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Issue Details: First known date: 1991... 1991 Kenneth Slessor : Poetry, Essays, War Despatches, War Diaries, Journalism, Autobiographical Material and Letters
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Contents

* Contents derived from the St Lucia, Indooroopilly - St Lucia area, Brisbane - North West, Brisbane, Queensland,:University of Queensland Press , 1991 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Kenneth Slessor : Poetry, Essays, War Despatches, War Diaries, Journalism, Autobiographical Material and Letters : Introduction, Dennis Haskell , single work criticism (p. xi-xxix)
Earth-Visitors (to N.L.)i"There were strange riders once, came gusting down", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 5-6)
Nurembergi"So quiet it was in that high, sun-steeped room,", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 6-7)
Marco Poloi"Reading how Marco Polo came", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 7-8)
Mangrovesi"These black bush-waters, heavy with crusted boughs", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 8-9)
Winter Dawni"At five I wake, rise, rub on the smoking pane", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 9-10)
Starsi""THESE are the floating berries of the night,", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 10-11)
Next Turni"NO pause! The buried pipes ring out,", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 11)
City Nightfalli"SMOKE upon smoke; over the stone lips", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 11-12)
Adventure Bayi"Sophie's my world - my arm must soon or later", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 12)
The Night-Ridei"Gas flaring on the yellow platform; voices running up and down;", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 12)
Realities (to the Etchings of Norman Lindsay)i"Now the statues lean over each to each, and sing,", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 13-14)
Captain Dobbini"Captain Dobbin, having retired from the South Seas", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 14-18)
The Atlas : 4 : Mermaidsi"ONCE Mermaids mocked your ships", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 19-20)
The Atlas : 5 : the Seafighti"Here in a gulf of golden leaf", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 20-21)
Elegy in a Botanic Gardensi"The smell of birds' nests faintly burning", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 21)
Untitledi"Cook was a captain of the Admiralty", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 22-23)
Untitledi"Flowers turned to stone! Not all the botany", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 23-24)
Untitledi"Two chronometers the captain had,", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 24)
Untitledi"Sometimes the god would fold his wings", Kenneth Slessor , single work poetry (p. 25)
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