Emma Scully Jones , 2009 selected work poetry

Undercover Susan Wyndham , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 23-24 May 2009; (p. 26)

Two Australians Line Up for Rich Poet's Society 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 24 July 2009; (p. 12)

Sydneysider First Australian to Win Top UK Poetry Prize Valkerie Baynes , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 9 October 2009; (p. 2)