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October/November 1996

The oldest monthly devoted to verse in the English-speaking world.

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John Simon
Helen Vendler
Adam Aitken
Peter Boyle
Caroline Caddy

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Table of Contents

Adam Aitken
Peter Boyle
Caroline Caddy
Jennifer Compton
- AMULET
- THE PURSUIT OF POETRY
David Curzon
- A DAY IN 1609
Sarah Day
- DEEP SLEEP
Diane Fahey
- MACAWS
- SNOW
- TEIRESIAS
Katherine Gallagher
- THE ASH TREE
Peter Goldsworthy
Martin Harrison
- Saintliness
Dennis Haskell
Dorothy Hewett
Wendy Jenkins
- ON READING
- CADDY IN ANTARCTICA
Jill Jones
- INTERSPERSED
- DISREPAIR
Jean Kent
- THE BABY MAGPIE'S CATWALK
John Kinsella
Mike Ladd
- From Shadow Stories
Anthony Lawrence
Shane McCauley
- PRELUDE
- LIVING
- PUPPETMAKER
- I
Les Murray
- THE HEAD-SPIDER
Geoff Page
Peter Porter
- BROWNING MEETS WAGNER AT THE SCHLESINGERS'
- A WALKING BASS
Peter Rose
Tracy Ryan
- NOLI ME TANGERE
Andrew Sant
- MUSSOLINI'S UMBRELLA
R. A. Simpson
- The Tall Grass
Jennifer Strauss
- SNAPS FROM PATAGONIA
John Tranter
- RESPIRATING BUDS
Chris Wallace-Crabbe
- THE INTERVAL
- WITTGENSTEIN'S SHADE

Comment

John Tranter
- Australian Poetry 1940-1980: A Personal View
John Kinsella
- Towards a Contemporary Australian Poetics

Contributors
- - Adam Aitken
  - Peter Boyle
  - Caroline Caddy
  - Jennifer Compton
  - David Curzon
  - Sarah Day
  - Diane Fahey
  - Katherine Gallagher
  - Peter Goldsworthy
  - Martin Harrison
- - Dennis Haskell
  - Dorothy Hewett
  - Wendy Jenkins
  - Jill Jones
  - Jean Kent
  - John Kinsella
  - Mike Ladd
  - Anthony Lawrence
  - Shane McCauley
  - Les Murray
- - Geoff Page
  - Peter Porter
  - Peter Rose
  - Tracy Ryan
  - Andrew Sant
  - R. A. Simpson
  - Jennifer Strauss
  - John Tranter
  - Chris Wallace-Crabbe