New and Selected PoemsAcclaim for Salom's poetry- Sky Poems- there has been nothing quite like these poems in Australian poetry before ... Sky Poemsshould be read by anyone who cars for scope and scale in poetry, and who enjoys language at full stretch. Peter Porter The Projectionist- a richly fruitful experience - a voyage of poetic discovery. Bruce Beaver, Weekend Australian |
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Page 142
... stare at them , they stare back . Something is being answered . BELONGING This is not the place the last diesel pulsing 142.
... stare at them , they stare back . Something is being answered . BELONGING This is not the place the last diesel pulsing 142.
Page 143
... stare at vague or vital organs . This is not the place to ponder what happens next as doors gasp and release three into the night , the platform cold and bare . This is not the place the driver invisible as power , the speech of steel ...
... stare at vague or vital organs . This is not the place to ponder what happens next as doors gasp and release three into the night , the platform cold and bare . This is not the place the driver invisible as power , the speech of steel ...
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... stare down from the window at the glare . All reassurance falls away . VISITING THE CAVE After the taxi ride from the city through rough back streets and tin hovels and the heat , into countryside no one seems sure enough to claim ...
... stare down from the window at the glare . All reassurance falls away . VISITING THE CAVE After the taxi ride from the city through rough back streets and tin hovels and the heat , into countryside no one seems sure enough to claim ...
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