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Issue Details: First known date: 1992... 1992 Secretary to Praise
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:Webbers , 1992 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
William John Wills Writes His Endingi"You can buy the diary leather-bound", Peter Gebhardt , single work poetry (p. 9-12)
The Collector of Conesi"The possums have finished playing the xylophone roof,", Peter Gebhardt , single work poetry (p. 13-15)
Ithacai"In the harbour a dolphin arches", Peter Gebhardt , single work poetry (p. 16-17)
Portrait in Rotterdami"It seemed a pity to touch the canvas", Peter Gebhardt , single work poetry (p. 18)
The Lease on Silencei"Sometimes, when you look,", Peter Gebhardt , single work poetry (p. 19-20)
Oliver's Cavei"A pileated pecker", Peter Gebhardt , single work poetry (p. 21)
Secretary to Praise (for Seamus Heaney)i"That night you padded down the path", Peter Gebhardt , single work poetry (p. 22)
Emersonian Reflections : 1 : Walt and Waldo - 1881: "...But If at the End of Years, It is Still Only Beans?"i"The cicadas are quiet now,", Peter Gebhardt , single work poetry (p. 23-24)
Emersonian Reflections : 2 : "I am Glad to the Brink of Fear"i"As when a dreamer is chased", Peter Gebhardt , single work poetry (p. 25)
Emersonian Reflections : 3 : the Word is a White Seedi"The symmetry of hidden hereditaries invites", Peter Gebhardt , single work poetry (p. 26)
Emersonian Reflections : 4 : the Music of Wateri"The water is warm, wraps itself around our legs,", Peter Gebhardt , single work poetry (p. 27)
Emersonian Reflections : 5 : Horizonsi"I went today to lop an old budless willow limb", Peter Gebhardt , single work poetry (p. 28)
Lord Vestey's Stockmen (for Munjirrijirri)i"You said, "You have to be honest sometimes,"", Peter Gebhardt , single work poetry (p. 29)
Arnhem Land, Peter Gebhardt , sequence poetry (p. 29-33)
Rum Jungle Recreation Club (for June)i"And, looking at the rock paintings", Peter Gebhardt , single work poetry (p. 30)
Visiting Malarrimi (Wigram Island) (for Bruce and Erica Wangurra)i"Leaving Nhulunbuy", Peter Gebhardt , single work poetry (p. 31)
Bush Medicine (for Milminyina)i"Thick and thin arteries and veins", Peter Gebhardt , single work poetry (p. 32)
The Missionariesi"Sent forth in the spirit,", Peter Gebhardt , single work poetry (p. 33)
His Father's Boati"...was a mirror", Peter Gebhardt , single work poetry (p. 34)
The Old Ladies and the Window Cleanersi"You will have seen how old ladies look like sickles,", Peter Gebhardt , single work poetry (p. 35)
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