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Author's note: The following poems were written in 1989, to commemorate the Bicentennial of the Mutiny on the Bounty. Some of them were read as part of an entertainment, Ardent Spirits, given by the author during the Canterbury Festival that year. The poem 'Bligh's Roses' was first read on the Australian Broadcasting Commission.
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Bligh's Roses
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"Into the glittering morning",
1993
single work
poetry
— Appears in: PN Review , January-February vol. 19 no. 3 [89] 1993; (p. 44) Selected Poems 1993; (p. 79-80) -
Ardent Spirits
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"Bad luck comes smiling,",
1989
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Island Magazine , Summer no. 41 1989; (p. 27-28) Selected Poems 1993; (p. 84-87) -
The Bounty's Surgeon
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"I am John Huggan, surgeon, and I think",
1993
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Selected Poems 1993; (p. 78-79) -
The Ladies' Bounty
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"Fair ladies all, where'er you dwell,",
1993
single work
poetry
humour
— Appears in: Selected Poems 1993; (p. 80-81) -
The Hymn of the Bounty's Launch
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"The God of Noah let us praise",
1993
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Selected Poems 1993; (p. 81-82) -
A Defence of Cannibalism
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"The Englishman regards aghast",
1993
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Selected Poems 1993; (p. 83)
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