CONTENTS Editorial Introductory essays: David Brooks: The Australian Line David McCooey: Surviving Australian Poetry: The New Lyricism Katherine Gallagher: Towards Reconciliation: Inspiration and Leadership – Oodgeroo of the Tribe Noonuccal (1920-1993 and Judith Wright(1915-2000) Poems: Connie Barber: Horse Sense Tony Birch: Chroming Hygiene for a nation’s soul Judith Bishop: The Shatter Rooms The Vow Peter Boyle: Reading Borges, late at night and imagining Buenos Aires Mary Bradley: Henry’s Farm on Yorke Peninsula Michael Brennan: An extract from The Disaster of Grace David Brooks: Angels Language Wait A Time of Strangers Kevin John Brophy: The Dead Pam Brown: Still Life Alison Croggan: Translations from Nowhere MTC Cronin: The Last Law ‘The Laws By Which the Irises Rise’ Triumph Sarah Day: Sky Writing Rosemary Dobson: The News and Weather Tess Driver: Why do you Cry Grandmother? Laurie Duggan: All Fools’ Day Brook Emery: The Sandstone Pylons… Diane Fahey: Light on Water Lines of Sight Headland Lionel Fogarty Katherine Gallagher: Entente Hybrid Graffitist Tangents Alan Gould: Elegy Kevin Hart: Dark Retreat Dennis Haskell: Counting the Days Paul Hetherington: Scissors Some Softer Part of Being You speak Barry Hill: Fathers and Daughters Sandra Hill: Intersection A Melbourne Autumn Ian Irvine: The Giant Clive James: Literary Lunch Jill Jones: My Green Name Dream Horses S.K. Kelen: Reality Check Bon Voyage John Kinsella: Well-side Inversions Elegy for Mr Jack Sumner Lightning Charm Mike Ladd: The Immigration Minister’s Dream Miriel Lenore: Mt Hinkley Emma Lew: Avalanches Poker for Money Kate Lilley: Genie Ray Liversidge: Half Moon Bay, Black Rock, Circa 1972 John Mateer: The Black Armband of Memory I One of the Earthrings at Sunbury II Visiting the Site of a Shell Midden Invisible Cities Kevin Murray: Time Out Creeks Les Murray: The Shining Slopes and Planes An Acrophobe’s Dragon Birthplace Lateral Dimensions Louise Nicholas: Family Tree Jan Owen: The Going (Bowl, and Violin) Clouds Charmaine Papertalk-Green: Little People Rich Yamaji Dorothy Porter: The Sea Hare Ode to Agatha Christie Peter Porter: Writing in the Dark Self-uncondemned La Finta Amante Selwyn Pritchard: Émigré’s song The Poet and the Spy Judith Rodriguez: The Asylum-seekers Robyn Rowland: Remember the Tin Man Tracy Ryan: Torndirrup – The Gap (Part I of a sequence) Andrew Sant: Cold Weather Michael Sariban: Photo Negative Black Light Thomas Shapcott: Old Childen Under the House Peter Skrzynecki: Snap Dragons Vivian Smith: Sulphur-Crested Cockatoos Peter Steele: The Two Smart and Lurcat Golden City: Rome from the Janiculum Birds Maria Takolander: Peace be with you (and also with you) Tides Alf Taylor: Didjeridoo and Clapsticks Nyuwarri Minyma (PrettyWoman) My Ancestors John Tranter: Rink Whisper Chris Wallace-Crabbe: Stranger Country Household Ways (a sequence) Lauren Williams: Last Things Morgan Yasbincek: On Paintings by Emily Kame Kugwrreye Essays: Paul Kane: Philip Hodgins: A Note on the Life of the Work W.S. Milne: Defending the Intellect: A.D. Hope’s Poetry and Criticism Peter Robinson: John Tranter and Tradition David McCooey: Local Elegies: Laurie Duggan and the World Martin Dodsworth: Australian Rules – Peter Rose, David McCooey, Andrew Taylor, Laurie Duggan, David Miller, Michael Brennan, John Kinsella Patricia McCarthy: Conjugating Ourselves - Three Women Poets: Katherine Gallagher, Alison Croggan and MTC Cronin Two Chosen Australian Broadsheet Poets: Petra White: A Likeness Joanna Preston: The Hill Paddock Curly Hill Road The Pride of Lions The Damaged Notes for Broadsheet Poets Biographies .