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Walking by the River"He walked waist-deep", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 10)

Ungaretti at Broken Bay"A blue heron, foraging for its young,", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 11)

A Bend in the Euphrates"In a dream on a sheet of paper I saw", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 12-13)

The Kingfisher's Soul"A wave hits the shoreline of broken boulders", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 14-15)

Note: Dedication: (for Juno)

The White-Bait"Winter's first frost burns", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 16)

Note: With title: The Whitebait

Brush Turkey in the Cold Room"At the Fisherman's Co-Op", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 17)

My Grandfather's Ice Pigeons"My grandfather would walk into the house,", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 18)

The Lakeside Rituals"Drive through the town, don't stop", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 19)

Narkissos on a Game Fishing Boat"The surface of the river", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 20)

The Net"Curly hair's thinning, dry flakes", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 21)

Note: Author note: (after Attila Josef)

The Fledglings"They came ashore, human dregs from the ferry,", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 22)

In Winter Night"Though I call across the water no sound rings out", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 23)

Note: Dedication: for Pat Dodson

Pied Butcher Bird Flute Solo"I steer at full throttle, the boat lifting up", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 24)

Looking into a Bowerbird's Eye"Untamable, fluttering, a feathery", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 25)

The Golden Bird"Winter-dusk, darkness closing", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 26-27)

Joseph Cornell's Tools"Joseph Cornell used these sturdy tools", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 28)

At Rock River"In a subway in New York City,", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 29-30)

Bolinas Bay, An Ode"At Joanne's, three rainbows over the bay.", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 31)

Inside Robert Creeley's Collected Poems"We moved out from the stone of Mallarme's mind, through silence of thought", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 32-33)

Note: With first line: We learned from After Mallarme, beyond thought's silence there was a silence in stone,

Summer at Carcoar"The painter enters time through the Belubula river,", Robert Adamson , single work poetry (p. 34)

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Untitled David Wheatley , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 17 July no. 5546 2009; (p. 25)
— Review of The Kingfisher's Soul Robert Adamson , 2009 selected work poetry