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* Contents derived from the North Ryde, Ryde - Gladesville - Hunters Hill area, Northwest Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson , 1991 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.

At My Grandmother's"An afternoon, late summer, in a room", David Malouf , single work poetry (p. 1)

Epitaph for a Monster of Our Times"The age admires precision", David Malouf , single work poetry (p. 2)

The Year of the Foxes"When I was ten, my mother, having sold", David Malouf , single work poetry (p. 3-4)

Stars"The stars have so far to go", David Malouf , single work poetry (p. 5)

Keeping Time The Music Lesson"`Keep time, keep time!' My fingers vaulting over", David Malouf , single work poetry (p. 6)

Wolf-Boy"Cradled and warm, fur-warm, in the she-wolf's lair:", David Malouf , single work poetry (p. 7)

This Day Under My Hand"Well, it was never mine,", David Malouf , single work poetry (p. 8-9)

Poem"You move by contradictions:", David Malouf , single work poetry (p. 10)

Birthday Poem"At thirty: no visible scars,", David Malouf , single work poetry (p. 11-12)

At a School Athletics Day"Strollers of April green: white tent-poles hold", David Malouf , single work poetry (p. 13-14)

Snow"A stirring as among", David Malouf , single work poetry (p. 15-16)

Thaw"The season midnight: glass", David Malouf , single work poetry (p. 17)

Suburban"Safe behind shady carports, sleeping under", David Malouf , single work poetry (p. 18)

On Refusing an All-Risk Insurance Policy"Blue slate on the roof where pigeons", David Malouf , single work poetry (p. 19)

Bicycle"Since Thursday last the bare living-room", David Malouf , single work poetry (p. 20-21)

Sheer Edge"Here at the sheer edge", David Malouf , single work poetry (p. 22)

Asphodel"Under this real estate -- squared street on street", David Malouf , single work poetry (p. 23-24)

Adrift"Adrift in her Parker Knoll", David Malouf , single work poetry (p. 25-26)

Confessions of an Only Child"Two years five days between us, and my nose", David Malouf , single work poetry (p. 27-28)

Early Discoveries"I find him in the garden. Staked tomato-plants are what", David Malouf , single work poetry (p. 29-31)

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'Smoke Drifting Up at Dawn' : Individual Identity in the Poetry of David Malouf Dennis Haskell , 1994 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: Provisional Maps : Critical Essays on David Malouf 1994; (p. 13-27)

Star-Touch, Asphodel and Laughter Jan Owen , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , December vol. 36 no. 12 1992; (p. 86-88)
— Review of Neglected Poems Barry Humphries , 1991 selected work poetry ; The Oxford Book of Australian Light Verse 1991 anthology poetry ; Selected Poems David Malouf , 1991 selected work poetry ; Practising Breathing Jean Kent , 1991 selected work poetry

A Novelist Who is Also One of Our Best Poets John Foulcher , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 14 March 1992; (p. C8)
— Review of Principia Gondwana Alan Alexander , 1992 selected work poetry ; Changing House David P. Reiter , 1991 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems David Malouf , 1991 selected work poetry ; Practising Breathing Jean Kent , 1991 selected work poetry

Something to Read By David Gilbey , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 136 1991; (p. 40-41)
— Review of Selected Poems David Malouf , 1991 selected work poetry ; Plain Dreaming : New and Selected Poems Joyce Lee , 1991 selected work poetry

Religious Poems that Are Not All Church Bells Ken L. Goodwin , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 26 October 1991; (p. wkd 7)
— Review of Selected Poems David Malouf , 1991 selected work poetry ; Anthology of Australian Religious Poetry 1986 anthology poetry