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Issue Details: First known date: 1989... 1989 Poems from My Eight Lives
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Burnside, Burnside area, Adelaide - South / South East, Adelaide, South Australia,:Andor Publishers , 1989 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Brolgasi"Each movement is a gesture so stately", R. H. Morrison , single work poetry (p. 3)
Heatrocki"The air has melted.", R. H. Morrison , single work poetry (p. 3-4)
The Galahsi"Not all the clamor of resurgent spring", R. H. Morrison , single work poetry (p. 4)
Landscapesi"The small self reaches out to vastness,", R. H. Morrison , single work poetry (p. 4-5)
The Streami"You have been where clouds were, and you were cloud.", R. H. Morrison , single work poetry (p. 5)
The Wedge-Tailed Eaglei"Upon the dead tree's branch, his gaze reproving", R. H. Morrison , single work poetry (p. 6)
Gull Triptychi"Part of the wind is dressed in grey", R. H. Morrison , single work poetry (p. 6-7)
The Cloak of the Seai"The sea has tides that draw us to the sea", R. H. Morrison , single work poetry (p. 7)
The Surferi"Poised like some sea-god", R. H. Morrison , single work poetry (p. 7-8)
Harbour Nighti"Day does not wait for night, but night still comes,", R. H. Morrison , single work poetry (p. 8)
The Bottle-Brushi"We read the old house as we'd read a book,", R. H. Morrison , single work poetry (p. 8-9)
El Alamein Fountaini"It is not right that out of those fearsome sands", R. H. Morrison , single work poetry (p. 9)
Mementoi"Tack on the canvas, stretch it, then with charcoal", R. H. Morrison , single work poetry (p. 10)
The Murrayi"The river lies where it fell.", R. H. Morrison , single work poetry (p. 10)
Timber Towni"Here life's all in the making. Everything's new:", R. H. Morrison , single work poetry (p. 11)
Tree of Dayi"The black cockatoo:", R. H. Morrison , single work poetry (p. 12)
In the Coorongi"One black duck pins the shallows to the sand", R. H. Morrison , single work poetry (p. 12)
The Swani"From what forsaken haven sheltered by pines,", R. H. Morrison , single work poetry (p. 13)
Blue Wreni"Go-between set", R. H. Morrison , single work poetry (p. 13-14)
Memorial Avenue, Milangi"The wind moving through branches of the arching pines", R. H. Morrison , single work poetry (p. 14)
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