- Sandpiper
- Sandplay
- Sandgroper
- Sandworm
- Sandflies
- Ampersand
- Sandgate
- Sandlines
- Muck and money
- Cottage industry
- Labour and Capital
- Old metals
- Oil wharf
- Silos
- Dyke End
- Timber wharf
- The oyster bank
- Floating dock
- Phosphate wharf
Poems
Ocean Island
stack level too deep
Published: 2006
ISBN: 977578739
Preface
Acknowledgements
Some of these poems have been previously published in After a War any war (Kardoorair Press, 2002), Antipodes, The Best Australian Poems 2004, ed. Les Murray (Black Inc), The Best Australian Poems 2005, ed. Les Murray (Black Inc), The Best Australian Poems 2006, ed. Dorothy Porter (Black Inc), Kadmos Paris Review, Quadrant, Salt, Siglo, Ulitarra, Voices in a Café. And acknowledgements especially to John Leonard, who understands this craft.
I owe a debt of gratitude to my mother and step-father, and my sons Larry and Bobby, for their support and inspiration over the years, and to my wife, to whom this book is dedicated.
For Caroline