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Issue Details: First known date: 1985... 1985 Ink is Mainly Blue
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Notes

  • Dedication: for Dominic, with love; Madge, Ross and Barry with thanks.
  • Epigraph: 'It was never really intended as a place for people.' -- The Australians

Contents

* Contents derived from the Brisbane, Queensland,:Queensland Community Press , 1985 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Riveri"Sometimes at night you can feel", Jan Turner-Jones , single work poetry (p. 9)
Landfalli"just like that", Jan Turner-Jones , single work poetry (p. 10)
Discoveryi"December 1823: John Oxley extended", Jan Turner-Jones , single work poetry (p. 11)
Thomas Pamphleti"All the reasons: sea and sharks", Jan Turner-Jones , single work poetry (p. 12)
Arrivali"The source, when viewed dispassionately,", Jan Turner-Jones , single work poetry (p. 13)
Letters Halfway Homei"I have grown inside this country's style-", Jan Turner-Jones , single work poetry (p. 14-17)
Whipping Boyi"Why does the left sweat more than the right?", Jan Turner-Jones , single work poetry (p. 18)
Lazarusi"And He cried in a loud voice, "Lazarus, come forth,"", Jan Turner-Jones , single work poetry (p. 19)
Legacyi"Escapees across the river - pegged", Jan Turner-Jones , single work poetry (p. 20)
Last Thingsi"The verdict has been handed down,", Jan Turner-Jones , single work poetry (p. 23)
Ink is Mainly Blue (for Betty Friedan)i"When I was a child I had boy cousins", Jan Turner-Jones , single work poetry (p. 24)
Single Motheri"How brashly did I ask for this -", Jan Turner-Jones , single work poetry (p. 25)
A Birth Observedi"Is this the final intimacy -", Jan Turner-Jones , single work poetry (p. 26-27)
Rejecti"Look at you: pre-term, unripe,", Jan Turner-Jones , single work poetry (p. 28)
In Retrospecti"There are no more naked summers.", Jan Turner-Jones , single work poetry (p. 29)
To the White Knighti"It is time to find me.", Jan Turner-Jones , single work poetry (p. 30)
Cycle (for L.P.G.)i"I'm not asking you", Jan Turner-Jones , single work poetry (p. 31-32)
Seasoni"The mangoes are ripening now.", Jan Turner-Jones , single work poetry (p. 33)
Habitati"Most people, when missing,", Jan Turner-Jones , single work poetry (p. 34-35)
Footnotei"Take a note: hunting is a cerebral sport.", Jan Turner-Jones , single work poetry (p. 39)

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Works about this Work

Five to Watch Judith Rodriguez , 1986 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 5 April 1986; (p. 48)

— Review of Ink is Mainly Blue Jan Turner-Jones , 1985 selected work poetry ; The Unborn Child Speaks to the Sea Susan Schwartz , 1985 selected work poetry ; The Cast Changes : Poems Jennie Fraine , 1985 selected work poetry ; The Kelly Haiku and Other Widdershin Tracks Norman Talbot , 1985 selected work poetry ; Heritage of Air Madge Staunton , 1984 selected work poetry
Thumbs Down for Romanticism Bruce Beaver , 1986 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 11-12 January 1986; (p. 13)

— Review of Thin Borders Jim Legasse , 1985 selected work poetry ; Passengers to the City Katherine Gallagher , 1985 selected work poetry ; Ink is Mainly Blue Jan Turner-Jones , 1985 selected work poetry
Thumbs Down for Romanticism Bruce Beaver , 1986 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 11-12 January 1986; (p. 13)

— Review of Thin Borders Jim Legasse , 1985 selected work poetry ; Passengers to the City Katherine Gallagher , 1985 selected work poetry ; Ink is Mainly Blue Jan Turner-Jones , 1985 selected work poetry
Five to Watch Judith Rodriguez , 1986 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 5 April 1986; (p. 48)

— Review of Ink is Mainly Blue Jan Turner-Jones , 1985 selected work poetry ; The Unborn Child Speaks to the Sea Susan Schwartz , 1985 selected work poetry ; The Cast Changes : Poems Jennie Fraine , 1985 selected work poetry ; The Kelly Haiku and Other Widdershin Tracks Norman Talbot , 1985 selected work poetry ; Heritage of Air Madge Staunton , 1984 selected work poetry
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