October/November 1996

John Simon
Helen Vendler
Adam Aitken
Peter Boyle
Caroline Caddy

Table of Contents

From this Issue

Poem

From Crossing Lake Toba: A Guide: Graves

THE COLOURS OF AGEING

EDITING THE MOON

Adam Aitken
- From Crossing Lake Toba: A Guide: Graves
- From Crossing Lake Toba: A Guide: Easy Riders
- From Crossing Lake Toba: A Guide: Symbiosis
- From Crossing Lake Toba: A Guide: I Met a Man Going to a Funeral
- From Crossing Lake Toba: A Guide: Boatman Song 2
Peter Boyle
- THE COLOURS OF AGEING
- IN A PROVINCIAL CAPITAL
- MADRID, 1980
Caroline Caddy
- EDITING THE MOON
- THE WIND
- COMMONPLACE
- EARTHQUAKE
- INOCULATION
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
- DESCARTES AT BELL'S BEACH
- LULLABY
- EYE OF THE NEEDLE
Martin Harrison
- Saintliness
Dennis Haskell
- EVENING FLIGHT
- NATURAL PIETY
- THE RECOGNITION
- THE UNSUCCESSFUL INTERVIEW
Dorothy Hewett
- GOODBYE FOREVER
- HER GHOST
- HIS GHOST
Wendy Jenkins
- ON READING
- CADDY IN ANTARCTICA
Jill Jones
- INTERSPERSED
- DISREPAIR
Jean Kent
- THE BABY MAGPIE'S CATWALK
John Kinsella
- THE HUNT
- DEATH OF A ROO DOG
- DAM & GLOBE OF DEATH
- Drowning In Wheat
Mike Ladd
- From Shadow Stories
Anthony Lawrence
- BAITING BUSH RATS
- THE SAPPHIC STANZA
- INSECTS
- Signatures
Shane McCauley
- PRELUDE
- LIVING
- PUPPETMAKER
- I
Les Murray
- THE HEAD-SPIDER
Geoff Page
- THE WALTZ
- THE FUNDAMENTALISTS IN HEAVEN
- TWO SIGNATURES
Peter Porter
- BROWNING MEETS WAGNER AT THE SCHLESINGERS'
- A WALKING BASS
Peter Rose
- PERFECT PITCH
- SHAFT
- WHITE TELEPHONE
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